Company of Thieves Tickets

Second COT concert and both concerts were GREAT! opening act locksley were also good. COT has me hooked!

Company of Thieves is the future of rock. I started going to live rock in 1967, I was at Woodstock, and this show was like Rock BEFORE it filled arenas. Genevieve Schatz is angry, taking names and calling out the offenders like Dylan with pipes like Candy Givens or Grace Slick, except on key like Pat Benatar. It felt like a Rock Opera because the songs flowed together in long trajectories and had such vivid images. Marc is a scholar of guitar history, absorbing Catfish Collins funk, Jeff Beck Scream and the range of Jimi Hendrix from clean hammer-ons to wall of noise. He danced across the boards both fret and pedal like a ballet star. This time through New York he pushed the edge, wilding on solos for the hard core audience. Don't know who is responsible for the arrangements but they ROCK. Every story makes me think, makes me feel, makes me move, makes me want to scream and shout. The bass and drum lock made me realize what was missing in the backup bands - in the Baroque era it was called "Continuo" - support for the lead through rhythm and counterpoint. The keys where also supportive, filling in the colors of the second guitar tracks from the recordings so organically it was more vibrant live. Only criticism: the mixer kept vocals out front by making them shrill. Female voice should have full body, which means mixing down everything else. May have been due to acoustics problem. In summary, as a perfectionist I found this concert to be nearly perfect. Catch them while they are still in clubs. My $15 seat will be $200 in the near future.

Genevieve's stage presence has much improved. Good mix of old and new songs.

I love Company of Thieves. I traveled from Philly to see them, and I'm considering traveling to Kentucky later this month to see them again. They rock. Plain and simple. The energy that they put out during their live shows makes it worth the trip every time. All of the opening acts were amazing as well. This show lived up to everything I'd hoped it would be.