This past weekend I went with Tiff and some friends we both knew to the Brandi Carlile concert at The Fillmore in SF. If you don’t know her it’s ok, I didn’t either. She became popular when Grey’s Anatomy played one of her songs.
As I’d never been to the Fillmore before I wasn’t sure what to expect. Actually, I was hoping to have seats of some sort, but there were very few seats and they were first come first serve. Thus we were standing for the whole concert which wasn’t too bad. The Fillmore is actually a really great place to see someone perform on account of the size of the place. Even if you’re way in the back you’re really damn close to the stage.
First thing I noticed, there was a large contingency of Lesbians at the concert. I later would find out that Brandi is also a Lesbian and thus that explained the large number of them there that night. I had actually heard of Brandi while listening to Fresh Air on NPR one afternoon. An interesting fact about her is that she’s a yodeler…like really. Unfortunately she didn’t yodel for us (she did on Fresh Air tho).
Second thing, her lead guitarist and bassist are twins! Their names are Tim and Phil Hanseroth, but I can never remember Phil’s name so when I refer to them I say Tim and Bim. They have the same shiny shaved heads too so they really just look the same.
Third thing, her band had a cellist in it too. Josh was an emo looking kid from the area. I’m not sure if he’s an official part of the band, but he was playing with them that night.
Bonus item: We got one of the guitar picks she used, as she would toss them out to the crowd every few songs. Bonus!
All in all she’s really got some great vocals and a set of somewhat depressing songs. I recommend you check her out. Her style really isn’t really here or there…she’s like rock/alternative folk/country style I guess.
Check it out for yourself.