Nick Lowe

June
9
Daryl Hall & Nick Lowe Jam At Home

Darylh Nick Lowe will be the next guest on Daryl Hall’s webcast "Live From Daryl’s House," debuting Sunday.
Hall is calling it a back porch segment in which he, Lowe and T-Bone Wolk sit around a table, reminisce and play acoustic guitars.Nicklowe
Segment, which goes live at 8 p.m. ET, was recorded at Hall’s London home.
The set list includes  Lowe’s “I Live on a Battlefield,” “Shelley My Love,” “Rome Wasn’t Built in a Day,” “Cruel to be Kind” and “Time I Took a Holiday.” The trio also performs  “Perikomen,” a Hall composition recorded as a demo when he was 20 years old. It is the first time it has been played live anywhere.

January
29
Let Us Now Praise Nick Lowe

Nicklowejesus11 Some acts you never forget their concerts. Nick Lowe is one of them. He may be best known for penning "What's So Funny About Peace, Love and Understanding" and "Beast in Me," producing Elvis Costello's early albums, recording "Cruel to Be Kind" and/or his position in Rockpile, but he always delivers a killer show. And as time has passed, those shows have only grown increasingly graceful.
Fortunate enough to see - and appreciate - Rockpile during my college years, it wasn't until 1985, on my birthday no less, that I got to see the Jesus of Cool a second time. That band included Martin Belmont on guitar and Paul Carrack on keyboards; years later, at the El Rey, he was on a  great double bill with Dan Penn and Spooner Oldham.
Plenty of bands share a similar affinity and the weekend of Feb. 22 and 23 will find a number of acts paying tribute to Mr. Lowe. The celebration is in conjunction with the Feb. 19 release of the 30th anniversary edition of "Jesus of Cool."
Declaring Lowe as their"spiritual co-pilot," those words come from the folks at Yep Roc, the North Carolina label that issues his recordings, during the weekend's concerts will be:
The Lowe Beats led by Scott McCaughey of the Minus Five/Young Fresh Fellows at Tractor Tavern in Seattle (Feb. 22);
The Lowlies led by Brent Lyles along with Eric Hisaw and Elizabeth McQueen at Austin's Hole in the Wall
(Feb. 22);
The Lowe Beats at Dante's in Portland, Ore. (Feb. 23);
Bill Janovitz (Buffalo Tom),Tony Goddess (Papas Fritas) and Ed Valauskas (Graham Parker) at Lizard Lounge in Boston (Feb. 23);
and the Lowe Numbers led by Bill Lloyd with Steve Allen (20/20) and Tom Peterson (Cheap Trick) at the Basement in Nashville (Feb. 23).


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The Set List is written and compiled by Variety associate editor Phil Gallo. Gallo, based in Los Angeles, writes about the music business for Daily Variety and reviews concerts, television shows and theater.



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