Last night’s performance by The Baseball Project at The Metropolitan Museum of Art was unique for several reasons. The band played as a quintet, with Mike Mills (who in the past has at times substituted for Peter Buck) playing organ, piano and bass. There was a new song in the set with Scott McCaughey singing lead (and therefore probably written by him) about the man who donated his baseball card collection to the Met, probably titled Jefferson Burdick. There was a new Mike Mills verse in Fair Weather Fans, sung by Mike, of course, which replaced the Peter Buck verse, and which allowed Mike to state his opinion about the Hrbek and Gant play in 1991 World Series (and counter Craig Finn‘s take on that matter in Don’t Call Them Twinkies, which did not appear last night). In deference to The Met, Ted Fucking Williams became Ted Freaking Williams. And the vocals were incredibly clean and pushed up front.
Here are some photos plus the set list from the show:
Mike Mills (seated left) and Steve Wynn
More photos after the jump
Mike and Steve
Peter and Steve
Mike
Peter and Mike
Set List
All Future and No Past
Fair Weather Fans (with new Mike Mills verse replacing the Peter Buck verse)
Jackie’s Lament
Gratitude for Curt Flood
Chin Music
1976
Phenom
Harvey Haddix
Jefferson Burdick (new song about the man who donated his baseball card collection to the Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Satchel Paige Said
Here Lies Carl Mays
Buckner’s Bolero
Ted Freaking Williams (expurgated version)
Panda and The Freak
Past Time
Encore: Ichiro Goes to the Moon
I should have known you would be there… didn’t think of it until I saw this post, or else I would have thought to look for you & say hello. I saw TBP a couple of nights before at Maxwell’s (did a write-up with photos on my blog here: http://podcastparty.blogspot.com/2012/04/baseball-project-hits-it-out-of-park-at.html )
It was funny to hear them joke last night about how the Met smelled better than Maxwell’s. And the band certainly dressed up more for the high-class gig! (in addition to cleaning up the language for the Ted Williams song).
As a blogger, it was nice to take photos at a gig that actually had a decent amount of light on the stage.
BTW, are you going to Rockwood Sunday night? I’m seeing one act there at 6, then 7, then may stick around to see Misty Boyce at 10.
Thanks for the pictures and review…