Glenn Tilbrook – 30 November 2001, The Coach House, San Juan Capistrano CA

Glenn Tilbrook – 30 November 2001, The Coach House, San Juan Capistrano CA – Solo acoustic show

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Glenn_List says:

7 April 2012 at 9:54 pm

Junebug wrote:

“Hi Everyone,

Junebug here, still basking in the afterglow of last night’s concert at the Coachhouse. This was definitely the best show I’ve ever seen! Glenn was at his finest & the audience had many knowledgable Squeeze fans. I’m not good at estimating crowd sizes, but I’d guess there were about 200 present. We had great seats right next to the stage – the closest I’ve ever been to Glenn. Sadly, the club personnel wouldn’t let me bring my camera in so no piccies. This ticks me off a bit since several people took flash photos during the concert.

The Setlist:
1)Letting Go 2) Messed Around 3) I Won’t See You 4) Footprints 5)Some Fantastic Place 6) Parallel World 7) Woman’s World 8) Melody Motel 9) Voodoo Chile 10) Tough Love 11) This Is Where You Ain’t 12) Hourglass 13) Annie Get Your Gun 14) Observatory 15) Up The Junction 16) Wine Spodee-Odee 17) Too Many Teardrops 18) When The Hangover Strikes 19) The Truth 20) Goodbye Girl 21) Take Me I’m Yours 22) Ticket To Ride 23) Black Coffee in Bed 24) Is That Love?
First Encore:
Piccadilly
A song I’m unfamiliar with, but the chorus went “You’re So Square, Baby I Don’t Care” & was sung in an Elvis-y style
If I Didn’t Love You
Another Nail In My Heart
Second Encore (sung standing atop a table with the crowd in a sing-along!):
Tempted
Pulling Mussels From the Shell

Incidental Details:

Some Fantastic Place was dedicated to George Harrison & Glenn mentioned that the chorus of that song was inspired by “My Sweet Lord” & “Oh Happy Day”. He was obviously much saddened by Harrison’s death.

Glenn spoke about how he became familiar with Chris Braide’s songwriting abilities when Braide had a tape delivered to Glenn’s door. He said that Chris has since been signed & dumped by 3 different labels after having 2 million pounds spent to promote him (unclear if that was Glenn’s $$ or not). He added that Chris has a co-write on the new single by S Club 7 ( a band I’m unfamiliar with).

Glenn took requests, but added that it was only to give us “the illusion that you have free choice”. I yelled for “Maidstone”, but I don’t think he could hear me. Another girl kept yelling for “Grouch of the Day” & someone else kept yelling “Domino!”. Before playing “Hourglass”, he mentioned that it was their highest US charter (17), then said the 2nd highest was “853-5937” which he mentioned while making the sound one would make when hurling up their dinner. LOL He said it was originally his answering machine message & should have stayed
that way.

Before playing “Voodoo Chile”, he told us a little story about growing up visiting Jimi Hendrix (very funny!) & said that he named his son Ted Hendrix. (My brother claims that there’s a football linebacker with that name, but spelled Hendricks).

Before one encore, he told us about how he always wanted to buy the 6ft submarine he saw in ads in the backs of comic books while growing up, then asked if anyone there had bought it. One guy said he did & that it was “crap” & “made of cardboard”. To that, Glenn laughed & said he thought that might be the case because otherwise he could see that there might be “liability issues”. LOL

He also spoke fondly of Chris Difford at one point, then tried to recreate Difford’s silhouette using the club’s spotlight. How did he do this? By squatting down a bit & trying to make a bit of a bigger stomach! Too funny.

For those interested in such things, he was wearing a brownish-red tee shirt, jeans & sneakers & he did have that nifty watch on. To me, he looked a bit thinner than when we saw him in July. Too many California salads, perhaps? ;-)

On the issue of being thinner….he opened by telling us how the artwork for his CD was selected from a 1930’s air show illustration, then said he likes it because the guy sort of looks like him “but thinner”. LOL

I was especially thrilled to actually get to meet with & talk to him after the show for a few minutes. He signed my double-CD digi-pak (lots of room for a good sig there!). I had him write “To Junebug” & he almost wrote Doodlebug! (Guys, is that an improvement over my actual nick? ;-) ). When someone says something funny, I tend to reflexively reach out & touch them. (So, be warned! heehee).
After talking with Glenn, I realized I’d reached over & touched his knee. (No, I’m not a midget – he was sitting on a stool!). Wasn’t sure whether I should ever wash that hand again, but reluctantly did so the next morning. :-(

Hope some of you enjoyed this review as much as I enjoyed writing it!”

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