JD Souther

Just check out Page 3 of this thread, Brooke!

And yes, it must be pretty rare - the LP itself isn't too common, JD hasn't toured in years prior to this and was thus hard to get, and while Glenn is very accessible at Pebble Beach it is not easy to get his autograph elsewhere.

I definitely treasure it and am thrilled to have both signatures!

Have you thought about getting this appraised by a rock and roll appraiser and getting it insured? Just a thought by someone who obsesses about such things as I do.

Oh man, I just read your review. (That was a very bad week for me and I missed a lot here.) I am completely in awe of you Soda! :bow:

So, where was that 'intimate irish pub' that you saw JD in?

Getting that album signed is just awesome. Now, how about that pic with him?

Getting it appraised and insured? No, I hadn't thought about that! It sounds expensive, though. lol

Brooke - the pub where I saw JD is called the Abbey Pub, on Grace Street in Chicago.

Just got this from JD: "Closing Time"

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGsNCBJ8RrU[/ame]

He's heading your way soon, ticky!

2/3 - The Rogue Theater
Grants Pass, OR

2/5 - Lola's
Portland, OR

2/6 - The Triple Door
Seattle, WA

2/8 - Cultural Center Theater
Charleston, WV

2/9 - Charlottesville, VA
Gravity Lounge

2/10 - The Boot
Norfolk, VA

2/12 - The Arts Center
Carrboro, NC

2/14 - The Stage Door Theater
Charlotte, NC

2/15 - Eddie's Attic
Atlanta, GA

2/17 - City Limits
Delray Beach, FL

2/18 - State Theater
St. Petersburg, FL

2/20 - The Rhythm Room
Phoenix, AZ

*G* He's coming to Lola's!! I know Lola's!! I can go!!!!! YEA!!

:yay: for you ticky!

Is it a small place like the one Soda went to?

It is!! Lola's is pretty cool. Old, historic, right below the Crystal Ballroom down town. It's got a lot of small tables and even a sitting area with sofas and over stuffed chairs and a HUGE mahogany bar at one end.. looks like something out of Cheers. Very cool venue! YEA!

Lola's

He is headed my way too. Grants Pass is only 25 minutes away from me... :partytime:

:cool: guys!

I guess I missed him in my area. :-(

More news from JohnDavidSouther.com

JD featured on World Cafe Live...

JD's recent taping of World Cafe Live will be broadcast on February 10th.

National Public Radio's World Cafe with host David Dye can be heard on nearly 200 stations nationwide. Fans can find their local station by clicking here. Scroll to the bottom to choose your state under "Find a Program Broadcast Time".

Worldwide fans can listen online to the WXPN/Philadelphia stream Monday through Friday, 2pm to 4pm Eastern Standard Time by going to: http://www.xpn.org/listen-live/listen-live

Thanks, I'm definitely going to try to catch that!

Hey ya'll, Im home and Im PUMPED! MORE MORE MORE!! It's late tonight and I need time to collect all my recollections (does that make sense??) I'll just say this. JD Is a Sweetheart and a really nice man and SMELLS GREAT!! *G* The Music was wonderful, I have an autographed Album (Vinyl spankyouverymuch) and poster and a few stories about Glenn and Jackson Browne! Ok, whew.. more tomorrow :)
Gnite :)

She got close enough to smell him, get autographs and stories!!! :yay::yay::yay: Can't wait to hear about it!!

I took the max train down town at about 4:30 to meet my Cousin Susan at McCormick and Schmicks (and let me just say this about riding public transportation at commuter hours, PEOPLE REALLY NEED TO WATCH WHAT THEY EAT FOR LUNCH!! Stinky!) I got to M&S’s about 10 minutes early and grabbed us a great table. M&S’s is a beautiful old fashioned oak fish house with incredible seafood. Cliffy won tow gift certificates for it several months ago as a door prize at a seminar he went to. SO, we ate cr4ab and oysters and clams and it was GUUUD! Then Susan drove us up about 12 blocks to Lola’s. It’s a small venue upstairs from Crystal Ballroom on Burnside in Portland (Like ya’ll have any idea.. but still) I LOVE the people who work at these places. They’re all really nice but tattooed and pierced in ever visible spot available. They’d moved all the tables and COMFORTABLE seating back and moved in chairs for concert seating. Most all the best seats were taken so I searched all the available seating and, with the help of a very nice man, found two that weren’t too blocked by an HUGE pillar in the middle of the room (yeesh) and set my coat down to save the seats and walked quickly to concessions. I purchased a vinyl album (YEA JD!! Thanks for the Vinyl!!) and it came with a poster. The young lady selling the concessions was April Smith, JD’s opening act and an AMAZING voice! Wow! She just blew me away when she sang, sooo…. I bought her CD. I had a small opportunity to speak with her and the nice man who helped me find two decent seats and she’s been touring with JD through the entire tour. (I also noticed in Soda’s review she performed there as well.) I was really impressed with her.

