wolftrap

A fairly short review of a fairly short (for GBS, that is) show.

Only took us 4 and � hours to do a 3 hour drive! Argh! So we didn�t get to spend time on the lawn with Jane since we arrived a couple hours after we were supposed to. We did bring bakery goodies to appease the lawn people though! Jane, Ali, Joanna, and Jane�s son, were there on the blanket as close as you could get and still be on the lawn.

Clothes � Alan: orange pants and shiny black shirt. Sean: grey-blue pants with that shirt that is 2 colors-blue and grayish with a stripe across (nice!) Darrell: dark pants and dark T-shirt. Bob: bleeding leopard shirt and black pants. Danny (hey, some people want to know!) T-shirt and tan shorts.
Set:
    � Donkey Riding -Came out to and Alan curtsied when Danny handed him the guitar
    � When I�m Up
    � Can�t Stop Fallin� � Alan talked about the venue, which was amazing. He said, �This has to be the coolest shed in all of North America! It�s huge! Yeah, Petty Harbour, where I come from, would fit in that corner over there.� While they were talking about Wolftrap, S�an gets a worried look and says, �Wolftrap � you don�t think there are any wolves around here, do you? I mean, why else would it be named Wolftrap?� Alan shakes his head and says, �You know S�an, if you read the plaque over there backstage, you�d find out why it�s named Wolftrap � no wolves here.� �Oh, there�s a plaque?� says S�an. �Well, hold the show while I go read the plaque then.� And he proceeds to walk off to the side of the stage. He did walk back after thinking about it. Then Alan started saying about how their new record TURN was released here and it was so popular that Brittany Spears and the Backstreet Boys had asked them to sing with them, but they said �No, we�re here with the Chieftains.�
    � Goin� Up � He introduced it by stating, � We�re with the Chieftains tonight, we have a day off tomorrow - this place is goin� up tonight!�
    � Boston and St. John�s
    � Paddy Murphy � . �Yes, the blond and beautiful S�an McCann will sing us a song now," says Alan. S�an intro'd it by saying it was a song about alcohol and death. In the meantime Alan is trying to get a pick out of his Mandouki strings (Either the bouzouki or the mandolin, you pick) and then he apparently messed up the tuning. So he is frantically trying to re-tune the thing and S�an is not so good at filling in. �So, as I said�it�s a song about alcohol and death.� Taps foot, glares at Alan. �If he doesn�t hurry up, I�m gonna kill him,� continues S�an. �Oh, your hair looks nice, too,� he says to Alan. �Alcohol �and�death... any day now!. Voila! All fixed, then they sang. After the song, Alan was examining this big thing on the back of the stage covered in shiny survival blanket type stuff. �Hey! There�s a piano in here! I guess you�d wrap a piano in tinfoil to keep it fresh. Can�t be playing a stale piano now, can we?�
    � Consequence Free � �This has been declared a Consequence Free Zone tonight. There will be legal and moral cleansings as you leave tonight.�
    � Ferryland � was not on the setlist that Ali snagged for Jane. End of the World was � but they didn�t sing it. Nicely done! Only the second time I�ve heard it live.
    � General Taylor � Intro was � Alan � One thing about Newfoundland, we play host to sailors from all over. Sounds like it might be a horrible thing, but no- we�ve learned a lot of sea shanties from them.�
    � Old Black Rum � Alan couldn�t start it, he just cracked up on stage! Took him a few minutes to get himself together. Darrell is looking at Alan, shaking his head and making �Let�s get on with it� motions. They were concerned about the time, as they were the opening band, and kept checking to see they had more time. �Just send out a big hook or something when you want us off�, says Alan. S�an states that there�s more backstage people than GBS members. To which Alan replies, �Yeah, they could probably take us. Unless we�re playing hockey, then we could whip �em. Oops, I�m fulfilling the national stereotype about Canada here, aren�t I?�
    � I�m A Rover � Alan - "You play the fair maiden, S�an and I will be the white knight�." S�an says �I just want a sandwich�any sandwich will do�but I�m allergic to shellfish.�
    � Mari Mac � wicked version ending with S�an kneeling at the edge of the stage.
    � Ordinary Day
    � Excursion � very nicely done! Darrell was in excellent voice and spirits. Very lively.
    � Aunty Mary � I LOVE THIS SONG!!!!!!! Had the very staid audience clapping along and bobbing around. Some people actually got up to dance in the aisles or seats. An Irish Dancer was doing a jig in front of us all through the song. Alison was the first one up! Just was wonderful! Alan and Bob were both on their knees at some point wailin�away. Bob was a happy Bob tonight.
They got a standing ovation from the crowd of about 4,000. It was wonderful to see and hear. Came out for one encore � Old Brown�s Daughter. So cute Alan stood with his hands at his hips, palms upturned and S�an sang with hands in pockets like a little boy!
Chieftains came out and did their set. GBS came out at the end and did Lukey with them. Then they had a big ole Kitchen Party and everyone who was onstage showed off a bit in-between choruses of a song I don�t know. The b�ys certainly knew the words and had a good time. Bob looked somewhat uncomfortable, though. The female guest fiddler, Maureen Fahey, got Darrell�s attention. He was just grooving with her on his bass while she did her solo thing. You could hear those bass notes loud and clear! S�an held the bohdran but used his shakers, Alan played guitar and Bob the accordian. They sang a verse and the chorus to Process Man when they did their solo part.
After all left the stage, Darrell came back out and snagged a Chieftains setlist! We had to leave for the long drive back but I�ll bet Jane and company got to talk to them and I�m going to be upset about it, too!