Wes & Euguene's Cabinet of Wonders
Thunderbird Cafe, Pittsburgh, PA
The "Wes" in "Wes and Eugene's Cabinet of Wonders" is John Wesley Harding, touring with his stand-up comedian friend Eugene Mirman in an ad hoc cabaret, with local/regional musicians, comedians, and poets invited to each stop of the festivities.
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JWH began with a poem about the Cabinet (or the "Mini-Cabinet," as he dubbed the club-sized version of the show instead of their usual theater setting), and then he brought the ensemble up on stage and introduced them each in tongue-in-cheek verse. This version of the show included PGH-based poet Terrance Hayes, Chicago singer/songwriter Chris Mills, Rusted Root frontman Michael Glabicki, Philly singer Megan Reilly, PGH garage rockers The Cynics as an acoustic duo.
JWH started off the show with a brief solo set, including the terrific "Top of the Bottom," a track off his latest album (Who Was Changed and Who Was Dead). Then he began mixing it up, introducing and sometimes performing with the evening's ensemble.
Highlights included an incredible cover of Neil Young's "Powderfinger" by JWH and Glabicki, Glabicki's own two-song solo performance, and Mirman's comedy set.
Betsy and I were lucky to have my parents visiting to babysit, especially as were able to say hi to various members of the cast (as well as Paul Collins, of The Beat fame, who was in attendance as an audience member) and spend a rather long time chatting with that very generous conversationalist Wes himself.
The "Wes" in "Wes and Eugene's Cabinet of Wonders" is John Wesley Harding, touring with his stand-up comedian friend Eugene Mirman in an ad hoc cabaret, with local/regional musicians, comedians, and poets invited to each stop of the festivities.
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JWH began with a poem about the Cabinet (or the "Mini-Cabinet," as he dubbed the club-sized version of the show instead of their usual theater setting), and then he brought the ensemble up on stage and introduced them each in tongue-in-cheek verse. This version of the show included PGH-based poet Terrance Hayes, Chicago singer/songwriter Chris Mills, Rusted Root frontman Michael Glabicki, Philly singer Megan Reilly, PGH garage rockers The Cynics as an acoustic duo.
JWH started off the show with a brief solo set, including the terrific "Top of the Bottom," a track off his latest album (Who Was Changed and Who Was Dead). Then he began mixing it up, introducing and sometimes performing with the evening's ensemble.
Highlights included an incredible cover of Neil Young's "Powderfinger" by JWH and Glabicki, Glabicki's own two-song solo performance, and Mirman's comedy set.
Betsy and I were lucky to have my parents visiting to babysit, especially as were able to say hi to various members of the cast (as well as Paul Collins, of The Beat fame, who was in attendance as an audience member) and spend a rather long time chatting with that very generous conversationalist Wes himself.
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