We took our seats and April did about half a dozen songs and blew every one away with her pipes! The JD took the stage. He had his tech set up three guitars he said were specially made for him by a Gibson in Tennessee, where he currently lives. He also said this was his 4th trip to Portland in the last 10 years and he’d been thinking about moving here (YEA JD!! COME LIVE WITH US!! Or next door..) I can’t give you a precise set list as I was too busy enjoying the music! But Ill try and tell what he DID play.
Off the new album:
I’ll Be There at Closing Time
Journey Down the Nile
A Chorus of your Own
The Border Guard

Eagles tunes:
How Long ~ he told the story about this song, Ill tell it later.
New Kid In Town
Tequila Sunrise

His old stuff:
Only the Lonely
Talking to the Moon
White Rhythm and Blues (I loooove this song!)
Ill Take Care Of You
Simple Man, Simple Dream


He did some others that I cant think of right now, but he also told some stories I want to relay.
First off, I’m not sure if he’d had a few drinks or wasn’t feeling well or was just tired, but he forgot the lyrics 4 or 5 times and had to restart a few times. SO he stopped at one point and told THIS story.
He was on tour with The Eagles in the 70’s (I think he said 77?) and Glenn was on stage singing Lyin’ Eyes. He said Glenn started singing “She gets up and pours herself a cold one….” Paused, kept playing…”She get’s up and pours herself a cold one…” pause…..keeps playing…. “She get’s up and pours herself a cold one…” He said finally Henley threw a drumstick at the back of his head or something. (I thought that was pretty cute)

Next he was playing a song for a lady named Patrice and her dog named Rosie who has been following him on tour all over the west coast. (I didn’t see her or the dog, but I could hear the dog) And he said that Jackson Browne, when he’s touring (especially this tour) has a set list for the first three songs then takes requests from the audience. He said he’s so great about this, he’ll play whatever they say, whether they’re his songs or not. He said at one concert someone called out Peaceful Easy Feeling, JB Shrugged and said “Okay” and played it. He said people would yell out other artists and JB’d play em, like Warren Zevon, and he played Lawyer’s, Guns and Money.
Ok, my one really embarrassing moment was when I took out my camera. Lots of people had them and were taking pictures. I had borrowed Cliff’s and I don’t know it very well, but I had preset it so it was ready. I took it out, zoomed in and clicked, it was set for redeye reductions and FLASHED LIKE 6 TIMES!! OH man.. I was SOoooooo embarrassed. BUT I think that’s when JD saw Susan cuz he kept looking over our way all night. (see later story)

He told the story of How Long. It was written about a man who was drafted into the Vietnam war and did not want to go, but went anyway. While there, he was on leave and got drunk. He came back to the base AWOL but just a few hours, but he got into a scrap with one of the MP’s who got killed. He was then thrown in jail where he would stay for the rest of his life. JD said he did want to make it up beat though, because why dwell.

He did one encore and left the stage. I was first in line at concessions to get everything signed and April was there so she signed my CD and we chatted a little about her music and JD. It wasn’t long till a long line formed behind me so I stepped aside to wait for JD.
Now I gotta saw my cousin Susan is pretty terrific. She and I had planned this concert a while back. She bought the tickets (her treat) and was pretty excited about doing this. She was diagnosed on Wednesday with walking pneumonia and is currently on antibiotics, but refused to stay home. She left her 10 yr old daughter home alone for the first time to come to the concert (neighbors were checking in on her so she wasn’t in any danger). So Susan would periodically excuse herself to call Jessie (her daughter at home). Susan was waiting for me in the hall way as I was waiting for JD. Pretty soon she poked her head around the corner and beckoned to me. She said JD had left. She saw him leave! SO I started down the hall and here comes JD! I asked if he’d sign my Album. He turned and smiled at Susan and said Hi. Then he said, “OH sure. I was going to do that. I forgot and was on my way home (haha)” I showed him where the concession stand was and he signed my album. We chatted about the benefits of vinyl over CDs and he said he had about 7000 vinyls and three digital turn tables. I told him I had an old one but had fixed it so it worked on my computer. We talked about tech stuff a little and I told him I’d been a fan since my best friend in 6th grade introduced me to Longbranch Pennywhistle. We laughed about that. I was going to ask about a picture, but, like I said, there was a long line of pissy looking people behind and Susan was not feeling great, SO I said thanks and good bye.

