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Have always loved Jeff Bridges as an actor, but now also love him as a musician! His daughter obviously had a good teacher and example in her father for her to also be a great musician. Loved their music, their personal stories, and was an overall great evening!!
Jeff Bridges and the Abiders: entertaining show at amazing Ryman Auditorium! Bridges' daughter, singer songwriter Jessie opened. She was quite good with a lot personality. Jeff is just OK as a singer, but his band is good. Ryman is awesome. The history! Small with good acoustics.
A very good and unique variety of songs were played. Surprisingly broad mix of talents in the band.
Excellent show. The Dude rocked, of course. Jeff's daughter opened for him, and proved that she has the Bridges talent.
Very good. Enjoy the rhythm , voice and music. Ryman is an old auditorium but charming. The seat are awful, how can you sit more than two hours on a wooden seat. The sound system is poorly designed. I am lucky that I don't comprehend words of the songs in any language, but I love to hear them and pay good money for attendance. Ryman should be upgarded
The intimacy of the Ryman was the perfect setting to experience a Jeff Bridges concert. His level of talent was unexpected, as well as that of his daughter. He showed himself to be a kind person when a couple of idiots "acted up". It was a delight to listen to such a good music and to be around such positive energy!
I hadn't listened to Jeff Bridges and the Abiders before this concert. Didn't know what to expect. They were a surprise! So much talent in the entire band!! The songs were interesting and engaging. Enjoyed his discussions and introduction of his best friend from childhood. As a teacher in a largely populated poverty school I was unaware of his organization to feed children breakfast. Will look into this charity for my school.
At the Ryman a few days ago, Jeff and his daughter played to the cult followers in the audience -- to those who could care less about whatever the lyrics were about and just wanted their ear drums to throb while they eyeballed The Dude (who still looks like Rooster Cogburn). Were I *wanting* my audience to understand my lyrics I'd crank up the pot on my mic, sing clearly instead of mumblin', cage the drummer, pull the amp cord on the steel guitar, and just plain tone down the instrumentation and emphasize the lyricists' messages. PS to Jeff: Loved your Dad's "Sea Hunt," love the story of his love for his business, love how you and Beau have carried on from him, and will forever love The Fabulous Baker Boys.
Great evening. This concert had a smooth mellowness where I left feeling I had just downed a couple of Xanax-a happy calm. He has such a warm personality that his dialogue to audience was endearing and witty. Musically the band is fair, nothing that really stands out, but works for general enjoyment. His daughter Jessie was spunky and fun but her music was also more on the bland side. Overall you will go to see this if you like Jeff Bridges, not so much the music.
Bridges is a great actor and musician. He is comfortable in front of a live audience, laughing and talking with fans. His performance included blues, country, and hard-rocking rock and roll. Great setlist! The Abiders are a tremendous band, multi-talented musicians with a great range of instruments. I'll be downloading the "Live" album as soon as it is released next month! Of course, no venue can beat the Ryman.
Incredible talent, diverse repertoire, very enjoyable evening. Ryman Auditorium in acoustically a phenomenon.
Enjoyed the show greatly. Jeff and Abiders were great.
He was so personal and comfortable with his performances. I enjoyed the show immensely-- but I am also a HUGE Jeff Bridges fan!
Top Notch performance !! The band was great, but, overwhelmed Jeff's singing a bit .
Jeff Bridges and the Abiders were awesome. Just awesome. Go see them if you get a chance.
Mr. Bridges is my wife's favorite actor and biggest celebrity crush/celebrity pass. I surprised my wife with a Jeff Bridges themed day. First his new movie (The Giver), then his concert. We both greatly enjoyed the movie (it was a feel good Sci-Fi) and he gave a hell of an acting performance. My wife didn't know about the concert till just before we arrived at the Patages and boy did she light up when I told her who we were going to see. We arrived to what appeared to be a sold out show. I didn't have my hopes set too high as I knew nothing about the Abider's ahead of time and I hadn't seen Mr. Bridges's country movie. When the band started playing I knew I was witnessing some very talented musicians including Mr. Bridges himself. He has a very good singing voice. I think I would describe his voice as a gritty Whiskey Tenor and he is also talented on the guitar and piano. I would call the Abiders music a blues/country mix (but am admittedly no music genre expert). Jeff Bridges and the Abiders apparently had a few die hard fans judging by the many "I love you's" eminating loudly from different members of the audience in between songs. I felt like the Abiders had an almost Jimmy Buffet like fan base. My only knock was that I was expecting a 2-3 hour show and I believe it ended up being around an hour and a half. As far as the Pantages: Gorgeous Theatre and very friendly staff, but as for the upper or lower level bars, we would have had to wait for an hour to get a $7 eight once (yes 8 ounce mini dixie cup) domestic draft.
Great rapport with the audience, great singing, plays 2 instruments, just warm and friendly, and just Jeff!
I've seen my share of movie stars trying to pass as musicians over the years. More often than not, it tends to be a train wreck. Thankfully, Jeff Bridges more than made up for my having to suffer through the likes of Kevin Bacon or Billy Bob Thornton; unlike those guys, Jeff was clearly having a good time, was very personable, and actually played some good music. Jeff has family around the Minneapolis, MN--Fargo, ND area, and they were scattered in the audience at this show, which no doubt had a lot to do with why he was so happy onstage, cracking jokes and telling stories from his acting career. But even if they hadn't been there, it was quite clear to me and others that he, like the audience, was having a LOT of fun. It would've been sad if Jeff wasn't a decent musician, but thankfully he is, moving from a variety of guitars to a keyboard and back during the 95-minute performance. The setlist was a hodgepodge of songs from his two albums, the "Crazy Heart" soundtrack and a few choice covers, including "The Man In Me" by Minnesota native Bob Dylan, which is on the soundtrack of "The Big Lebowski", perhaps Bridges' most popular film (and he's had quite a few). It was a great concert and a real surprise, and the night was made even better by meeting him afterwards. Just as gracious offstage as he was on (wish I could say that about Jeff Daniels following his concert). I'd go see Mr. Bridges again, easily.
Jeff Bridges puts on a great show. I really like the Crazy Heart soundtrack but was unsure of what to expect from a live show and I was not disappointed. He & his band are great performers and Jeff was very charming. My husband is a HUGE Lebowski fan. I am so glad Jeff seems to not only put up with those fans, but he really embraces the love he gets from that movie/role.
The venue was perfect. His performance was smooth and filled with fun.
