She's probably one of the sweetest people you will ever get to see live. Seeing one of her shows entails an incredible amount of honest stream of consciousness on her part. She just oozes sincerity, it's unfortunate but people seem to take it as airiness. Fair enough, much of what she says is not much at all, but if you take it for that you can probably enjoy it much more.
Thankfully this show was a little different from her others. She for once did not start with "The Wrong Guy," but with a song I wasn't actually familiar with. She rather finished her set with "The Wrong Guy" and introduced it as the song she said she'd never play again.
She didn't play much off of any albums in particular although it seems I Woke Myself Up has taken precedence over her other albums in the last few shows. Again, I was let down for the third time to not hear "Dark Horse."
She played this gig with her brilliant accompaniment guitarist and drummer - William Kidman. They did their usual bit of "Reasons to Quit." But this time around she touched on her encounters with Phosphorescent at Coachella in the past. She apparently forgot that she had met him and embarrassed herself in front of him. She very shyly told the crowd. Phosphorescent introduced the song "Reasons to Quit" to Julie, I think it was originally done by Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard before that.
I was really shocked by their cover of Sam Cooke's "Bring It On Home To Me." Rich Terfry, the voice behind CBC Radio 2 Drive claimed that "Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You" is the most covered song. Well, I think "Bring It On Home" would give him a run for his money. Doiron's cover was not unlike any other one I had heard before, but it was nice to hear it with a different voice, I'm sad to say I'm growing a wee bit tired of my two favourite versions of the tune (She & Him, The Zombies).
The one I immediately had the need to listen to:
She's apparently done it before:
The Zombies (medley of "You Really Got A Hold On Me" and "Bring It On Home"):
She & Him:
Original:
Julie made a big deal about how she was playing it for her Mom and that if anyone was putting it on YouTube she shouted out to her Mom. Cute.
She also said her Mom made the dress she wore that evening when she was eighteen:
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