Happy Rhodes live - Tin Angel 05-10-96 2nd Show (full concert)

THE SHAKINESS GOES AWAY, HONEST! It settles down after a minute or two. k8fan was shooting these shows handheld with no tripod and he was still getting situated at the beginning. Please be kind to the occasional jittery mistakes thereafter. Where we were sitting (perched on a stool!) he often got jostled because people had to pass by in front of us to get to the bathroom. It's so great that we have a record of this show and others.

Happy Rhodes at the Tin Angel in Philadelphia, PA on May 10, 1996, the 2nd of two shows that evening, and her 4th of 4 shows over 2 nights. This is the full show.

There are already clips on YouTube and for anyone familiar with the clips, this is the show where she starts the Queen song "Lily of the Valley" in the wrong key and blows everybody away. It's also the one where she forgets the lyrics to "Hold Me" and looks to an audience member (that would be me, Vickie) for help. I'm the one who calls out "You'll make it!" at the end there. (I also call out "Thank you" near the beginning and her "No problem" is so funny)

Kevin Bartlett on electric guitar, loops and sound effects, Carl Adami on bass, Happy Rhodes on vocals and acoustic guitar. No Kelly this time, unfortunately, but it is interesting to hear versions by the threesome.

Set list:

Words Weren't Made For Cowards
Collective Heart+
Take Me With You
Save Our Souls
Lay Me Down
Lily Of The Valley*/Possessed
"Jork" (early version of her song "Many Worlds Are Born Tonight")
The Issue Is
Phobos
Summer
When The Rain Came Down
If So
Here Comes The Flood (Peter Gabriel cover)+
Hold Me+

(No encore)

(+ Songs not performed at the 1st show of the evening)
(* Queen/Freddie Mercury cover)

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Happy Rhodes
• Queen
• Freddie Mercury
• Peter Gabriel
• Tin Angel
• live
• concert
• Philadelphia
• Philly
• Kevin Bartlett
• Carl Adami
• Kate Bush
• Annie Lennox
• When The Rain Came Down
• Here Comes The Flood

[Shackamaxon]

Wonderfulness. Wish I knew about Happy back then. What a great place to see Happy. Thank you so much!

[xenussister]

@Shackamaxon You're very welcome. Thank you for watching and commenting.

[McPrfctday]

Christ on a bike! I love this woman! (Thanks for the living room "And Dream of Sheep" that I 'saw on here':)

[xenussister]

@McPrfctday I'm putting up that whole show (the Toledo version of "And Dream of Sheep") so check back on my profile in a few hours.

[McPrfctday]

@xenussister Sounds great! I'll stick them all in a playlist. Would love to have been sitting on a chair at this show!

[xenussister]

@McPrfctday In case you haven't seen, that Toledo show is up now. Thanks for the comments!

[k8fan]

Yeah, I was having to shoot by balancing the camera (a Sony Hi-8) on one fist, adjusting the zoom, focus and iris with the other hand, shooting between the heads of the people in the rows in front of us. If Happy were to tour again, I could do so much better a job, shooting in HD, with a soundboard feed, with multiple cameras.