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Words & Images by: Phil Santala
Jerry Joseph & Wally Ingram :: 12.12.10 :: The State Room :: Salt Lake City, UT
Jerry Joseph and the Jackmormons
begin a three-night run in Portland, OR tonight. Amazing, under-sung American rock greats Richmond Fontaine open for the
Jackmormons on NYE. For full show details pop over here.
 Jerry Joseph by Phil
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What ever you do, don't call it a comeback or anything new. Jerry Joseph has been absolutely on
fire the last few years. Not matter who he is touring with - the Jackmormons, Denmark Veseys, Stockholm Syndrome, or just with
percussionist Wally Ingram
- his shows, as of late, almost never cease to amaze me. The State Room show in Utah was no exception.
Bold words considering this summer saw me walking away from three nights in Virginia City, MT at Bandito's shaking my head in
wonderment. That run itself just gets better and better…but enough about the past. We gathered in Salt Lake City,
one of Jerry's former residencies, to partake in some pre-holidays shenanigans, Jerry Joseph Style.
Jerry came out, hulking onto the stage in big heavy boots. Some in the crowd responded by shouting, "Show us
your feet!" It was clear that those in attendance were not just casual fans. The core had turned out for this event,
and the duo did not disappoint. Jerry seemed to be in high spirits, joking to the crowd before "Wisconsin Death
Trip" that, "Wally and I, when I was a kid, we used to sing this around the Christmas tree at Wally's house, eating
Christmas koogle." Jerry also jested after the Vic Chestnutt song "Flirted With You All My Life" that the song was
about "holidays and good times. You feeling any better?" Vic, he said, "fucking nailed it" with that song. The
Christmas spirit was certainly making Jerry's heart grow three times its size that day.
Local Jackmormons bassist JR Ruppel joined Jerry and Wally for much of the second half of the set. The
encore, which was especially moving and heartfelt, found Joseph stepping out from the mike to shout and sing
directly to the crowd: "Ring 'em up, tell 'em that you love 'em. CALL THEM NOW AND TELL THEM THAT YOU LOVE
THEM!" It was a plea, a call, a cry of passion. Hold on, hold onto those around you, those you care for, those you
hurt and neglect through your selfishness, those that never left you in the dark on your own no matter how you tried
to push them away and no matter how many times your vices came between you and them. Ring 'em up, and tell
them Jerry Joseph said hi. Better yet, why don't you all come out to the next Jerry Joseph show and see what the
buzz is really all about?
Setlist
White Dirt, Jump, LAX, Flirted With You All My Life, Fur, Cochise, Two Balloons> Time the Revelator> Two Balloons.
Muscles*, Radio Cab*, Paper Planes*>Climb to Safety*(slow)> Train Detective rap> Midnight Rambler rap> Climb to
Safety*> Paper Planes*
Encore: Ring ‘em Up*> Good Sunday*>We Fall Down*> Good Sunday*
*w/ JR Rupple.
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