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Jay Farrar and Benjamin Gibbard - Boulder Theater, Colorado - January 26th 2010
"As you know, it’s really fate, circumstance and Jack Kerouac that brings us together tonight.” Jay Farrar said this right before launching into another song inspired by Kerouac’s novel, Big Sur, which is the basis for the album Farrar and Benjamin Gibbard released last fall entitled One Fast Move or I’m Gone.
Farrar (of Son Volt) and Gibbard (from Death Cab for Cutie and The Postal Service) paid homage to Kerouac to a mellow but excited crowd at the Boulder Theater on Tuesday. The show was a bit on the short side, since both front-men decided not to play any music from their more well-known catalogues, but I’ve been to much longer shows that didn’t have half as much heart as the one these two played.
Rounding out the band on bass was Nick Harmer (from Death Cab), Mark Spencer ( from Son Volt) on the keys and guitars, and Jon Wurster (from Superchunk, Bob Mould and The Mountain Goats) on the drums.
Farrar and Gibbard played almost the entire album during the course of the show, and seemed to have no trouble alternating between who was leading the band. It’s nice these days to see two extraordinarily talented musicians whose egos don’t get in the way of the music their trying to make.
Gibbard took the lead on the more folk-esque “California Zephyr” and “One Fast Move or I’m Gone,” while Farrar burned through the more blues-tinged numbers, like “Final Horrors” and “Breathe or Iodine.” Spencer in particular was smoking on the pedal guitar and organs.
Both of the leaders also did a couple of their lesser known solo tracks like “Couches in Alleys,” and “You Remind me of Home.” The highlight of the of the show was the two encores, the first ending with a sing-along version of the Tom Wait’s classic “Old Shoes (And Picture Postcards),” and then they came back for a blistering cover of Bob Dylan’s “Absolutely Sweet Marie.”
Throughout the show, both guys were laughing and clearly having a great time making and playing the music. Kerouac couldn’t have asked for a better tribute.
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