{"id":2706,"date":"2012-04-21T12:56:31","date_gmt":"2012-04-21T16:56:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/?p=2706"},"modified":"2013-02-19T17:55:19","modified_gmt":"2013-02-19T22:55:19","slug":"trigger-hippy-fronted-by-joan-osborne-a-must-see-as-southern-tour-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/2012\/04\/21\/trigger-hippy-fronted-by-joan-osborne-a-must-see-as-southern-tour-continues\/","title":{"rendered":"Trigger Hippy, fronted by Joan Osborne, a must-see as southern tour continues"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><div class=\"e26b170012445c56d240655bdd03f7bf\" data-index=\"10\" style=\"float: right; margin:10px 0 10px 10px;\">\n<script async src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:inline-block;width:300px;height:600px\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5595881567027133\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8268618372\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<br \/>\nJust before the end of their powerful set last night at Live Wire Music Hall here in Savannah, the five members of Trigger Hippy &#8212; fronted by the great Joan Osborne &#8212; paused for a moment. Just a moment, as if they needed to get their bearings. So deep into such a seamless, rollicking performance, those few seconds seemed a little out of place.<\/p>\n<p>And then they launched into a moving and beautiful version of The Band classic &#8220;The Weight&#8221;, with the crowd singing along passionately. It was a stirring end to a stirring show &#8212; and just about perfect so soon after Levon Helm&#8217;s death.<\/p>\n<p>Weeks ago, when I first saw that Trigger Hippy would be starting a quick southern tour here in Savannah, I checked out the sound &#8212; and loved it. But were they serious about Joan Osborne? <em>That<\/em> Joan Osborne? Osborne&#8217;s second album, 1995&#8217;s <em>Relish<\/em>, was a smash hit largely because of the single &#8220;One of Us&#8221;, but it was solid beginning to end. I just about wore that thing out.<\/p>\n<p>I haven&#8217;t followed Osborne&#8217;s career since then, but it was simply stunning to hear that voice and see that energy up close as part of this bluesy, soulful, funky, hard-charging rock and roll band. <\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a free download of Trigger Hippy&#8217;s &#8220;Cave Hill Cemetery&#8221;. It burns with sensuality, just like Trigger Hippy live. (Btw, there&#8217;s a Cave Hill Cemetery in Louisville, Kentucky &#8212; a beautiful place not too far from the tony suburb of Anchorage, Kentucky where Osborne was raised.) &#8220;I&#8217;ll be in Cave Hill Cemetery before I stop loving you&#8221; &#8212; beautiful.<\/p>\n<p><center><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.topspin.net\/javascripts\/topspin_core.js?aId=4026&#038;timestamp=1335024628\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"topspin-widget topspin-widget-email-for-media\">\n  <object type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"280\" height=\"280\" id=\"TSWidget140890\" data=\"http:\/\/cdn.topspin.net\/widgets\/email2\/swf\/TSEmailMediaWidget.swf?timestamp=1335024628\" bgColor=\"#000000\"><param value=\"always\" name=\"allowScriptAccess\"\/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\"\/><param name=\"quality\" value=\"high\"\/><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/cdn.topspin.net\/widgets\/email2\/swf\/TSEmailMediaWidget.swf?timestamp=1335024628\"\/><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"linkColor=0xfffef8&amp;highlightColor=0xf3d950&amp;theme=black&amp;baseColor=0x22222&amp;imageVAlign=top&amp;fontColor=0xfffef8&amp;linkOverColor=0xffc705&amp;widget_id=http:\/\/cdn.topspin.net\/api\/v1\/artist\/4026\/email_for_media\/140890?timestamp=1334676603\"\/><\/object>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Trigger Hippy&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/triggerhippy.net\/tour\" target=\"_blank\">short current tour<\/a> includes gigs in Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Tennessee. If you get the chance, be sure to check them out. <\/p>\n<p>Trigger Hippy&#8217;s other members are Steve Gorman, Audley Freed, Jackie Greene, and Nick Govrik &#8212; all of whom have great resumes of their own. And they aren&#8217;t overshadowed by Osborne, despite her intense stage presence &#8212; breezy and sexy and commanding all at once.<\/p>\n<p>I took a ton of photos that I haven&#8217;t really edited yet, but I wanted to get some posted before Trigger Hippy gets too far into their tour.<\/p>\n<p>As always, Live Wire&#8217;s low stage, intimate environment, and multi-colored lights present both challenges and opportunities to those of us with cameras . . .<\/p>\n<p>And my apology to the drummer &#8212; in small clubs in Savannah it&#8217;s almost always impossible for me to get decent shots of you guys.<\/p>\n<!-- A0MAf76kL8QI -->\r\n<!-- Cincopa WordPress plugin wp1.161: \/\/www.cincopa.com\/media-platform\/wordpress-plugin.aspx -->\r\n<div id=\"cp_widget_A0MAf76kL8QI_defc336bf0f8df5fa6cac08654b5b1e2\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cincopa.com\/media-platform\/runtime\/loading.gif?w=594\" style=\"border:0;\" alt=\"Cincopa WordPress plugin\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/div>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n\/* PLEASE CHANGE DEFAULT EXCERPT HANDLING TO CLEAN OR FULL (go to your Wordpress Dashboard\/Settings\/Cincopa Options ... *\/\r\n\/\/ cp_load_widget(\"A0MAf76kL8QI\", \"cp_widget_A0MAf76kL8QI_defc336bf0f8df5fa6cac08654b5b1e2\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n\n<div class=\"e26b170012445c56d240655bdd03f7bf\" data-index=\"4\" style=\"float: none; margin:4px 0 4px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"ca-pub-5595881567027133\";\r\n\/* Another large rectangle *\/\r\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"0042810896\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 336;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 280;\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This post has a mini-review and a couple dozen pics of Friday&#8217;s show at Live Wire Music Hall by Trigger Hippy, with lead singer Joan Osborne, who had a huge hit in the mid-90s with &#8220;One of Us&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/2012\/04\/21\/trigger-hippy-fronted-by-joan-osborne-a-must-see-as-southern-tour-continues\/\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2708,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[6],"tags":[225,197,198],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/DSC_01841.jpg?fit=1610%2C2048","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1gN9R-HE","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2706"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2706"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2706\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}