We were only planning to do three interviews with Marié but we found out that long time Digbyholic Ulysses, aka “Mr. Earthquake Kit”, was going to be at the San Diego show and we took the opportunity to do another interview! This time around we even have some special guests who gave us a little more insight on Marié. Thanks to Jessica, Jackie, Amber and Deborah (?) and of course thanks again to Marié for letting us do this interview series!
UPDATE: Also check out this new video from the ameblo blog with a trivia that i dont think everybody knows.
There are so many talented Digbyholics on YouTube! These three sisters are a few of the many, and they have definitely got that talent! Here, they are doing their rendition of “Miss Invisible,” in front of a live audience in Rotterdam. So everybody, meet Arianna (vocals, piano), Bernice (backing vocals, rhythm), and Celine (backing vocals, guitar).
On Wednesday Marie played a sold out show at the Hotel Utah Saloon in San Francisco, CA. Despite technical issues with the sound system the show proceeded as planned and Marie gave her first true concert performance in San Francisco.
Marie played about 10 songs for this show. We found videos for 4 of them on YouTube: “Beauty in Walking Away”, “Love With A Stranger”, “Stupid For You” and “Daybreak”.
Thank you to DreamyPiper for getting the Digbyholics a quick shout out from Marie after the show.
We received an amazing and complete write up on Digbyholics’ Facebook Fan Page about the San Fransisco show in Hotel Utah by Ed Magaoay. Very updated, time specified, and impressive! Thanks for taking the time to write for us!!
An Excellent Evening with Marie Digby on Wednesday, December 9, 2009
7:00pm: Got on the freeway and headed towards San Francisco. I knew it was going to be a great night because we flowed right into the City without traffic and without getting lost.
7:45pm: Found free parking less than 100 feet from the Hotel Utah Saloon, and in fact, parked right behind Marie Digby’s tour bus.
9:00pm: The band she was traveling with, Alpha Rev, came on first and sang about 6-7 songs. They performed quite well and had some good songs.
9:30pm: Marie Digby made her entrance onto the stage with a rousing applause from the audience. She greeted us and then asked for a drink of hot tea. Then someone yelled out, “Hot tea for the hottie!” With that, Marie laughed along with the rest
of us. Before she started singing, she talked about her tour and how much fun she was having traveling around the country and how it felt as if she was on the road for years when in fact, had been only 10 days or so. She said she missed her dog Misty and hoped that she was ok at home. Then someone yelled, “Is Misty with you?” and Marie looked at the audience and had that look on her face as if to say, “Are you for real? I just said I miss my dog and I hope she’s ok.” But instead, she simply replied, “No.” She did mention the fact that this was her first performance in San Francisco and wondered why she hadn’t come up to the Bay Area earlier. After a few more comments, she began her set with the song “Daybreak”. As the concert moved on, she went from playing the piano to playing the guitar to just singing with the mic in her hand. After singing one song, she noticed that one of the audience members had sung the entire song with her because she noticed her mouth moving as she was singing. Marie got a kick out of that and said she was quite impressed. Before she sang the song “Beauty in Walking Away”, she talked about her time spent at college at the University of California at Berkeley and how the song related to that experience. She said that during her one year in college she was having the best time of her life. She lived on the top floor of
Cunningham dormitory unit 2 room 808 and to her surprise, there were some girls in audience that lived just a few doors down from her in room 805. Marie was thrilled to hear that. She then talked about how she would go out into the fire escape, in which she wasn’t supposed to go, with her guitar and sing. Then one day as she looked out into the twinkling lights of the Bay Area she thought to herself, ” I love school, but I want to be a musician. I don’t know if I got what it takes but
it’s what I love more than anything else. I would focus on one of those twinkling lights and think, that’s where I want to go. I was scared to death to leave school because I was so comfortable and safe, but I had no choice. And this is how I
came up with “Beauty of Walking Away”.”
10:30pm: Marie ends the concert but comes back on stage as the audience chanted, “One more song, one more song.” In fact, she sang 2 more songs and ended the night with “Umbrella” and we all sang along with her.
10:45pm: Marie came out to meet and greet her fans. She took pictures and signed autographs. She was also selling her latest CD “Breathing Underwater“, t-shirts, and tote bags.
11:50pm: We were the last ones to meet her and take one last picture with her.
