Jim Guthrie - Hillside 2013 (Sat Eve)

There were a total of ten musicians on stage for Jim Guthrie's hometown set, the most notable of which (besides the namesake) was JJ Ipsen. Despite this array of people and instruments the sound was full but not overwhelmingly so. On some numbers there were band members who actually went unused. They wonderfully replicated the sound of Jim's most recent triumphant long player, Takes Time, which was the focus of the beginning of the set. Jim himself was wedged in the middle playing his guitar and providing the vocals for these tunes, including the smile-worthy The Rest Is Yet To Come ("I said, 'Don't you mean the best?'"). There weren't really many mind-altering things that occurred on this my first time seeing the apparently reclusive touring Jim Guthrie live show but it was undoubtedly faithful and enjoyable.