Michelle Shocked

Michelle Shocked at The Bluebird

What started out as a cold and wet, snowy April evening turned into a warm, cozy and intimate dialog with one of the greatest anti-folk singers of all time, Michelle Shocked, who is also a self proclaimed ”sophisticated hillbilly”.

I’ll never forget the first time I heard  the punk powerful voice and passion of Michelle Shocked, a good friend gave me a tape of her, it was her first album titled The TexasCampfire Tapes, this album/CD was recorded live in 1986 while she sat around a camp fire and played her complete stash of original songs, accompanied only by the crickets croaking and passing cars.

Michelle Up Close

The small but appreciative crowd at the Bluebird Theater was treated to a passionate stroll down memory lane with an old friend, complete with politcal commentary. She chatted continually with the crowd and even made a phone call on stage with her iPhone to her husband to whom she dedicated the next song.

Michelle Silhouette

The evenings set list ranged from her first campfire album to her soon to be released Soul of My Soul album. An encore performance of Little Sister (requested by a fan) topped off this spontaneous and beautiful performance. 

For a complete set of high resolution photos see the Michelle Shocked set on my Flickr site;

http://www.flickr.com/photos/30893898@N08/sets/72157617015024634/

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