On the way out I found out WHY JD had said Hi to Susan and smiled at her. As she was in the hall waiting for me and JD passed by, Susan didn’t recognize him at first. She saw a good looking well dressed man and being a very attractive single woman she smiled and said Hi. He stopped and said Hi back. She then recognized him and got scared. LOL! He was FLIRTING with her!!!! And she said “ Thanks for the show” He smiled and she turned and WALKED AWAY!!! LOL. She wasn’t trying to be rude, she just got flustered and kind of freaked out.

SO that was our big adventure. We have decided to try and do this at least once a month. I have to start looking for next months!!

Thanks for the reviews. Despite JD's flubs, sounds like a good show! The "Lyin' Eyes" story made me laugh!

Wow ticky. Thanks for such a great review. I'm glad you had a great time and got some 'face' time with J.D. After reading yours and Soda's reviews, you have both convinced me that I really need to try to make to Norfolk this Tuesday night to see him. He will be in Charlottesville on Monday night, which is actually a bit closer, but I know can't make it to that show.

Definitely worth it Dreamer! it's a great small intimate show and he's a very nice man and April Smith has a great voice (Im listening to her right now *G*)

Cool review Ticky! Did your cousin get his number? ;)

Fantastic review ticky! I'm so glad you got to meet JD and got his autograph. The whole night was just way too cool! :spin:

Man, I wish he would come to my area!

Ok... so now I am kicking myself in the butt for not blowing off the stupid budget deadline and going to see him when he was here on Tuesday... :scowl:

Budget, WT???? Budget??? What the hell are you doing using such language on this message board??? It ain't Eaglese, that's for sure!!! ;) ;)

I will never use such filthy language on here again :blush:*hanging head in shame*:blush:

Ok, here's the goods ~

this is the poster, free with the Album
http://tickypages.com/picturebin/jdposter.jpg

This is the Album ~ He signed it,
http://tickypages.com/picturebin/jdalbum.jpg

but, can anyone tell me what it says?
http://tickypages.com/picturebin/jdsig.jpg

Thanks for ??? Thats for???? .. I've been looking at it for hours, I cant read it!! If you figure it out, please let me know... Im stumped.

Thanks for listening?

Great story, BTW! I wish he would come out East!

....liking?

listening, liking, either way, very cool Rhonda! :nod:

Uhhhh, thanks for biking, yeah that's it...or is it hiking?...

After getting out my magnifyer it clearly reads 'Thanks for bringing Susan'.

Damn.. of course it does... Im Myspacing him her number as we speak..uhh type.. well after I type..

I've just caught up with this, but - wow! It sounds like a fantastic night. Lucky you. (And lucky Susan!) I'm none the wiser as to what he wrote on the photo, but I'm still extremely :jealous:!

Glad you had such a great time.

I'm so bombed. I was planning to go see J.D. tonight in Norfolk, and just found out that my 'date' for the evening can't go with me. I really wanted to go because J.D. may not ever come this close to me again. But, I'm not jazzed about going to such a small venue by myself, so I guess I won't be going. :(

If I were you, I'd go alone, Dreamer. This may be your only chance!

Dreamer, You'd probably have more fun going by yourself

On the basis that it's sadly unlikely I'll have a windfall and be able to jump on a flight sharpish... I say GO! I know exactly how you feel, but I can guarantee you won't regret it once you're there.

(Now if only he would come to Norfolk, England...)

you definitely should go. It's a great show and he's such a great guy! Get a chance to talk to him a little and check out April Smith! She's incredible!! and tell both Hi from me *G*

Thanks everyone for the encouragement. Normally, I don't hesitate about going places by myself, but I decided not to go tonight. :( As much as I'd like to see J.D., I'm not up to going to such a small venue alone, particularly since it doesn't seem to be in the best area of the town, and I am not familiar with the area. Looking on the bright side, I have a very full day tomorrow that will begin at 5:30 a.m., so if I don't go to Norfolk, I can get more than 3 hours sleep tonight.

Got this from a bulletin on Myspace ~ JD does Simple Man - Simple Dream

Another article:

JD Souther: "Music Is In Every Heart, Every Throat"

Aw, thanks so much for posting that, Soda!

Wow, thanks Soda - that was a really interesting interview. How refreshing - the interviewer asked some good, thoughtful questions. :)