Susan Tedeschi
Victoria JazzFest International
Royal Theatre
Victoria, BC
June 23, 2008

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Location: 7th row, left side, in front of left stack
Recorded & mastered by: Dennis Orr (Project #58)

Setlist: (1:32:41)
01 Intro
02 In The Garden
03 You Can Make It If You Try
04 Little By Little
05 Tired Of My Tears
06 Just Won't Burn
07 Alone
08 Back To The River
09 Chat
10 Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
11 Love
12 Revolutionize Your Soul
13 Voodoo Woman
14 Can't Sleep At Night
15 Evidence
16 The Feeling Music Brings
17 Band Intros
18 It Hurt So Bad
19 Chat
20 Rock Me Right >
21 I Fell In Love

Susan Tedeschi - lead vocals & guitar
David Yoke - guitar
Matt Slocum - Hammond B3 & electric piano
Ron Holloway - tenor sax
Ted Pecchio - bass & backing vocals
Tyler Greenwell - drums
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Tedeschi, Byrnes slug it out for fans
Mike Devlin, Times Colonist
Published: Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Victoria Times-Colonist

Susan Tedeschi with Jim Byrnes House of Refuge
June 23, 2008
Royal Theatre

****Rating: 4 (out of five stars)


Heavyweight blows were levelled early, and continued right up to the night's fitting finale, a knockout punch delivered
in grand style by one of the foremost practitioners of modern blues. There was an eventual winner -- headliner Susan
Tedeschi -- but the manner in which underdog Jim Byrnes responded to the challenge made this gig one heck of grand
back-and-forth tilt.

Fans of gospel, soul and blues were treated to a two-pronged treasure last night at the Royal Theatre -- of that there is
no doubt. The only wiggle room for debate is over who had the better scorecard: Byrnes, an American bluesman now based
in Vancouver; or Tedeschi, a Boston singer-guitarist who is the rightful heir to Bonnie Raitt.

Byrnes and the six musicians in his company were passionate and soul-stirring. The Sojourners -- a classy gospel trio
with roots in Louisiana, Chicago and California -- helped Byrnes immeasurably during his opening set, as did
do-everything guitar whiz Steve Dawson.

The guitar playing of Byrnes, so often the focus of his studio work, was overshadowed by both the Sojourners and Dawson,
the latter a standout on all manner of guitars.

But Byrnes was anything but invisible.

His originals (Of Whom Shall I Be Afraid was a keeper) stood up nicely beside covers of Robert Johnson (The Last Fair
Deal Gone Down) and Skip James (Be Ready When He Comes). He eventually turned to his gently hewn sandpaper voice for
support, and it did not disappoint.

It takes a special talent to match a gospel trio and a red-hot guitarist. Byrnes, operating with his group under the
Jim Byrnes House of Refuge banner, held his own. And then some.

You could have billed it Jim Byrnes House of Ill Repute, and still it would have worked.

Fighting off hometown love for Byrnes, who received a standing ovation, was Tedeschi, a singer of great intensity and
guitar player of equal aplomb. She is not, however, a natural performer.

The 37-year-old was easygoing, but her set lacked the natural chemistry of Byrnes (who had only half an hour to her 75
minutes.)

To be fair, Tedeschi's set was the first in some time for her and her band, which has been holed up in the studio of
late. It showed.

The frontwoman offered a collection of new songs that are to be included on her forthcoming disc, the best of which was
Back to the River, a wah-wah guitar workout that did far more for her cause than a staid cover of Bob Dylan's Don't Think
Twice, It's All Right. Some of the material perfectly fits Tedeschi's spirit; other songs only serve to dampen it.

The three-time Grammy nominee stormed into the hearts of blues fans in 1998 with Just Won't Burn, an album that relied
heavily on the influence of her idols. One of the standouts on that recording, Little By Little, an Elmore James
classic, was even more fiery last night. To say she has improved in the decade since its release is an understatement.

mdevlin@tc.canwest.com

� Times Colonist (Victoria) 2008