Van Dyke Parks performs "Heroes & Villians"

[astroray]

From what Im hearing VDP now performs "Heroes & Villians" in concert. I believe this is the first time our boy has done any "SMILE" material in concert. Ill be there in Athens GA to hear him. A true original!

[exposedbrain]

yeah im really excited about this show. 2 of the bands i play in are opening that show

[willy]

Awesome! He has as much right to perform SMiLE stuff as that other fella!

Wow I'd love to see the entire SMiLE performed by VDP's 'Moonlighting' band/orchestra (Sharpies?) ... coupla guest vocalists such as Brian, Danny Hutton, even Mike with Bruce and Al 

[Ed Roach]

Awesome! He has as much right to perform SMiLE stuff as that other fella!

Wow I'd love to see the entire SMiLE performed by VDP's 'Moonlighting' band/orchestra (Sharpies?) ... coupla guest vocalists such as Brian, Danny Hutton, even Mike with Bruce and Al 

I don't think "Moonlighting" gets nearly enough attention.  I was lucky enough to catch that show the night he recorded it on the Santa Monica Pier, and it brought tears to my eyes more than once...

[Don't Back Down]

That would be correct! I saw Van Dyke Parks (with Clare and The Reasons - who are good too!) in Columbus two weeks ago and it was an excellent concert.
"Heroes and Villains" totally took me by surprise! He also tosses in a few other goodies along the way. The man's
performance is incredible to say the least. Enjoy the show!!

[roll plymouth rock]

Very cool! I caught him in February in Portland & Seattle...no H&V though! 

Is he playing any material off Song Cycle?

[Sam_BFC]

Does Van Dyke sing the lead?

[Runaways]

does he sit at piano?  that's way cool. 

[Don't Back Down]

Very cool! I caught him in February in Portland & Seattle...no H&V though! 

Is he playing any material off Song Cycle?

I don't think he played anything off of Song Cycle, but he did play material from Jump and Tokyo Rose
 

Sam_BFC - Yes! He sings it as a duet with Clare, it was great!

[Christian]

Van Dyke Parks performs "Heroes and Villains" with Clare and the Reasons in New York City on WNYC's Spinning On Air with David Garland:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFxdAkfjeVg

[Christian]

Is he playing any material off Song Cycle?

That´s his current set list:

Jump!
Opportunity For Two
Come Along
Orange Crate Art
Black Gold
Delta Queen Waltz
Danza
The Attic
Cowboy
Heroes and Villains
Sail Away

[Myk Luhv]

I think that could be an interesting new arrangement and lyrical phrasing given that I suspect VDP knows he can't sing the song as the Beach Boys (or even Brian et al. for that matter) did it. That particular performance, however, seemed too unsure of itself to be anything more than a curiosity but it definitely has great potential, I think.

[jeffcdo]

Where to get tour dates, his website does not seem to be up to date.

[Christian]

The fall tour with Clare and the Reasons is over:

9/23 - Cincinnati, OH - Blue Wisp
9/24 - Columbus, OH - The Wexner Center
9/25 - Grand Rapids, MI - Ladies Literary Club
9/26 - Chicago, IL - Schubas
9/28 - Pittsburgh, PA - Andy Warhol Museum
9/29 - Toronto, ON - The Music Gallery
9/30 - Montreal, Quebec - Ukranian Federation
10/1 - Northampton, MA - Iron Horse
10/2 - Brooklyn, NY - The Bell House
10/3 - Philadelphia, PA - World Cafe

There will be three more dates at the end of October:

10/26 - Tallahassee, FL - Club Downunder
10/29 - Asheville, NC - Moogfest
10/31 - Athens, GA - Melting Point

[bgas]

Van Dyke Parks performs "Heroes and Villains" with Clare and the Reasons in New York City on WNYC's Spinning On Air with David Garland:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFxdAkfjeVg

Thought that was an interesting performance. Seems like the three instrumentalists had a much better grasp of the song than the two vocalists, tho.

[roll plymouth rock]

Is he playing any material off Song Cycle?

That´s his current set list:

Jump!
Opportunity For Two
Come Along
Orange Crate Art
Black Gold
Delta Queen Waltz
Danza
The Attic
Cowboy
Heroes and Villains
Sail Away

Cool....somewhat of a similar setlist earlier this year. One night he did The All Golden though, and C-H-I-C-K-E-N was in there too. Is Danza the Gottschalk composition?

[Don't Back Down]

At the end of the Clare and The Reasons set Van Dyke Parks came on for the last tune playing
piano on "He Needs Me" from the Popeye soundtrack, Clare sang lead. That was a real treat!

[Ed Roach]

Gosh, he's been touring off & on for quite some time now with Clare and the Reasons; would be great to see them become his Wondermints!  Agreed, seems like they are really just starting to get comfortable with doing H&V, but still great to have a 'studio' performance of him doing the song.
I caught him with them about a year ago at McCabes Guitar shop, (where Dennis, Carly Munoz & I saw him in the late 70's!), and they didn't play nearly enough songs with him.  Back then they were his opening act.

[Christian]

At the end of the Clare and The Reasons set Van Dyke Parks came on for the last tune playing
piano on "He Needs Me" from the Popeye soundtrack, Clare sang lead. That was a real treat!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5geqwr7UNvY

Is Danza the Gottschalk composition?

Yes, written by Louis Moreau Gottschalk.

[Peter Reum]

What a pleasure to hear Van Dyke`s version of Heroes!

[hypehat]

I do love Van Dyke's version - it's a rearrangement, which no cover I've heard has done. The ones on Smiling Pets just have pretty faithful covers with the sections in different order, but this is..... DIFFERENT!

[shelter]

Van Dyke Parks performs "Heroes and Villains" with Clare and the Reasons in New York City on WNYC's Spinning On Air with David Garland:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFxdAkfjeVg

I don't like this version at all, to be honest.

[TdHabib]

It's a real treat to hear VDP play this song, I quite like his version. Different, quirky, very VDP, and very cool.

[Mr. Cohen]

This great, but I hate seeing Van Dyke's face here. It looks like the song brings up some painful memories. But maybe that just his concentrating face.

[Mr. Cohen]

Now that I think about it, though, imagine Van Dyke recording all of Smile? It would be amazing!