Magical Night at the Mod Club Pt. 2

...not sure if you have ever stepped foot in the Mod Club when its primed for a concert, but if not, imagine yourself stepping foot into a Quentin Tarantino movie (kind of Kill Bill meets From Dusk til Dawn?). Amazing joint...Ben aside the environment alone was verging on surreal. Red, and orange lights cast over everything. Two 'Both Sides Bullseyes beeming across the room, and on the stage with a light mist wafting over them...two chairs and mike-stands sitting idle on the stage. Deep purple lights fill the stage area...



The 45 minute wait was long, but only helped stir the antcipation ! We were AT THE STAGE. Christa was LEANING on the stage, Aaron and i perched close behind with a direct line of site at the stage ! (Also a PERFECT spot for the Creative Labs Nomad to record might I add).
Heres the quick version of what transpired. Imagine a FULL BLOWN Ben concert...with only two members performing...with ONLY acoustic guitars ! It hits you JUST THE SAME WAY. Bone chilling in fact. Deafining clarity like you have NEVER heard before, especially from acoustics. Mind you, I was standing beside a speaker tower probably 15 ft high ???
Setlist as follows -
(Played about 2Hours - Most acoustic sets he does are an hour - hour and a half. Not sure what it is about Toronto, but he LOVES to play there)


Power of the Gospel - Amazing. He screws up the guitar at the beginning and starts over - gets a good chuckle - very apologetic.
Another Lonely Day - Man...Ben can WORK an acoustic. Litterally BENDING the guitar as he plays it.
Walk Away - A classic. Well done.
BADASS Instrumental (called "Walk Alone" on the setlist) - CRAZY BLUESY DOBRO. Cant quite describe this, but Ben at his "guitarical" best !

11th Commandment/Well Well Well - Sweet sweet guitar....
Please Don't Talk About Murder - Michael joins Ben for their first song together. Again...amazing to me this song was played with ACOUSTIC guitars. Shivers.
Reason to Mourn - One of my new favourties. Very Cat Stevens to me.
Picture in a Frame - I maintain...the new Amen Omen, might be slightly more amazing with the Band, but still acoustic genius.
Crying Won't Help You Now - Beautiful, heartfelt song.
Engraved Invitation - One of the high points for me. Ben screams chill me to my core. We are so close, we can litterally see spittle fly out of his mouth as he rocks the chair back on two legs, SCREAMING at the TOP of his lungs. Deafening.
Never Leave Lonely Alone - Another new one...takes some growing, but outstanding nonetheless.
Morning Yearning - Didnt think acoustic guitars could sound like that. For the "new" Criminal, Micheal is OK with me...
Gather Round the Stone - Ben chats with the crowd here. About his love for Toronto...his love for all the STYLE in Toronto.
Please Bleed - Words cant quite describe. This is something Ive ALWAYS wanted to hear acoustic, and it did NOT dissapoint. Not sure what was better - Bens vocals, or Micheals guitars.
Waiting for You
There Will Be a Light
Where Could I Go

Encore:

In the Lord's Arms - SOOO Rare. Beatiful.
The Drugs Don't Work - A request made by Neil - the guy who hooked me up with the ticket. Ben never plays it. It was awesome.
Forever - Classic. Purple lights.
Diamonds on the Inside - Another "new classic". Done slightly slower than normal, but equally as impressive.
Glory & Consequence >>> Indifference!!!!! >>> Glory & Consequence - We could see Ben trying to coax Michael into Amen Omen at the crowds urging, instead we were BLESSED with this. CMon are you KIDDING ME. Starts with a CRAZY version of G&C...blends into a funky parlay on which I had no idea where it would end up, and next thing I know they are into Indifference by Pearl Jam. At this point in the night Ben should NOT have had a voice, yet its HERE where he unleashes the most chlling VOCALS of the night. As per the vocals, he litterally SCREAMS HIS LUNGS OUT !


2 Hours of absolute bliss. Im SORRY you guys could not be there as it was INCREDIBLE. Im not teasing you here or bragging...I want to SHARE this with you guys !!!

Rumour had it, right from the horses mouth that after the show, Ben was going to hit the Revival for Open Mike...a bunch of concert go-ers headed over, but sadly after waiting over a few beers, we gave up. Oh well !!!! I was exhausted as it was. Sorry for the long post - their still may be a Part III.