Jon Spencer show at Rickshaw Theatre, Vancouver, BC, Canada with The Bad Beats on 27 February 2025.
nb. show moved from Fox Cabaret, Vancouver, BC
Line-up:
Jon Spencer
Spider Bowman
Kendall Wind
SET LIST:
Skunk
Junk Man
1 Hour Later
Worm Town
2Kindsa Love
Wrong
Coulda Been
Come Along
’78 Style
Afro
Alright
I Got the Hits
Sweat
Disconnected
I Wanna Make It All Right
Get Away
Train #3
The Power of Independent Trucking
Sweet Little Hi-Fi
Bellbottoms
Beetle Boots
Lost Someone
[outro / encore break]
Guitar Champ
[new song – “Country Mile”]
[new song – “Step on The Gas”]
Fancy Pants
Blues X Man
Wax Dummy
Do The Trash Can
“Speaking of energy: holy Christ the man has it. It was kinda how one might imagine some alternate universe version of Nick Cave, where, instead of his actual touchpoints of the Bible, Americana, Tom Jones and heroin, Cave got really into bourbon, speed, and Exile on Main Street. Spencer gesticulated and danced and testified like he had a rattlesnake hidden in his pants, dripping with sweat, dropping to his knees, mic at times disappearing in his mouth like he was Lux Interior in URGH! (but it was a smaller mic and stayed on the stand; like, Lux practically deep-throats that thang, but that wasn’t Spencer’s style, even if his lips could be seen fully around the mic at times). He had a crack backup band with him, too, of Kendall Wind (bass) and Macky Spider Bowman (drums), who seemed like they were less than half his age, but who, with no setlist or notable guidance, effortlessly followed him from one song to the next, tunes often bleeding into each other, overlapping, and sometimes digressing into jammy rhythm explorations when, for instance, Spencer left the stage for a minute and they had to keep things going. Which they did effortlessly! I dunno who these two are but Spencer should keep’em!” – Allan MacInnis (https://www.facebook.com/allan.macinnis.7)
Live Photo: Gary Yee (https://www.instagram.com/gandroidyee/)
Tickets: https://www.ticketweb.ca/event/jon-spencer-rickshaw-theatre-tickets/14088873
Event Page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1502445593779900
“Due to popular demand the @jonspencerhitmaker show has been moved to The Rickshaw Theatre. As an innovative force in the independent music scene since the mid-80s Jon Spencer has amassed a dizzying discography as the leader of Pussy Galore, The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Heavy Trash, and Jon Spencer & the HITmakers, as well as with Boss Hog, The Honeymoon Killers, The Gibson Brothers, and Taxi Girls. Don’t miss him at the Rickshaw on February 27th.
All previously purchased tickets will be honoured at the new venue.”
Info:
https://www.foxcabaret.com/monthly-calendar-list/2025/jonspencer
https://www.timbreconcerts.com/event/jon-spencer
Venue:
https://www.instagram.com/foxcabaret/
https://www.facebook.com/FoxCabaret
The Bad Beats:
https://www.instagram.com/thebadbeatsband/
Jon / Kendall / Spider show #74
