Forum : Events, Gigs, Meetups, Etc : Are you planning to see Brian perform live, or have you seen one of his shows lately? Talk about it here. http://www.bvafans.com/ Didn't make it. The thought of two 3 hour drives with 4 hours of bar sandwiched in the middle, combined with an 8am parent teacher conference scared me. God, I'm getting old! Well, here's hoping this is just a warm up for a successful new record and a successful supporting tour that will include either a date in Raleigh or a weekend date somewhere I can drive to. http://www.bvafans.com/messages.cfm?messageid=E6876A56-39CD-48B9-96244B6AE601203A&r=1 2010-05-18T22:05:12-07:00 Charlotte tonight how was the show rick? http://www.bvafans.com/messages.cfm?messageid=A54410E1-26C3-498D-8E2F599A59771C4B&r=2 2010-05-18T17:06:39-07:00 Charlotte tonight Anyone driving from or through Raleigh/Durham on the way to Charlotte for tonight's Verve Pipe show? I'm planning to go but a 3 hour drive by myself - particularly the return trip doesn't sound at all pleasant. http://www.bvafans.com/messages.cfm?messageid=D4C3F10A-3A7E-4737-B0E59DCB37DB6DCE&r=3 2010-05-17T15:21:29-07:00 Charlotte tonight That's cool. I don't have any friends, which is why my LCLR events have been attended by 12 and 6 people. =) http://www.bvafans.com/messages.cfm?messageid=94BF4D64-C112-4ED6-AA457C177D716EA6&r=4 2010-05-07T20:02:38-07:00 TVH LCLR show #5 Rick, I'm in Wisconsin so Chapel Hill wasn't me. 8) Brian has to travel a fair bit to get to me so I cannot give myself too big of a deal!! :-) Honestly, I charge admission to our "club" and I raise all the money to give to Brian. In this way it costs me the same now as it did before I was started helping BVA out in 2008. In that way, I invite new people to each show so he can sell more merch, etc. Its really been a winning combination to this point! We even had some funny Ticketmaster tickets for our show this time! http://www.bvafans.com/messages.cfm?messageid=B462C22F-8CBC-4D3F-9CCBC51600E9041D&r=5 2010-05-07T19:51:49-07:00 TVH LCLR show #5 todd, you must get some kind of discount on LCLR shows ;) I've only had 1-1/2 shows! And I think my first show actually piggy backed off yours - your first show as in Chapel Hill, right? http://www.bvafans.com/messages.cfm?messageid=8B0D9977-1E53-49FF-9F373EACE8CA55A6&r=6 2010-05-07T19:40:48-07:00 TVH LCLR show #5 oh yeah, that's a good one too. i remember hearing that one from some record store gig he did solo shortly after froggy was released. in fact now that i think about it, he did a lot of froggy at that show. i'll have to head over to vervepipeings.net (shameless plug) and see if that show is still there. http://www.bvafans.com/messages.cfm?messageid=DD076F3A-6653-4734-AD140C41B1510575&r=7 2010-05-06T18:20:00-07:00 TVH LCLR show #5 he did Generations at my last LCLR and it certainly was one of the highlights of the show. I had a lot of people asking about the song afterwards as they loved it and thought it was a solo song. http://www.bvafans.com/messages.cfm?messageid=BDCF52BB-7673-42CF-8D508BE76A1B486F&r=8 2010-05-06T18:15:36-07:00 TVH LCLR show #5 interesting. i've always had a slight bias against froggy, but i realize it probably has less to do with the songs and more to do with the awful awful production. i guess i should maybe dig into that one a little more next time and see what those songs sound like stripped down. http://www.bvafans.com/messages.cfm?messageid=BD10B30D-4A39-4881-BBD6713390A400D8&r=9 2010-05-06T18:09:23-07:00 TVH LCLR show #5 too right! Plus I heard he did it at a recent solo gig so I knew he had somewhat practiced it and didn't want to make him have to relearn to much stuff!! Also why Underneath was on the list as he had played that one at the recent shows as well. The version he played of Headlines at my house though was totally unique, almost felt like a different song to the Frog version! t. http://www.bvafans.com/messages.cfm?messageid=15897B05-5ABF-4E41-BE19C9C9EB32BE6F&r=10 2010-05-06T18:01:08-07:00 TVH LCLR show #5 cool man. good call on drive you mild. that's one that doesn't get enough play in my opinion. http://www.bvafans.com/messages.cfm?messageid=8849EE03-56A4-4C79-BF7F8583C0FB10DE&r=11 2010-05-06T17:40:35-07:00 TVH LCLR show #5 will have to listen to my recording again when i get a chance to get the setlist. Brian added some songs to the list and there were a bunch of requests from the crowd as people that have been coming to all of my shows and helping me afford it got to pick a song each to fill out the list. I can tell you my request was Drive You Mild and my wife's was Too Good for This World. I'll have to check back in when I have a chance to listen to it in its entirety! tvh http://www.bvafans.com/messages.cfm?messageid=46493E4A-C5F0-48F6-99E2B33C34450DF9&r=12 2010-05-06T17:30:58-07:00 TVH LCLR show #5 #5? wow, you truly are the king of LCLR, todd. care to share the entire setlist from this one? http://www.bvafans.com/messages.cfm?messageid=A34B8F18-298D-49F3-87AF5B421F087243&r=13 2010-05-06T16:53:25-07:00 TVH LCLR show #5 Take a roadtrip to PA on the 23rd and come to your 6th LCLR!! :) http://www.bvafans.com/messages.cfm?messageid=170553E8-8277-4192-8B3196E44342A4C1&r=14 2010-05-03T14:24:05-07:00 TVH LCLR show #5 Ok, my fifth LCLR show tonight. Quite a night. My friends were once again the opening band which is always