Watch: Colin Meloy gets intimate
In support of his recently released live solo album, Colin Meloy Sings Live!, Colin Meloy, perhaps best known for his work as the frontman of The Decemberists, has released a new music video. Recorded live at Jackpot Records in Portland, Oregon, Meloy performed a rather intimate version of “We Both Go Down Together”.
Included on Sings Live! are songs from Meloy’s first band, Tarkio, as well as cuts from every Decemberists full-length pre-The Crane Wife. There is also a tune from the 2006 EP Picaresqueties, two previously unreleased originals (”Dracula’s Daughter” and “Wonder”), bits of covers of songs by the Smiths, R.E.M., Pink Floyd, and Fleetwood Mac, and a traditional folk song in debt to Shirley Collins’ arrangement.
Colin Meloy 2008 U.S. Tour Dates:
4/15 - Somerville, MA Somerville Theatre
4/16 - Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall Of Williamsburg
4/17 - Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall Of Williamsburg
4/18 - Buffalo, NY - The Tralf
4/19 - Toronto, ONT - Phoenix Concert Theatre
4/21 - Chicago, IL - Park West
4/22 - Milwaukee, WI - The Pabst Theater
4/23 - Madison, WI - Barrymore Theater
4/25 - Lawrence, KS - Liberty Hall
4/26 - Boulder, CO - Fox Theatre
4/28 - Los Angeles, CA - Henry Fonda Theatre
4/29 - Santa Cruz, CA - The Rio Theatre
4/30 - San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore
5/2 - Seattle, WA - Showbox
5/3 - Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom
5/24 -Bend, OR - Les Schwab Theater*
* = Decemberist show w/ Death Cab for Cutie and Rogue Wave
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“We Both Go Down Together”
Sep 2nd, 2008 at 11:29 am
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