Marie Digby is such a friendly and beautiful person. I was very impressed that she took the time to interact with her fans during and after her show. She has an amazing voice and I look forward to seeing her again in concert and buying her future CDs.
Our fellow Digbyholic Ken, who was also at the Hotel Utah show and conducted the 2nd Digbyholics Interview, provided us with a great write-up of the show as well. It is pretty long, so I have included the first few paragraphs, you will need to click “read the full story” for the rest of it. Thanks Ken!
~Detour to the Hotel Utah Saloon~
“Marié, you can expect Ken to interview you down at the San Francisco concert.”
It’s Tuesday, the night before the upcoming Hotel Utah performance and Marié is still in Seattle talking to Vince, fellow Digbyholic Interviewer. When I hear about this conversation later that evening, I realize the pressure is on for me to drop by the next night and make this happen.
Wednesday night is in full effect; my friends and I are at Temple, a few blocks from the Hotel Utah venue for some drinks and dancing. It’s fifth-shot-o’clock, and I remember I’m supposed to catch Marié after her autograph signing. “I’ll only be gone an hour,” I foolishly tell my girl as I leave the neon interior for the streets of downtown. “Homeless-guy-number-1″ is walking in the same direction with me and we share a nonsensical, but funny conversation for a couple blocks. There’s a short line in front of the venue, but no worries because I’m kept company by “Homeless-guy-number-2″ exchanging jokes.
A month earlier, I was surprised about hearing Ms. Digby booking a show here. You see, the Utah is a great little dive bar where you come to knock back a scotch-and-soda (or three) to the sounds of The ‘Stones or The “Boss” Springsteen. Super laid-back, with a stage usually occupied by local rock bands and an open-mic. I knew that a Marié concert in the Bay Area would end up drawing a huge asian-american crowd to a joint with a definitively different subculture. Think, Pearl Tapioca Tea meets Pearl Jam. Think, Pho meets Faux-Hawk. I knew the regulars would get a kick out of seeing such a large-scale “invasian” of their good ‘ole bar.
Check out episode 2 of our series of interviews with Marie! This episode brings us to San Francisco where Ken was a able to catch up with Marie after her show at Hotel Utah. Stay tuned next week for our final installment at the Hermosa Beach show!
Earlier this week Marié performed a show in Seattle at The Triple Door. I was fortunate enough to personally be in attendance at this show and take videos for her whole set. Here is the set list followed by a playlist with all the videos! Enjoy!
Here are some pictures from the show provided to us by @jktang. Check out our galleries for more!
I would have preferred to have someone else provide their write up for this show but as we’re a little backed up here with tour posts and with no volunteers yet I guess I will share my story. It ran a little long so if you want to read the full story you will have to click the “read the full story” link below.
The first Marié concert that I attended happened to be her first show ever in Seattle. Marié had just released “Unfold” and it was her first major tour. I had just found her “Umbrella” video and became a fan mere weeks before the show. Thinking back to that concert, although it was only little more than a year ago, is like thinking back to a different time all together. The still quiet, still timid Marié of last year was in stark contrast to a Marié with unlimited amounts of charisma and stage presence. What remained constant though is what made me a Digbyholic in the first place; her talent, the passion she puts into each song and her down to earth style.
The Triple Door was a wonderful venue for the concert and its decor and atmosphere went well with the style of music, both Alpha Rev and Marié were in their element. The set up of the venue was quite unique in that everyone was in a booth of 4-6 people and these booths were staggered and elevated in such a way that everyone had an unobstructed view of the stage. Throughout the show we were served delicious asian cuisine from the adjacent award winning restaurant, Thai Ginger.
Marié’s set was quite enjoyable, mixing songs from her new album like “Daybreak” and “Love with a Stranger” with old classics like “Stupid For You” and “Unfold”. She even performed some of her lesser known songs such as “Sanctuary” and her Christmas themed “Bring Me Love”. The most memorable part of the set for me was when she gave the audience a choice of songs. Before she could give us the options I shouted out “Fool on Parade!” to which she responded “Oh, I don’t know how to play that one”. She played a few notes softly trying to remember before saying “I mean, I know how to play it but it wouldn’t sound that good”. At that point she seemed to recognize who I was and turned to me and said “Hi!” with a smile. I couldn’t tell if she was actually saying hi to someone else who was behind me, but that is my story and I’m sticking to it!
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