Jose Gonzalez "Live Sessions"
Recorded live at Bumbershoot in Seattle in early September, Jose Gonzalez's live renditions of tunes off of Veneer sounded just as brilliant as they do on record (and on commercials). Previously while still living in Glasgow I missed him perform at the Oran Mor right after the bouncy ball commercial that stole my heart. (Side note: I used to live in San Francisco and one day as a kid outside of the aquarium a seagull stole my bouncy ball.) Then I missed him again in Portland headlining a tour with Psapp due to not being of age, but they did let me in long enough for me to see him perform an Animal Damage song alongside Psapp's live members. This time in Seattle, I finally caught him live and the show was a treat!
I interviewed him too before his set and will post the audio shortly. He didn't speak English too well, which was apparent in his set too, but none the less, regardless of a lack of meaningless conversation between songs he delivered a fulfilling set full of Kylie covers and the like and below are three tracks from the set- 'Heartbeats', 'Lovestain', and a bonus snippet of 'All You Deliver', complete with nicely cued Seagulls.
Heartbeats (live at Bumbershoot) MP3
Lovestain (live at Bumbershoot) MP3
All You Deliver (live at Bumbershoot) MP3
Seattlest Jose Gonzalez Bumbershoot live review




very nice
Posted by: Mo! | September 12, 2006 at 02:55 PM
Great post! Would you mind if I share this post with my visitors?
Posted by: Joao | October 08, 2006 at 11:00 PM
Please do link it! I'm going to post the rest of his set shortly-including his Kylie cover, along with a podcast interview.
Posted by: Nilina | October 10, 2006 at 02:06 PM
Hi there, we just launched the full length Berlin live show from Jose Gonzalez on our music channel Sly-Fi. Filmed with 8 cameras, it's breathtaking:
http://tinyurl.com/5f6smx
Enjoy, David
Posted by: David | June 26, 2008 at 03:05 AM