Iron & Wine last night.
Wow...What a great show. Every time I've seen Sam Beam, he's had a completely different band behind him -- sometimes just him and sister Sara; in collaboration with Calexico with lots of horns, and last night with a very different, very large, but very tight group that reflected his new sound as debuted on "The Shepherd's Dog," with everything from lap steel guitar to steel drums. Interestingly, they mixed it up a bit and started with just him and Sara doing "Trapeze Swinger," "Dead Man's Will," and a couple other quiet ones, then brought out the full band for the rest of the night. So, so good....