[ATTENDED: November 6, 2019] Steve Page Trio
I saw the Steven Page Trio about a year ago in Philadelphia. When he announced that he was touring some more and coming to Bethlehem, I grabbed tickets for me and S. right away.
S. doesn’t really know his solo stuff at all, but she is a fan of BNL and has always said how much she liked his voice, so I thought it would be a fun, relaxing, seated event.
We were so close, we were literally right next to the stage. When you’re standing, its a coveted spot, but when you’re seated, it’s terrible! Luckily, they moved Dean Friedman’s giant monitor out of my way so I could actually see them all. But in hindsight, sitting a few seats back would have been far preferable.
The weirdest thing is every time he picked up or put down his water bottle I thought he was going to talk to me (he didn’t).
I love being up close, the angles were just all wrong. Any pictures I took were going to be of Steven’s crotch (!). Fortunately, the vocals sounded fine.
I have learned from past experiences that seeing an artist a few months apart often means the same or a similar setlist. And that’s what happened here. Although when I look at other recent shows I see that he seems to have a kind of rotating setlist of some of the songs. I saw that the night a few nights before us was amazing with “Alternative Girlfriend” (the song I really wanted to hear!) and “Someone Who’s Cool” an Odds cover! They also played “Manchild,” my favorite new song of his and “Break Your Heart” both of which I have heart before but, come on, they are awesome. Incidentally Odds opened for Steven Page in Canada. Once again I wish I was above thee border not for political reasons. (more…)
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I really like Steven Page a lot. I’ve seen him and his trio twice now and I’ve watched a bunch of live from home videos.
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