7/5/08: GIANNI FROM AMERICA, OR RICHMAN IN MILAN

He introduces himself with 'Hi, I'm Gianni from America' and displays a surprisingly clear and fluent Italian. Jonathan Richman recently arrived at House 139 in Milanvenue of its second and last Italian date.
The audience that comes to follow the former Modern Lovers is numerous and undoubtedly connoisseurs, an audience of amateurs awaits his performance, which, as always, will be under the banner of simplicity. With him on stage the drummer Tommy Larkinsin a few songs accompanied by Suzanne on the piano. The Ice Cream Man takes the stage with all his style, classical guitar in hand and humble attitude, in spite of his far from negligible history. As announced songs from the latest album ' Because her beauty is raw and wild take the lion's share...

Vincent Van Gogh / Egyptian Reggae / Springtime in New York / Let Her Go Into the Darkness / *Because Her Beauty is Raw and Wild / *No One Was Like Vermeer / Old World** / Here It Is (Leonard Cohen cover) / El Joven Se Estremece / He Gave Us the Wine to Taste / *When We Refuse to Suffer / Pablo Picasso / *This Romance Will Be Different For Me / *Our Party Will Be on the Beach Tonight / My Baby Love Loves Me / I Was Dancing in the Lesbian Bar / Surrender