{"id":3336,"date":"2011-02-09T10:59:27","date_gmt":"2011-02-09T17:59:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/anthologysd.com\/blog\/?p=3336"},"modified":"2011-02-09T11:00:15","modified_gmt":"2011-02-09T18:00:15","slug":"concert-review-al-stewart-at-anthology-february-4th-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anthologysd.com\/press\/2011\/02\/09\/concert-review-al-stewart-at-anthology-february-4th-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"Concert Review: Al Stewart at Anthology &#8211; February 4th, 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_3337\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.anthologysd.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3337\" src=\"http:\/\/www.anthologysd.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/4-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Al Stewart\" title=\"Al Stewart\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3337\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3337\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Al Stewart<\/p><\/div>\n<p><cite>by <strong>David Moye<\/strong><\/cite><\/p>\n<p>If all you know about Al Stewart\u2019s music are hit songs like \u201cYear of the Cat\u201d and \u201cTime<br \/>\nPassages,\u201d it\u2019s like only knowing a hamburger from the ketchup.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, Stewart\u2019s two biggest hits are soft rock classics that tell evocative stories, but they<br \/>\nare just the tip of the iceberg.<\/p>\n<p>Stewart, who played Anthology on February 4, knows as much about history as any<br \/>\ntweed-wearing professor. Except he puts his stories to music.<\/p>\n<p>He also introduces many of his songs with explanations and lectures about the time<br \/>\npassage being covered.<\/p>\n<p>This is the first concert I\u2019ve ever been to where the singer introduced a song by<br \/>\ndiscussing the four major revolutions \u2013 and tying them into Egypt.<\/p>\n<p>He also told stories about how he writes songs; very interesting to someone who enjoys<br \/>\nthe songwriter process.<\/p>\n<p>Stewart is an excellent rhythmic guitarist and was ably assisted by guitarist Mark<br \/>\nRachmanoff, who played some excellent solos throughout and also worked as a comic<br \/>\nfoil.<\/p>\n<p>Because much of Stewart\u2019s songs are based on classic folk melodies, even the songs that<br \/>\nare unfamiliar are very catchy.<\/p>\n<p>However, truth be told, I was there to hear \u201cYear of the Cat,\u201d a song that always takes me<br \/>\nboth halfway across the world and to my bedroom during seventh grade. It\u2019s one of the<br \/>\nmost romantic songs I know and, of course, being his best known song, he waited until<br \/>\nthe end to play it.<\/p>\n<p>Stewart has sung this song thousands of times in the 34 years since he recorded it, but<br \/>\nstill found a way to keep it fresh. Even more impressive was Rachmanoff\u2019s incredible<br \/>\nrecreation of both an electric guitar solo and a sax solo.<\/p>\n<p>Very impressive on both counts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by David Moye If all you know about Al Stewart\u2019s music are hit songs like \u201cYear of the Cat\u201d and \u201cTime Passages,\u201d it\u2019s like only knowing a hamburger from the ketchup. Yes, Stewart\u2019s two biggest hits are soft rock classics that tell evocative stories, but they are just the tip of the iceberg. Stewart, who [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":3337,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,17],"tags":[311,693],"class_list":["post-3336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-live-music-concert-reviews","category-past-shows","tag-al-stewart","tag-david-moye"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anthologysd.com\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anthologysd.com\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anthologysd.com\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anthologysd.com\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anthologysd.com\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3336"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/anthologysd.com\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3336\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3340,"href":"https:\/\/anthologysd.com\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3336\/revisions\/3340"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anthologysd.com\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anthologysd.com\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anthologysd.com\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anthologysd.com\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}