The Mountain Goats, Nov. 7, TLA

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The Mountain Goats, Nov. 7, TLA

POSTED: Sunday, November 9, 2008, 2:11 PM

Filed Under: Music Show

John Darnielle and Kaki King

Photo from the Flickr page of Thomas J. Hartnett

John Darnielle Resplendent

Last time The Mountain Goats played Philly, John Darnielle was sick and tired, and the show suffered. This time he apologized for that time and rocked the house. Even when it was just him strumming the hell out of the acoustic. He did a few songs which Kaki King (the two just released a collaboration called Black Pear Tree), and did almost all of it with bassist Peter Hughes and drummer John Wurster. The set was long, loud and spectacular. I've seen the Mountain Goats a lot of times (starting with 1996 at the Khyber) and this might've been the most fun.

[Click on the pic to see more photos by Thomas J. Hartnett, who took lots of great shots of the show.]

thom

Posted 2008-11-12 07:56:53

Wow, thanks for the shout-out/plug on the photos. Great write-up of the show; it was indeed spectacular (and loud - this was the first tMG tour where I felt compelled to bring earplugs). I'm slightly jealous that you've been seeing them since 1996 - my first time was 2000 at the Khyber. I've now seen them 26 times, and while I wouldn't necessarily say that this particular show was the absolute most fun, it definitely ranks pretty high on the list.

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