An exceptional night

In his early years Greg was obviously quite a "joker", at least before a live audience (due out Flat Stuff: "The sun looks like a cookie, That did not come out right, ah, the moon looks like a cookie, and someone stole a bite "while the moon in" Banjo Moon "" as round as a banjo "is). The show also funny sung (or spoken part) text passages in "Dream On", "Waiting" or introductions to the pieces (which are included on the CD as two additional tracks).

He tells, for example, in the Introduction of "Downtown" that he would Petula Clark hit times and they have jointly written a song, but now sounds different in both. (The live version of Greg's "Downtown" I like the way better than the studio version!) Anyway, a funny story told, which was intended rather for (exclusively), to entertain the audience. In fact, the "downtowns" the two performers were written completely independently.

As Greg Brown once parodied shortly Tom Waits voice in "Waiting" ("You know, even ol 'Tom Waits is waiting ..."), he would then probably not thought that he later times also a similarly rough, scratchy and would get deeper voice (imagine hear his latest album of 2012 "Hymns to What is Left" on).

In "One Night" from the 80's Greg Brown has certainly still slightly higher (listen, for example, "Ships", which is reminiscent of the young Townes Van Zandt) and extremely versatile voice. "Flat Stuff" He has, incidentally, recorded later in his 2011 album "Freak Flag" again. Very interesting if you look at so the comparison sounds from the young and "old" Greg Brown!

"One Night" with live recordings of 8 + 9 October 1982 in the "Coffee House extempore" Folk Club in Minneapolis (the CD was 1999 again re-released with additional songs) must then for the audience really have been an extraordinary experience and the was captured beautifully in this album!

PS highlight the pieces are still very "canned goods" (even if you have the wonderful studio version, like you can hear the different interpreted live version) and "Ella Mae".