fantastic in itself, but then BVA dazzled the crowd with a wide variety of tunes. Some of the nuggets on the setlist included: A Trip to Omaha, Underneath, Headlines, Veneer, Mileage, and Drive You Mild. And the Family album songs that were interesting hearing solo acoustic were Worrisome One, Suppertime, Cereal (played twice as my kids got home right when he finished it and it's their favorite so Brian replayed it). Kind of odd vacuuming the living room from cereal at midnight! And then to cap the night off, Brian and my friends Eric and Marty closed the show with a fantastic rendition of The Sound of Silence. This continues to be one of the coolest experiences there is for a music fan, the fact that he's one of my favorite artists only adds to the sensory overload! Can't wait for show #6!! tvh http://www.bvafans.com/messages.cfm?messageid=01242ACD-A124-43AC-91D740DAE8FDD099&r=15 2010-05-03T06:23:29-07:00 TVH LCLR show #5 ok, I didn't make this show last year but wanted to make sure I made the long drive this year to catch it and I was not dissappointed. What a great variety of songs and really capped the weekend with a regular Verve Pipe show, a Verve Pipe Kid's concert and then this one. Brian's brothers band backed Brian up on some songs and even did a few of their own covers. Lux did 2 cover songs on her own with a fantastic version of Cyndi Laupers Time After Time. I had to do some searching to find who did some of those songs and BVA helped me out that night with a couple of the ones I was unfamiliar with. I could have swore one of them was an old Peter Gabriel song but it was just BVA doing his good ole PG impression on stage, damn he sounded great. The sound at this venue really is fantastic. I won't go into TOO much detail, but if you post questions below I'll try to answer them. I don't recall exactly who was onstage for each and every song but I tried to note it after the song where I could remember it. Brian Vander Ark (w/Lux Land and The Lazy Blue Tunas) Peter Wege Ballet Theater Grand Rapids, MI 2-14-2010 (Evening show) ------------------------------------------ Something In The Way She Moves (James Taylor) I Want All of You Never Let You Down Maybe I'm Amazed (piano version) (McCartney) Survival Silver Springs (Lux with Randy on piano) (Fleetwood Mac) Time After Time (Lux with Randy and John) (Cyndi Lauper) Danny's Song (Lux and BVA) (Loggins/Messina) Someone Like You (BVA with Lazy Blue Tunas) Eight Days a Week (BVA with Lazy Blue Tunas) (Beatles) Shower the People (BVA with Lazy Blue Tunas) (James Taylor) You Baby (Lazy Blue Tunas) (The Turtles) Elenore (Lazy Blue Tunas) (The Turtles) Good Lovin' (Lazy Blue Tunas) (The Rascals) It's Only Time (BVA with Randy and John) (The Magnetic Fields) Colorful (BVA with Randy and John) I Will (Beatles) ----encore---- Falling Slowly (BVA/Lux with Randy and John) (The Frames) Let My Love Open the Door (Pete Townsend) http://www.bvafans.com/messages.cfm?messageid=98B47331-EDBC-4BB9-BB67C075B8128E7C&r=16 2010-02-16T17:30:25-07:00 Valentine's Show 2010 setlist Hi everyone, I have 2 extra tickets for the Valentine's show (evening). We were supposed to go with another couple but they cannot make it. If anyone is interested in buying them (face value, of course), please let me know. Thanks, http://www.bvafans.com/messages.cfm?messageid=2EC8D04C-E31F-43A8-AF671727F4407015&r=17 2010-02-08T17:33:32-07:00 Tickets For Sunday's show It was a great time last year. I'd highly recommend it. Too bad V-day is on a Sunday night, it'd be a bit of a stretch to make it to the show and work the next day. Get tickets soon if you can. We were front row last year and it was great. http://www.bvafans.com/messages.cfm?messageid=DB4FE323-9CFF-654B-DC6B91543F98E27E&r=18 2009-12-29T16:41:03-07:00 2010 Valentines Show ticket announc [b]A Valentine's Day Celebration Of Love Songs[/b] [b][i]with Brian Vander Ark, Lux Land and Lazy Blue [/i]Tunas[/b] When: [b]Sunday, February 14, 2010 - 8:30pm[/b] Where: [b]Grand Rapids Ballet Theatre (Wege Theatre) 341 Ellsworth Avenue SW, Grand Rapids, MI.[/b] Tickets: [b]$20 Reserved Seating[/b] Brian Vander Ark will be performing in the beautiful Wege Theater again this Valentine's Day. Like last year, he will be performing love songs from his catalogue, and also classic love songs from the 60's and 70's. He'll also be taking online requests and dedications (Send requests and dedications to: spoiledbratmanagement@hotmail.com). Joining him are his wife, Lux Land, Randy Sly on the grand piano and Western Michigan phenomenon Lazy Blue Tunas. (Brian's brother Scott Vander Ark is in this band.) [img]http://c3.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/132/l_2eb57f514bdc4ca5a06125e502400b62.jpg[/img] [b]Tickets on sale now![/b] Order through Ticketmaster http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/0800438B83BB556F?artistid=980679&majorcatid=10002&minorcatid=12 or by phone at 616.456.3333, or pick them up directly at The Wege Theater. http://www.bvafans.com/messages.cfm?messageid=D8D93CD0-EAC0-6789-E6E4A633E4B8A88A&r=19 2009-12-29T05:12:13-07:00 2010 Valentines Show ticket announc if you have watched "Little Man," does it pause often? Not sure why it is doing that. http://www.bvafans.com/messages.cfm?messageid=FF2C73E5-CF62-05A3-23DCE06918A55D09&r=20 2009-11-16T22:45:53-07:00 he's such a awesome guitar man :)