Saint Etienne -- Home Counties

I think it may have been Gerard Johnson: https://www.discogs.com/artist/240866-Gerard-Johnson

Merch table was about what I expected, honestly.

Anyway, setlist:

https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/saint-etienne/2017/the-fillmore-san-francisco-ca-7be3a254.html

Not sure what SF had, but we had signed posters, cd remixes for Dive, and 1 size of 1 style of women's t-shirts. There is a ton of merch on their greedbag store. I kind of assumed I'd be able to support them by buying something direct, but there was nothing I needed.

Bought the signed poster for that same support reason. Was hoping for the Dive single with the non-album tracks, but no luck.

Yeah, I need the Dive single with the non-album tracks too. I have several signed items from Saint Etienne over the years and don't really care about signatures, so the poster wasn't a big draw for me. I bought the deluxe LP w/ signed print already.

SF gig was fantastic! Enthusiastic crowd, too. I thought Sarah sounded great. Wouldn't have even noticed she was ill had she not mentioned it.

I'm more into synthy Saint Etienne than full-band Saint Etienne, so I wasn't sure how I'd feel, but wow - what a tight ensemble! 'Out of My Mind' had a great guitar solo outro, and the guitar + bass really made 'Magpie Eyes' rock hard (not really into it on the album).

we saw them in L.A. Friday night and Sarah was having trouble at the beginning but seemed to get stronger as the night went along (the bourbon maybe helped?) She was charming throughout as per usual. I thought it was a great show. Super tight band, the new tunes sounded great, enthusiastic audience, positive vibes all around. Debsey was killing it in particular. So much cowbell!