Todd Rundgren - The Wiltern Theatre - May 09, 2019

Review by Steve Adam (Switch to
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5/14/2019

The Todd Rundgren Individualist 2019 Spring Tour. The band featured Todd on guitar, Jesse Gress on guitar, Kasim Sulton on bass, Prairie Prince on drums, Greg Hawkes on keyboards, and Bobby Strickland on Saxophones and keyboards. This was an incredibly great career-spanning show, highlighting Todd's more personal songs and other gems. Just reading the setlist gives no clue as to the intensity of the performance of each song. A lot of energy and feeling was poured into each song, making the show a best performance of each song show as well. Todd's voice was amazingly strong, and his guitar playing was top notch. After playing his wonderful earlier material, the show really took of during Black Maria. Too Far gone was also a highlight, with the videos of Todd's travels showing in the back ground. I was stoked to hear Real Man then Love of the Common Man, Compassion, Couldn't I Just Tell You, then Fair Warning > Real Man to finish off the first set. Although the first set was similar to other first sets on the tour, the LA audience was treated to an LA unique second set featuring a run of Eastern Intrigue, Tiny Demons, Lost Horizon, and Buffalo Grass that had to be seen to be believed. So many memories provoked with each song, like hanging with Todd on Sunset Strip again.

Here's the setlist:

1. How About a Little Fanfare?

2. I Think You Know

3. Open My Eyes

4. Hello It's Me

5. We Gotta Get You a Woman

6. I Saw the Light

7. It Wouldn't Have Made Any Difference

8. Black Maria

9. An Elpee's Worth of Toons

10. Sometimes I Don't Know What to Feel

11. Too Far Gone

12. A Dream Goes on Forever

13. The Death of Rock and Roll

14. Can We Still Be Friends

15. Real Man

16. Love of the Common Man

17. Compassion

18. Couldn't I Just Tell You

19. Fair Warning > Real Man

- INTERMISSION -

A Treatise on Cosmic Fire (Video)

Q&A

20. The Individualist

21. Cliché

22. Black and White

23. Eastern Intrigue

24. Tiny Demons

25. Lost Horizon

26. Buffalo Grass

27. Bag Lady

28. The Want of a Nail

E: Fade Away


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