
He'll be playing the Triple Door June 23rd.
This is great news for a few reasons. For starters, since LITA reissued Rodriguez's phenomenal 1970 album Cold Fact last year, he's been playing shows all over the country to rave reviews while we in the Northwest have had to sit patiently waiting for enough local interest to build for him to schedule a show (meaning, those of us who were already fans spent a lot of time telling everyone we knew to get hip to this shit fast). Secondly, I am rarely successful in turning people on to music. When I like an album, I have a penchant for making grand, definitive statements about it to others along the lines of "This is one of the best American albums since (fill in blank)." Embarrassingly, their opinion normally falls short of my expectations. That didn't happen when with Cold Fact. Everyone I turned on to this record fell immediately in love with it, including my darling M. Which brings me to the third reason his scheduling a Seattle date is so awesome. Originally, M and I were planning to be in Montana June 23rd. When I told her about Rodriguez's show, her response was: "Well then we gotta change our plans. We have to be here for that show."
My wife loves music, but she does not enjoy live shows (I have a slightly higher tolerance, but not by much). For her to say we need to change our plans so we can be in Seattle for a show is saying something.
Yes, Rodriguez is that good. So good he'll move you to cancel your summer vacation. (Hey, Light In The Attic, I think I just wrote you a marketing blurb).
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