{"id":1055,"date":"2012-05-11T14:55:08","date_gmt":"2012-05-11T13:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bolachas.org\/testes\/?p=1055"},"modified":"2025-08-29T22:42:03","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T21:42:03","slug":"will-stratton-paleo-paris-07052012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bolachas.org\/?p=1055","title":{"rendered":"Will Stratton + Paleo @ Paris (07.05.2012)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Starting to listen to Will Stratton<\/strong><\/a> takes us to that awkward moment when we know that someone is really huge but only a small part of the world had already realized the same. Luckily for me, I could attend a house show by this wonderful North-American songwriter, this week in Paris. The event, kindly promoted by the team GoodMorninCaptn<\/a>, took place in a pretty apartment at Montmartre, in a very quiet and intimate atmosphere.<\/p>\n

Will Stratton, a young Californian musician now based in New York, traveled Europe for two months promoting his fourth album, Post-Empire<\/em>. On this adventure, Will has been accompanied by Paleo<\/strong><\/a>, another great artist with a very characteristic voice and a large repertory of songs and concerts, who also came from U.S. to present his own work.<\/p>\n

Paleo, with his shoes off, was the responsible for the first musical act of the night. After him, on a very subtle way, Will Stratton just sat on a chair with his guitar and silenced the discrete audience with the amazing \u201cWhen You Let Your Hair Down to Your Shoulders<\/em>\u201d. The first song is one of the most important moments of a gig (right?) and Will Stratton did it SO well.<\/p>\n

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It was really pleasant being sat on a comfy sofa, with nice people by my side and with two cats walking around while a very talent artist was in front of me, singing and explaining some songs, as the one about his great-grandfather (\u201cEl Capitan\u201d<\/em>) or another about his first love (\u201cLoose but Not Broke\u201d<\/em>). At some moments, Will looked like a kid, fingerpicking his guitar with deep pleasure and making little experiences with his voice, which turned the songs a bit different from the album. My favorite part of this acoustic show was \u201cThe Relatively Fair<\/em>\u201d, a lovely song that made my heart flickered a little when Will closed his eyes while he sang that \u201cI\u2019ve never known you and chances are I never will, but if you hear this, know that I love you still<\/em>\u201d (yeah, deep and sad songs are always the best ones for me).<\/p>\n

The guitar arrangements are genius, the lyrics are very beautiful and well written and besides his musical skills, Will has an amazing beard \u2013 hey, you gotta love him!<\/p>\n

Here is the setlist of this night:<\/p>\n

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  1. When You Let Your Hair Down to Your Shoulders<\/li>\n
  2. El Capitan<\/li>\n
  3. Do You Remember the Morning?<\/li>\n
  4. Loose but not Broke<\/li>\n
  5. No Wonder<\/li>\n
  6. Mercury Id Blues<\/li>\n
  7. All the Table of the Styx<\/li>\n
  8. The Relatively Fair<\/li>\n
  9. If You Wait Long Enough<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    1. (instrumental song)<\/li>\n
    2. (un-finished and un-released song)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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      On the next day both artists played again a showcase in one of my favorite places in Paris: the lovely Fabrique Balades Sonores<\/a><\/strong>. On this show, Will played more songs of Post-Empire, as the theme that gave the title to the album and the very beautiful \u201cTell Me, Where do I Begin<\/em>?\u201d.<\/p>\n

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