As a preview to an upcoming mini tour, Warren Hood played an unannounced show last week at Amnesia Bar in San Francisco. Â Featuring his new band, the Goods, the brief-but-very-enjoyable show covered a wider range of material than Warren”s background might otherwise indicate. Â Covering everything from Stevie Wonder to neo-Balkan indie music to a song his dad, Champ Hood, wrote but didn”t record, the set list had something for any fan of American music. Â In addition to Warren”s fiddle chops, which mobile casino have been honed since before he was a teenager, the Goods featured band mate Willie Pipkin on guitar from their South Austin Jug Band days and the very talented Emily Gimble on keyboards and vocals. Â As just one indication of how good this show was, fellow Waybacks member James Nash stood front and center down in the packed house for the entire show. Â If you”re in Texas this summer I certainly recommend you mark the calendar for one of Warren”s shows in June and July. Â Or, for that matter, go catch The Waybacks (one of my top live picks in 2008) on a date in the Southeast this summer and see Warren and James both tear it up.
About the author: I've actually driven from Tehatchapee to Tonopah. And I've seen Dallas from a DC-9 at night.