photo courtesy of jim lawhead
the white stripes played at the house of blues last night in myrtle beach, sc. i went with my wife, and friends, charles and leah. the tension has been building up for this show for months now, since tickets went on sale. the venue is pretty decent, the band is freakin' sweet, and it is only 2 hours away. so, needless to say, i was pretty pumped.
the opening act was a fella named dan sartain. i was quite impressed with his music. he played good solid rock music with hints of rockabilly and the blues. i suggest checking him out. it is well worth a listen. he played for about 35 minutes with his band.
promptly at 9:00, the white stripes took the stage, beginning their set with the insanely rockin' 'icky thump', their lead single from the album of the same name. it was bliss.
throughout the show, mr. white displayed some frustration. whether it was with his guitar not staying in tune or just not wanting to play the song that they started playing, it showed during the middle of the set. however, things picked back up as the show moved along. mr. white switched effortlessly between multiple instruments, sometimes switching back and forth during a verse or chorus multiple times. the man is extremely talented.
unfortunately, from where we were standing, we could only see meg's arms as she was playing. she was partially hidden behind a stack of speakers. her drumming was spot on, though, and when she came out and sang 'cold, cold night', from their album 'elephant', it was a thing of beauty.
they covered a good span of music from their career, but focused mostly on newer tracks. the highlight of the show, in my opinion, was 'i'm slowly turning into you'. jack screamed the chorus like the fate of his soul depended on it. it was intense.
another highlight for me was 'the union forever', probably my favorite white stripes tune of all. i was hoping they wouldn't stop playing it in the middle and start a different song, which they did a few times during the show, but they played it to the end, and it was a beauty (sigh.). a few songs were left out from the set that they usually play live, like 'astro' and 'jolene'. i would have loved to experience those live.
anyways, it was overall a great show, albeit a bit schizophrenic at times, but what can be expected?
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