if you're not worshipping the holy rock gods (and goddess) of the dead weather yet, shame on you. it's the musical brainchild of jack white, (the white stripes and the raconteurs) who brings together alison mosshart, (the kills) dean fertita, (queens of the stone age, the raconteurs) and jack lawrence (the raconteurs, the greenhornes) for one amazing eargasm. saturday night's show at the pageant really brought down the house, especially after a very disappointing friday night for st. louis music fans. thrice (with openers o'brother and manchester orchestra) had to cancel their st. louis date, as well as the entire rest of their tour which included close to thirty more dates, due to family emergency.
i had already made last minute plans to take my friend raul home with me for the weekend, and we were both pretty bummed about the cancellation. (we ate chinese food and watched a movie instead.) and he hadn't gotten a ticket for the dead weather show and by saturday it was sold out. so he explored vintage vinyl while i headed down to the pageant to meet up with my friend nora who'd flown in town from chicago for the show.
i got there pretty late, but the few songs i heard the ettes play sounded stellar. i definitely recommend checking them out. the dead weather finally came on amidst crazy smoke and strobe lights and holy smokes (literally) was it epic. alison mosshart commanded the entire room's attention with her amazing voice and crazy stage antics, and literally seemed "60 feet tall" when she hopped up on the monitor and bellowed out the lyrics to the crowd below her. it was an impressive spectacle, even being hundreds of feet away in the very back of the venue. every song sucked you and left you speechless. the crowd especially went wild when jack white joined mosshart on lead vocals and his guitar playing abilities were phenomenal. mosshart and white were sharing a microphone at one point and hot damn, it was SEXY. straight up rated r material right there, i tell ya. i'm sure they played for close to an hour, but the time flew by and even a three song encore left me wanting more. but not to fear my friends, their new album drops may 11th and you can already pre-order!
setlist:
1. 60 feet tall
2. hang you from the heavens
3. you just can't win (them cover)
4. so far from your weapon
5. i cut like a buffalo
6. no horse
7. jawbreaker
8. blue blood blues
9. gasoline
10. rocking horse
11. hustle and cuss
12. new pony
13. will there be enough water?
encore:
14. die by the drop
15. i can't hear you
16. treat me like your mother
www.myspace.com/thedeadweather
also check out a great review of the show by katie moulton of @rftmusic here. her tweets throughout the night were quite witty.
Bravo
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