On Tuesday September 4th, I saw Chris Isaak in concert at one of my favorite concert venues in the area, The Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts. I have been a fan of Chris Isaak since as with a lot of people, his song “Wicked Games” in the David Lynch movie of the same name.
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Chris Isaak has an amazing voice. He has been compared to a few of my favorite artists of all times, Roy Orbison and Elvis Presley. I love the beautiful, yet eerie at times voice of Roy Orbison. Not many performers can sing in the manner of Roy Orbison, but Chris Isaak sure can. He also is great with Elvis’ songs, not as great as Roy’s songs in my opinion but still very good. But Chris Isaak covering Roy Orbison or Elvis songs is not the reason I like Chris Isaak. He is a masterful songwriter. He has written hit songs for other artists and has had good success with his music doing well also.
I have seen a few concerts at the Maryland Hall, all of which prior to this show were solo or acoustic performances. I love the sound of this theater and was hoping to hear what a full band would sound like. Chris performed with his band, one he has been performing with for thirty-three plus years and they sounded like a well-oiled machine. The sound in this theater with a full band was great. The balance between music and vocals were in good balance, mostly for the first half. Starting with the Elvis cover “Can’t Help Falling in Love” the tide changed some.
The set list includes his big hits like 'Wicked Game' and 'Baby Did A Bad, Bad Thing,' covers of his hero, Roy Orbison, as well as Elvis and Merle Haggard, and songs off of his new album. But, really, when you go to his concert, you're there for the show. And the show is mostly him.
Chris’ vocals were harder to hear over the music. I was a disappointed because I wanted to hear Chris hit the notes better during this song. For the rest of the show. The music seemed a bit louder, but I think it was a bit maybe in response to the audience. The vocal/music balance did improve for the remainder of the show. El capitan or high sierra for mac mini 2010.
The audience for this show was amazing. Walking into the show, the energy of the fans seemed a bit stronger than other shows I have attended recently. The attitude all around was smiles, happiness and excitement and Chris and his band loved it. At one point of the show, Chris came off the stage and walked to the back of the theater singing and went up to the balcony to sing for the fans up there. While he was up in the balcony, I could not see Chris, but they had a spotlight on Chris and on the wall you could see the silhouette of Chris’s shadow in the spotlight which made such a great thing for him to do, that much more special and kicked up the entertainment value.
Only the Lonely (Roy Orbison, Joe Melson) - 2:53 $1.29 on iTunes 4. South of the Border (Down Mexico Way) (Jimmy Kennedy, Michael Carr) - 3:10 $1.29 on iTunes 5. I Wonder - 2:55 $1.29 on iTunes 6. Wrong to Love You - 3:55 $1.29 on iTunes 7. Waiting for My Lucky Day - 2:38 $1.29 on iTunes 8. Yellow Bird (Norman Luboff, Alan Bergman. Dec 18, 2014 Then there's Isaak's voice, which has a timbre that makes his biggest song, 'Wicked Game,' haunting and lets him ably handle the operatics of Roy Orbision's 'Oh, Pretty Woman.' In 1969, two of Roy Orbison’s sons died in a tragic house fire. Just months after they died, Orbison recorded an album that addressed the trauma, and was thought to have been lost forever until. That song is cool. His Silvertone band gets a great sound. I'll check the video! The melody kinda sounds like Roy Orbison 'In Dreams'-ish style. The Chris Isaak tunes 'Tears', 'Gone Ridin' and 'Western Stars' are also great ones.
Chris and his band played for about two hours. They performed many of Chris hit songs. In addition to Elvis Presley’s “Can’t Help Falling in Love”, they also performed Roy Orbison’s “Oh, Pretty Woman” which sounded amazing. They also played for the devilish people out there, Merle Kilgore’s “Ring of Fire”.
Some of the Chris Isaak songs they played included “Wicked Games” of course and to my surprise, this was not part of his encore which I thought it would be. They also performed “Heart Shaped World”, “Two Hearts”, one of my favorite songs, “Don’t Make Me Dream About You” and “San Francisco Days”.
For the encore, they came out and played two songs and with the songs they played, I could understand why they did not play “Wicked Games” in the encore, they played “Baby Did a Bad Bad Thing”, and ” Can’t Do a Thing (To Stop Me)” which were both rocking songs. For a lot of the show the fans were standing, and for the encore, it was no exception.
Roy Orbison Sings Hank Williams
After walking out of the show, I saw people leaving with smiles on their face. I don’t think there was a disappointed fan there that night. If there was, I did not see them.
Chris Isaak is amazing. Being a longtime fan, this is a show I was excited to attend and hope to get to see him in concert again soon.
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Chris Isaak has been lighting up concert stages for many decades. I recall fondly his LA debut in the early 1980s at the Roxy on Sunset, replete with tiki lights adorning the stage. He is still able to deliver the same blend of excellent musicianship with a sterling between song patter that is unattained by anyone.
Isaak has released a long series of albums, that weave many of his influences while still adding his own mark. On stage, these influences are even more evident. The tasty mix of Roy Orbison, Ricky Nelson, Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly are worthy. Although Isaak assayed songs by a few of these artists (including Willie Nelson’s “Pretty Paper”), Isaak never stooped to cloying mimicry.
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Instead, Isaak made the sound all his own. He opened the night with “All American Boy,” the theme song to his excellent (and criminally unavailable) TV show, and as usual tore through another pair of songs before stopping with the first installment of his humorous between song patter.
Roy Orbison Songs
While mostly self-deprecating and appreciative of his audience, Isaak kept us smiling whether he was singing or bantering. Unlike a few prior Christmas visits to The Belly Up, this time Isaak sprinkled many holiday tunes into his repertoire. He did a great introduction to his sad sack “Christmas on TV.” After the Hawaiian holiday tune “Mele Kalikimaka” Isaak confessed it made him want to go surfing and eat poi. Invariably, he did a superb version of “Wicked Game,” with the same liquid and seductive guitar lines.
Isaak welcoming my daughter and her date to their first visit to The Belly Up and their first Chris Isaak show.
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At about the halfway point, the band moved to the front of the stage for an essentially unplugged set. From the beginning of his career, Isaak has relied on the superb engine room of Rowland Salley (bass) and Kenney Dale Johnson (drums). The entire band is well-oiled, able to pivot at Isaak’s direction.
Roy Orbison Sings Crying
Isaak seems to have hit a plateau. It is a very lofty plateau, but long-time fans like me want more success for him. That of course, comes at the risk that he won’t return next year to the warm intimacy of The Belly Up.
(photos by Brad Auerbach)