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Posted in industry | music | tour dates on June 20, 2006

Petra Haden not in Decemberists anymore | playing shows

The Decemberists

Chromewaves found this post by Colin Meloy on the Decemberists message board:

"it's an amicable thing; we still are friends. For one thing, we initially had asked her to come aboard as a touring musician for just the Picaresque tours. We hadn't really expected to take her on as a full-time part of the band. There was some talk about that happening, but in the end, after the tours were over and we were back in the comforts of our homes it didn't necessarily still make sense".

So maybe my Foo Fighters 'tour date' post really should have read "The EX-Decemberist Petra Haden is playing violin for Foo Fighters this summer".

NON-FOO PETRA SHOWS | 2006 (thx J)
June 23 - w/ Kelly Joe Phelps, and Bill Frisell @ Symphony Space, NYC
June 28 - w/ Yuka Honda @ Tonic, NYC

Previously
Foo Fighters acoustic tour w/ Petra Haden & Frank Black
The Decemberists @ Warsaw, Brooklyn, NY | Pics
Petra Haden joins the Decemberists

Tags: The Decemberists
posted at 11:52 AM on June 20, 2006 in industry | music | tour dates | Comments (11)

Comments (11)

Good violinist, not so good with the singing.

Posted by Anonymous | June 20, 2006 12:16 PM

Obviously you haven't heard That Dog or The Rentals or her a-cappella version of "God Only Knows."

Posted by Anonymous | June 20, 2006 2:09 PM

She's a very gifted musician, but she never seemed to fit in with the Decemberists in a live setting (and her violin was always mixed too loud). Her recorded work is great, but her live vocals, at least with the Decemberists, weren't on par with her recordings.

Posted by Ryan | June 20, 2006 2:26 PM

Obviously you haven't heard the fucking Beach Boys if you think that's a good cover.

Posted by Anonymous | June 20, 2006 2:56 PM

Bummer :(

Posted by Bort | June 20, 2006 3:24 PM

Obviously you're a fucking idiot.

Posted by Anonymous | June 20, 2006 4:23 PM

Obviously you're extraordinarily wit-tay, angry internet man.

Posted by Anonymous | June 20, 2006 4:37 PM

Wo-man.

Posted by Anonymous | June 20, 2006 6:04 PM

It's hard to judge that song on it's merit as a cover without considering the fact that there are no instruments involved. As far as the oft-frowned-upon genre of a cappella is concerned, I think its a very interesting and well produced track (and better than her "Thriller").

Posted by Ryan | June 20, 2006 8:38 PM

goodbye petra.

Posted by Tim | June 23, 2006 12:11 AM

not too bad
nice!! i can't express how much I love IT, oh yeah, the nation are pretty good too.

Posted by WOW GOLD | December 3, 2008 12:34 AM

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