Pete Yorn + Fillmore + Pass the Joint, Tambourine Man

After 10 years of waiting to see Pete Yorn, I finally got the opportunity to see him live at the Fillmore in San Francisco. The first opener, I shall forget to remember (because they were THAT memorable), sounded like a Beatles/Rolling Stones cover band... the second opener, Juliette Commagere, was absolutely brilliant, stunning voice and great instrumentation. She kept my attention for her entire performance. For those of you that enjoy rhythmic, chilled out beats and a sultry jazz girl's voice, definitely check out Juliette. She has several songs that have a heavy 80's undertone, but not the annoying, cry-baby 80s. Something you'd find on the Wedding Singer soundtrack.

Pete's performance was great - not anything spectacular though. Maybe the second degree pot-smoke that was filling the Fillmore walls was interrupting my vision & hearing, but he was just as good as his albums. In my book, that's plenty good. Though, it would have been nice to hear him put a little twist on his older songs. Highlights from the night included:
-Pete's own version of New Order's "Everytime I See You Falling" (definitely should release this as a single on his next album)
-"Don't Wanna Cry" - it's amazing the range that Pete possesses
-"Strange Condition" - from his first album, "Musicforthemorningafter" - I was so excited to finally hear this song live- and he did not disappoint!

Unfortunately, this old man didn't stick around for the encore.. a Monday night concert starting at 9pm with TWO openers quickly becomes a late night!