History
I am fortunate enough to have gotten to know Bert Lams and Tom Griesgraber over the past few years. During August of 2009, I had blogged about seeing them perform 3 house concerts here, here, and here.
Since they have strong ties to the Austin, they frequently use it as a regional basecamp,
performing multiple house concerts in the area. As a result, I had the pleasure of seeing them perform twice this weekend.
FEFC - Friday, January 4th
My friend, Bruce Stoft, set up a concert once again at the First Evangelical Free Church. The room provided had exceptional acoustics.
I estimate that they performed for about 70 minutes. They are now performing a lot of material from their latest CD project, Unamed Lands. Most importantly, they sounded wonderful.
Setlist
I noted the following songs during their set:
- Where the Trail Divides
- Don't Look Back
- Prairie Suite
- A Letter Home
- War Dance
- Rebecca
- Bert Solo: Nascent - Prelude from Bach's First Cello Suite
- Victors Chase
- Unearthly Screams Shattered
- Pacific
Encore
- Train to Lamy Suite
House Concert - Saturday, January 5th
The next night was a little more intimate, since it was in house, located on scenic Mount Bonnell. Once again, Bert and Tom delivered an outstanding set of music, to a crowd which included several Guitar Craft alumni.
Setlist
- Where the Trail Divides
- Don't Look Back
- Prairie Suite
- A Letter Home
- War Dance
- Rebecca
- Unearthly Screams Shattered
- Pacific
Encore
- Train to Lamy Suite
- Suzanne Oleson joined Tom and Bert for a song she had written for her band, Chasing Blue.
Before the end of the month
These shows were also a warmup,
of sorts. I will be seeing Bert perform again on the 27th of this month in Austin, with the California Guitar Trio, along with the Montreal Guitar Trio, at the One World Theater. I can't wait.
