{"id":10902,"date":"2012-02-24T13:50:28","date_gmt":"2012-02-24T17:50:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/?p=10902"},"modified":"2012-02-24T13:56:50","modified_gmt":"2012-02-24T17:56:50","slug":"rebecca-pidgeon-at-rockwood-music-hall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/opticality.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/24\/rebecca-pidgeon-at-rockwood-music-hall\/","title":{"rendered":"Rebecca Pidgeon at Rockwood Music Hall"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rebecca Pidgeon<\/a> headlined Rockwood Music Hall<\/a> last night. I admit (sheepishly, after the fact) that I never heard of Rebecca Pidgeon. How we ended up at her set will be revealed after I tell you how fantastic she (and it) was.<\/p>\n

Rebecca has a phenomenal voice. She can sing softly (thankfully, the really crowded audience was pin-drop quiet), or deliver more power. Nuance or straight-forward. She writes lovely songs and also delivers interesting takes on the few covers she performed.<\/p>\n

\"RebeccaPidgeonSinging\"<\/a><\/p>\n

She plays the acoustic guitar very nicely.<\/p>\n

Rebecca is disarmingly charming. She introduced nearly every song with a short, almost always humorous bit, often in the form of a question to the audience, followed by her take. Extremely natural delivery.<\/p>\n

She could have handled the set solo, I have no doubt. She brought along an incredible guitarist to spice up the set.<\/p>\n

Tim Young (couldn\u2019t find a good individual link to him) played electric guitar and sang some harmony with Rebecca. He was exceptional on the guitar, throwing in a lot of jazzy\/bluesy riffs, dancing in and around Rebecca\u2019s singing and playing. When he sang, he did a wonderful job of harmonizing.<\/p>\n

\"TimYoung\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Here is their (wonderful) set list:<\/p>\n

\"SetList\"<\/a><\/p>\n

On to how we attended this set, and how I\u2019m embarrassed not to have known who Rebecca Pidgeon is.<\/p>\n

If you read my previous post<\/a>, then you know that we almost didn\u2019t make it out last night. After rearranging our schedule, specifically to see Barnaby Bright<\/a> at 8pm at Rockwood 2, our next committed set was 11pm (Patryk Larney<\/a>) at Rockwood 1, so we had three choices:<\/p>\n

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  1. Stay and see the group who was on 9pm at Rockwood 2<\/li>\n
  2. Catch Rebecca Pidgeon at Rockwood 1<\/li>\n
  3. Go back to the apartment, relax for 90 minutes, and return to Rockwood 1 at 11pm<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    I listened to both Rebecca Pidgeon (directly on her site<\/a>, under \u201cSample Tracks\u201d) and to the group that was on opposite her at Rockwood 2. No contest<\/strong>!<\/p>\n

    Now to prove to you how little I knew about Rebecca (as in zero). Lois turned to me early in the set and asked me how old I thought Rebecca was. I said \u201canywhere between 26 and 34\u201d.<\/p>\n

    It turns out, she\u2019s 46, a mother of two, an accomplished actress (stage, movies and TV<\/a>), a successful singer\/songwriter (multiple CDs out, with a new one coming out in April 2012 on Decca Records) and oh yeah, she\u2019s also married to David Mamet<\/a>.<\/p>\n

    OK, take a look at this photo and tell me she looks even close to her age (click on the photo to see it full size):<\/p>\n

    \"RebeccaPidgeon\"<\/a><\/p>\n

    We\u2019re now officially fans of her voice, music, style and grace on stage. Correct decision made! \"Smile\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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