Just bought a ticket for Johns concert at the Paradiso, Amsterdam. july 12.
risky business, maybe the stones will be doing a gig in mainland europe that day ???

have been a Hiatt fan for 30 years or so. seen him may times live .He has made such great music!! Great artist and a humble person. If you have a chance, go see him!!

One Love

Jeroen

Veel plezier, ben jaloers!

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Koen
Veel plezier, ben jaloers!

Dank je!
Jeroen

in Zurich on july 9. Bought tickets.

John Hiatt, with Sonny Landreth and the Goners gonna be great !

[www.youtube.com]

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resotele
in Zurich on july 9. Bought tickets.

John Hiatt, with Sonny Landreth and the Goners gonna be great !

[www.youtube.com]

Enjoy it!!
Jeroen

Just picked up tix to see him in Seattle in March.

Thanks to this thread!
Surprisingly, have not seen him live before, very much looking forward to it!

Thanks to this thread I'm currently brainstorming on how to convince my wife that we need to take a trip to see them in Memphis, TN. Odds of success are low but may actually increase the chances she'll agree to ride to Nashville for Exhibitism. Thankfully she's got her own desires for a London/England/Great Brittian trip which have made my trip for a Stones/IORR Band show just about a "Done Deal". Don't y'all just love "marital negotiations"?

Peace,
Mr DJA

just buy tickets, book a hotelroom, start the engine and play her this

[www.youtube.com]

resotele

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resotele
just buy tickets, book a hotelroom, start the engine and play her this

[www.youtube.com]

resotele

Thanks for that, resotele... Not sure how effective it will be with her, but it might just convince me to make the trip by myself... That's a mighty fine band John's got himself right now.

Peace,
Mr DJA

good luck to you, Mr. DJA

tell her that my wife will come with me to Zurich, and that I'm sure she will like the trip, the shopping, the hotel, and (maybe) the concert

and your lady will go with you, too; hope so

resotele

Just super that John's still out there.
I had his "Slugline" LP, released in '79 I think.
He had two LPs before this but Slugline was the first of two MCA LP's
and where I first heard him.
I immediately thought him every bit as good as the really esteemed writers
breaking out at that time, like Elvis Costello, for one example.
HIS first records were amazing...
....but his acidic take on Show Biz in the title track...
about finally getting that big record deal...
already world weary and sick of the bullshit as he was launching;
Became a big fan. Had a friend who worked for his publishing company at the time,
and heard many of his earliest reel-to-reel solo publishing demos,
never released, but compiled to be played for specific producers
for specific artists, and all that....he was getting some covers early on...
as years went by:
Bob Dylan recorded a John Hiatt song.
The above seven word sentence was all I really need have written here on this post.
I was hooked; I bought everything for a dozen years after that and he
was very profliferate...
Y'all already know the once-removed Stones connection, as Ry
was part of that small crackerjack excellent band that made his
Bring The Family album.
Plus John name-checks Charlie in one of his songs.

I ended up seeing John in small L.A. clubs
at the time, with Howie Epstein, later to fill in on bass
for Tom Petty for many years until his sad death...

...and it was super great. I felt very priviliged.
I didn't know he was gonna get so big, when I saw him
at Madame Wongs, (which used to be a nightclub in Santa Monica,
a place where only a few hundred would pack the place)...
in 79 or 80....

I have also seen him very many times totally solo, and he's just magnetic and super-talented always imo.

I didn't know he would get so big in the biz,
but I felt priviliged because I knew this was a great, great songwriter,
and so did many core fans...
I saw him over a dozen times over those years, but not for a long time
and it's a pleasure to see fans here going to see him now.
Several of his tracks are among my all time favorite recorded songs...

July 12 Hiatt gig is the Anniversary of the Stones first gig!
56 years!

So when I first heard John Hiatt; and was interested in his songs,
this was the title cut. He's one of the very, very best songwriters America has to offer imo.
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I went to the marketplace
They said they liked my face
Better than a digital watch
You got it, we're pros and we can spot it
So I thought it was some disease
But they were all on their knees
Shakin' hands with my picture
First we sterilize it
Then we merchandise it
Everybody tries
Everybody buys it

Well that's fine
Put me on the slug line
Punch a pretty hole in my mind
Show me where to sign
And put me on the slug line

They told me how to behave
Like any other public slave
Keep a smile on the face of the consumer
Or you'll become a rumor
So I got a band of angry sons
Now we're havin' so much fun
Tearin' up the nation
Weapons out of mic stands
Bitin' on the glad hand
They still don't understand
That they were marketing a madman

And that's fine
Put me on the slug line
Punch a pretty hole in my mind
Show me where to sign
And put me on the slug-
Well that's fine
Put me on the slug line

Punch a pretty hole in my mind
Show me where to sign
And put me on the slug line

You made one mistake
You made me wait
That's fine
Put me on the slug line
Punch a pretty hole in my mind
Show me where to sign
And put me on the slug-
Well that's fine
Put me on the slug line
Couldn't lay a glove on my mind
So show me where to sign
And put me on the slug line

Songwriters: John R Hiatt




Slug Line lyrics © BMG Rights Management US, LLC



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And he also wrote the line

“I'm yellin' at the kids in the back seat
'Cause they're bangin' like Charlie Watts”

The Usual - Writen by John Hiatt.
Here's Bob's version:
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Anyone going to the Paradiso on July 12??
Jeroen

John Hiatt is also playing in London (Under the Bridge) on 2 July.

,,,, and in Groningen on July 13.