Ryan Bingham, Abraham Chavez Theatre, El Paso, TX, 11/4/26
Completely blown away by this great, great country artist last night. Anyone who knows me knows I'm not much of a country music fan, but Bingham is a huge exception. I just love this guy. He doesn't have much of a voice, but like Dylan, he brings the songs home with his emotional delivery. And he's a magnificent writer with a huge array of great tunes. Bingham is an excellent guitarist, and he plays both acoustic and electric. He's got a large and great band which includes two other guitar players, fiddle and keyboards. Bingham had a couple of surprises which you wouldn't expect from a country artist: He opened with The Doors' Roadhouse Blues. And late in the second set he delivered a sterling Whipping Post. I didn't time it, but it had to be a 2-1/2 hour show: Two 45 minute sets with a 30 minute intermission, then a 30 minute encore. Maybe half of the encore was Bingham alone onstage with an acoustic. It was great. I was disappointed in the turnout, couldn't have been more than 500 people there at the very most out of a 2,500 seat theatre. But it was a crowd of very hard core and very enthusiastic Bingham fans. I'd go see this guy anytime. Video to come, once I get around to it.
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