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Matt Nathanson and Ingrid Michaelson @ The 40 Watt

Back in October ‘07, I caught Matt Nathanson and Ingrid Michaelson at the Loft in Atlanta (see earlier blog). I missed part of Ingrid’s music because I got there late, but after the concert I listened to her CD and really like the music. And after the concert, I got a chance to listen to Matt’s music more, listening to it on my daily drive to and from work. So I saw that they were returning to play the 40 Watt in Athens and I bought a ticket (through pitchatent.com ““ interesting choice for a url). When I was 16, a friend and I drove out to Athens one day. We thought it would be cool to try and sneak into the famed 40 Watt bar, CBGB of the south. The place where R.E.M, Pylon, Dreams So Real, Love Tractor & others got their start. Because it was the middle of the day, we got in with no problem. Other than seeing the place and the 40 watt bulb lighting the whole bar, it was a non-event. I think my friend wrote his name on the bathroom wall with the rest of the graffiti.

So, normally with my work, I am slammed at the end of the month. I bought the ticket hoping I could go, but wasn’t absolutely sure if I could get away from work and drive 1 hour to Athens for the show. I got my work done early on Monday and was able to get away early. Plus the traffic wasn’t too bad. When I got to the venue, I discovered that this was a completely different location from what I had visited in the 1980’s. I was kinda expecting this small venue. The bar was wide and well lit. Not a narrow bar lit with a 40 watt bulb.

I could easily see it turning into a packed concert, so I grabbed a spot off to the left of the stage. The location was a 2^nd bar area, that wasn’t being used that night. It was raised a few feet off the floor level, so I thought it would be a good place to catch the show without having too many heads in front of me to look around. Ingrid and her guitarist Kate Moss opened. One might think that with Ingrid Michaelson’s success and getting her music in television commercials and shows, that she might be the headliner. But she was the opening act.

Ingrid & Allie put on an amazing show. They have a playful way about them that gets the audience involved. They sound incredible considering it’s just Allie on guitar with Ingrid on keyboard. Songs she played:

Breakable
Overboard
Corner of Your Heart
Die Alone
The “Full House” theme song
Far Away
The Hat
Christmas Song?
The Way I Am
The “Prince of Bel-Air” theme song
Cant’ Help Falling in Love

Matt Nathanson came on next. Matt sang songs from his new album and a lot of the great songs from his previous albums. Everyone seemed to get into each song. I was amazed at how many songs he sang over the course of the night.

Songs in his set:

To The Beat Of Our Noisy Hearts
Curve of the Earth
Gone
Heartbreak World
Princess (w/ Rick Springfield’s Jesse’s girl)
Come On Get Higher
Pretty The World
“Delilah banter”
Angel
I Saw (R.E.M.’s You are the Everything)
Loud (Duet w/ Ingrid)
Suspended
Car Crash
Wedding Dress
La Bamba
Still
Falling Apart
Detroit Waves (w/ Kim Wilde’s Kids in America)
Answering Machine
Little Victories

Videos (not mine) from that Concert:
Matt Nathanson – Gone
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_T0KN2WgII
Matt Nathanson – Heartbreak World
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIj9s_Nj6dQ
Matt Nathanson – Falling Apart
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5SNHKkDQEc

After the show, Ingrid (w/ Allie) and Matt stuck around and sold albums, signed autographs and allowed folks to get their pictures taken with them. I already purchased Ingrid’s CD, but purchased another one there for her and Allie to sign. After seeing Matt back in October, I had bought Matt’s newest CD, “Some Mad Hope” and one of his CD before that, “Beneath These Fireworks”, so I ended up buying “Beneath These Fireworks” again for him to sign. I also got his live CD’s, “At the Point”, since I’ve enjoyed Matt’s live performances and was curious to see if that was captured on the CD. I had the “Beneath” CD out for Matt to sign (he signed it, “Tom is the Man!”:D ) and he saw that I had the Live “Point” CD. So he asked if I wanted that one signed too. I said sure! And he ripped the cover plastic off and signed the cover. An awesome show by some great performers.

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Matt Nathanson @ The Loft

Saw Matt Nathanson at The Loft on Saturday (10/20).

I first saw Matt on CBS Saturday morning’s “2nd cup cafe” singing “Car Crash” & “Come on get Higher”. I pulled up his Myspace page and saw that he had a show coming up here in Atlanta, so I bought a ticket.

A very cool concert. Matt is an amazing and funny performer. I only knew a few of his songs, so I’ll need to go through itunes to see which ones I remember.

From messages from Audrey Spillman on Myspace, I found out that Matt N. is on Vanguard Records and the producer that Audrey’s been working with is the VP of that label. She had just been given Matt’s CD around the time of her 3rd & Lindsley show.

Opening for Matt was Ingrid Michaelson and Melee

Ingrid had her song “Breathe” featured on the Grey’s Anatomy (Season 3) soundtrack. She seemed to have a lot of fans from that. I didn’t get to hear a lot of her songs (I got there a little late). She had a nice angelic voice. Definitely someone to keep an eye on.

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