Wednesday, July 15, 2009

It Got You This Far

Guster - Lost and Gone ForeverGuster released their classic Lost & Gone Forever a long ten years ago. Guster is celebrating this occasion by hitting the road and playing the album in its entirety.

10/28/09 - Charlotte, NC @ Neighborhood Theater...Tix / Facebook Event
10/29/09 - Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club /
Tix / Facebook Event
10/30/09 - Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club /
Tix / Facebook Event
10/31/09 - Boston, MA @ Orpheum Theater /
Tix / Facebook Event
11/04/09 - Cincinnati, OH @ Madison Theatre /
Tix / Facebook Event
11/05/09 - Cleveland, OH @ House of Blues /
Tix / Facebook Event
11/06/09 - Rochester, NY @ Armory /
Tix / Facebook Event
11/07/09 - Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground /
Tix / Facebook Event
11/27/09 - New York, NY @ Beacon Theater /
Tix / Facebook Event
Guster must have known there's a distinct possibility I'll be in DC when they're in DC. Guster is nice. Guster also provided some random facts about Lost & Gone Forever.
Produced by Steve Lillywhite, who was our #1, I Can't Believe He Said Yes, dream producer choice. We played Woodstock '99 right before the album came out, well before we were ready to play a show that big, and mere hours before people set the place on fire. The Barenaked Ladies liked the album and brought us on tour with them, thus doubling the size and Canadian-ness of our following. Karl Denson played sax on Fa Fa, one take, that was it. There were no drum sticks used on the album, only hand drums, and I said so in the liner notes -- Ryan would later make fun of me for including this detail in the album package. We recently found another band's album with the same cover photo of the boy throwing the big rock on the piano (first person to reply with the name of the photographer who took that photo gets two free tickets to the Rochester show). Paige from Phish played theremin on All the Way Up to Heaven. We almost didn't put Happier on the record. What You Wish For and Rainy Day were featured in the movie "Life as a House," which is about cancer. When we toured with Ben Folds in the summer of 2004 he made All the Way Up to Heaven sound so good with his piano chops we never played the song again after that.
Guster surprised me by admitting my favorite Happier almost didn't make the cut. Guster wants you to experience this great album and so do I - HERE.

Me gusta Guster.

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