The Frames / Hansard were a huge part of my early days in Chicago. Saw them open for New Pornographers at the Abbey Pub (or was it vice versa?) and another half-dozen appearances at the H/O and street fests over next few years. Seemed as much a part of the scene as the alt-country folks. Like a folky Ted Leo with volume of Chicago visits, esp in run up to The Swell Season / Once.
Was really disappointed we didn't get a Frames 30th show here in Chicago given the history (due to COVID?).
Your summer description is making me feel like I'm not summering sufficiently. On it.
Yeah, his Chicago roots are far deeper than most people know. He lived in Roscoe Village in the early 2000s (I'm pretty sure in the same building as West Lakeview Liquors), his longtime manager was a Chicagoan and so was the Frames' guitarist. Wish I had been old enough to see him at Uncommon Ground! And yeah, I think about what a 2020 Frames reunion show would've been like. Happy I caught the one in 2010
In the Adaam Jacobs tapes, there's four Frames shows from 2002-2003 (Abbey Pub x2, Metro, Schubas) including that New Pornographers show. Also a 2006 Swell Season at Schubas.
The Frames / Hansard were a huge part of my early days in Chicago. Saw them open for New Pornographers at the Abbey Pub (or was it vice versa?) and another half-dozen appearances at the H/O and street fests over next few years. Seemed as much a part of the scene as the alt-country folks. Like a folky Ted Leo with volume of Chicago visits, esp in run up to The Swell Season / Once.
Was really disappointed we didn't get a Frames 30th show here in Chicago given the history (due to COVID?).
Your summer description is making me feel like I'm not summering sufficiently. On it.
Yeah, his Chicago roots are far deeper than most people know. He lived in Roscoe Village in the early 2000s (I'm pretty sure in the same building as West Lakeview Liquors), his longtime manager was a Chicagoan and so was the Frames' guitarist. Wish I had been old enough to see him at Uncommon Ground! And yeah, I think about what a 2020 Frames reunion show would've been like. Happy I caught the one in 2010
In the Adaam Jacobs tapes, there's four Frames shows from 2002-2003 (Abbey Pub x2, Metro, Schubas) including that New Pornographers show. Also a 2006 Swell Season at Schubas.