I've seen Hiatt twice, only recently at the Moore Theatre in Seattle 2021, and in Edmonds WA in 2022 with Lyle Lovett. Two songwriters on stage talking and playing their songs, while discussing where the root of the songs came from. Hiatt has grown on me, one of the great songwriters of his time. Hiatt lyrics are from the heart, they hit you.
I feel bad that more of the world doesn’t know hiatts’ music. I’m 25 and this kind of music doesn’t exist anymore. Probably my favorite artist of all time. 🎶
When John's bands aren't on an astral plane with him they are laughing their heads off with each other at how absolutely rockin it sounds! I want to be in a John Hiatt band.
Even years ago, Hiatt was finally starting to look like that heart carved out of granite, but he's always been a great songwriter. His work will endure.
A really great singer/songwriter who blends elements of different styles together seamlessly. No surprise that a series of great musicians have chosen to work with him over the years. A genius.
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He does have a weird voice, but you oughtta hear Robert "Junior" Lockwood. He had a really weird voice, but he did mighty well on his tunes: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-C0ieKUoYCHo.html
"Cartoonish" voice? Gravelly, yes, but chock full of soul. There's a live recording on RU-vid of him doing "I Stood Up" (with Sonny Landreth and the Goners) that has a vocal performance which will knock your socks off. Granted, his voice has lost much of it's former range and power in recent years ---- it happens to virtually every singer eventually ---- but "cartoonish" is best reserved to describe modern, heavily auto-tuned pop-music vocals.
Here is a younger Hiatt singing "I Stood Up". ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-4MUQZJuA5RE.html . If you don't feel this right down to your toes, I feel sorry for you!
Who is the guy left of stage that doesn't play ? I saw John Hiatt and The Combo last year at The Birchmere in Alexandria, Va. and they opened with this song. Great show.
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That looks like a Gretsch the lead guitarist is playing; Pete Townshend said in an interview that Joe Walsh gave him a big orange Gretsch as a present; Pete opened the case and thought to himself, "It's ugly, I hate it" ---- until he plugged it in! He ended up using that guitar for most of the Who's Next record.
Guitarist is Doug Lancio; I don't know who the others are off-hand. Definitely NOT the North Mississippi Allstars. I saw JH play with them once; I've seen him many times with various backup, and solo, but it was the only time I've seen him where the backing musicians didn't seem to be up to the job.
@@timbryant2259 , it's "Dude" 🙂😁, and you're welcome! The dudette of the household is also a huge John Hiatt fan; I took her to see him play on our 4th or 5th date (it was the Perfectly Good Guitar tour) and she was just blown away. We've seen him many times since. My personal favorites are when he's playing with either Sonny and the Goners or with the Guilty Dogs (Mike Ward and the rest from the Perfectly Good Guitar tour), but his backing bands are almost always top notch. Another highlight was seeing him in a songwriter's circle tour with Lyle Lovett, Joe Ely and Guy Clark. We also saw him play *in a disco* one time ---- on the elevated dance floor! ---- doing duets with bassist Davy Farragher, who you can see playing bass with Hiatt and the Nashville Queens on the RU-vid video of them doing the song "Graduated". We were standing right in front of them, about 4' away. I will give you another tip from my wife: of all the shows we've seen together, the other one that is her favorite is blues-rock guitarist Tab Benoit from Louisiana. He is a powerhouse singer and player, and you can find lots of video of him on RU-vid including some where he jams with Sonny Landreth.
