[Montreal] SPOILER: Montreal, 11/28

[Patsy Van Louie & Marc Wulfraat]

Montreal 11/28 was the last night on the 2009 Rent Party tour.  A 
planned second night for 11/29 was cancelled without reason given but 
I suspect that there are not enough people in this market to support 
2 nights of Steely Dan given the expensive ticket prices and the fact 
they played 2 nights here only 17 months ago.

This was my 3rd Steely Dan show this summer.  I saw them in New York 
at the Beacon for 2 nights in the summer and managed to hook up with 
the Danfan pre-show party at Amsterdam's where I met with Mr. Jim 
McKay in person and then the after-show party at the Bitter End on 
the following night where I met up with Mr. Pete Fogel.  All this to 
say that the best place to experience the Steely Dan experience is 
New York City plain and simple.  The Beacon is a vintage landmark 
theatre and the sound quality is excellent.

The Montreal crowd was receptive and warm, but this was a more 
cerebral crowd - no dancing in the aisles, no village drunks, etc. 
The crowd was into the music but not to the extent that you would see 
at a Beacon show.

Flawless show as always and all in all Donald was in fine form on 
vocals .  Walter's guitar playing was also in top form.  Carlock and 
Herrington were perfect.  In fact I would go so far as to say that 
Steely Dan as we know it today could not exist without Jon Herrington 
since he has mastered so many of the songs and difficult solo pieces 
that the band's existence depends on his talents as much as the 
originators D & W.

Set list follows with the nice surprise of the night being 
Bodhisvattva just after the Aja album was completed.  Donald: "That 
was Aja.  Now we're going to play some music that spans our 
illustrious career".

Start: 8:45 pm
Intro:  Teenie's Blues
Aja Album:
Black Cow
Aja
Deacon Blues
Peg
Home At Last
I Got The News
Josie
Bodhisvattva
Hey 19 (Without the cheesy dialogue)
Daddy Don't Live In That New York City No More
Godwhacker
Babylon Sisters
Green Earings
Black Friday
Dirty Work
Love Is Like An Itchin' In My Heart including band intros (Walter 
gives girls stuffed animals as gifts to the girls and all of the 
supporting road crew are invited on stage to say thanks for their 
tour support)
Don't Take Me Alive
My Old School
Kid Charlemagne
Encore: Reelin' In The Years
Outro: Last Tango In Paris

End at 11:10 pm

Marc Wulfraat