Wednesday, April 27, 2011

railroad revival tour!

dannon and i have been mumford & sons fans for a few years now, ever since they were a little unknown band in the UK.  so when we saw that they were doing a tour-by-train with edward sharpe & the magnetic zeros and old crow medicine show a mere two weeks before the mister's birthday, we knew we had to go.

so friday we drove over to the ship yards of san pedro and wandered around the docks for a bit before making our way into the giant parking lot... er,... concert venue.

since we were there early, we found a spot right up front.  this was fine for the first two acts - not too crowded, fun people surrounding us, plenty of room to dance - but come mumford & sons and we found ourselves packed in like a japanese commuter train.  after a few songs up close {with dreamy stairs at the
keyboardist - swoon!}, we made our way farther back where we
could once again dance the concert away!

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all the bands were completely amazing. we had heard old crow medicine show and edward sharpe in concert before, and once again they did not disappoint with a foot-stomping good time!  but mumford & sons completely blew them all away.  they were just perfect, and all of that big soul-thrilling sound they
produce on records was infinitely more amazing live.

the best part was probably at the very end, when everyone from all of the bands came out and
performed the encore together - woody guthrie's "this train is bound for glory."
it was epic!

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today they are in new orleans for their final show of the tour.
can you imagine being on this train?  non stop jamming with all sorts of amazing musicians.
what a dream!!

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i was a no good, very bad blogger and didn't take any pictures.  actually that's not true, we
took a couple photos but they were just a few colored blurs amongst a whole lot of black,
so i had to borrow photos from those who are much better at photography than me:
* these photos were borrowed from the railroad revival tour flickr photos.
** these photos were borrowed from the railroad revival tour travel diary.


you definitely need to catch a show if you get the chance to see any of these bands!

16 comments:

  1. I'm still so jealous. I'm sitting here right now, completely daydreaming about getting to see them and swoon over them in person. I think Mumford & Sons is the one band I'd be a groupie for, but a high-class groupie that engages them in deep conversation and cooks for them and refuses to sleep with any of them because that's just not my thing. But to have some of that genius rub off on me hopefully? Yes please.

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  2. Wow! That looks amazingly fun. There is something intoxicating about being at a good show, isn't there?

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  3. How fun!! I'm so glad you shared this experience with us! :) It's just the coolest concept for a concert...on a train bound for glory, I love that! :) Sooo glad to hear you had a wonderful time!!

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  4. I saw the show on Friday night when they stopped in San Pedro. Amazing! Great pictures!

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  5. um whoa! goosebumps. chills. and jealousy, is what i've got!

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  6. How fun! And don't worry about not taking pictures- sometimes you just need to enjoy the moment without thought of the after.

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  7. What a great idea, man you are right would I'd love to be jamming out on a train with all my friends.

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  8. you must have had such a great time! there is nothing like seeing a great band that can perform well LIVE. it makes you feel so ALIVE and so happy. it is always good to see talent. big talent!

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  9. LOL, I was just going to tell you how amazing your photos were. It's okay; sometimes it's better to borrow ;) Awww, I'm sooooo SOOO jealous but so glad you gave us the recap I was desperately hoping for. What an amazing concept for a tour and these are some incredibly talented musicians (that finale must have been amazing!) Sounds like it was an awesome show :) :) :)

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  10. Mumford is just fantastic! A friend introduced me to them last summer and I really like them. I'm into folky-type music and it warms my heart that these guys are going a lot more mainstream.

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  11. Ayayai !! Sounds like a fantabulous day !!!

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  12. That is way too awesome! Lucky! I definitely need to start going to (more) concerts in my life!

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  13. Wow, wow, wow!!!! This is a dream of a show. I really love the image of all of the artists together on stage -- what an amazing amount of talent concentrated on a small space.

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  14. That looks like an amazing show! I saw Mumford and Sons at the El Rey last year....sooooo good! But I think you chose the perfect word to describe what I'm seeing here..."Epic". It looks totally epic!

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  15. this is amazing!! wished i was there!

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