Eels with Strings - Live at Town Hall (2007)

You never know what you'll get when you attend an Eels concert. One year it's vocoders and synthesizers, the next it's gritty garage rock. Cut to 2005: Eels leader Mark Oliver Everett, aka E, releases the highly acclaimed Blinking Lights and Other Revelations double album and assembles his most ambitious version of the EELS yet: a seven piece band consisting of Everett backed by a string quartet and two multi-instrumentalists juggling lap steel, guitar, upright bass, mandolin, saw, melodica, celeste, pump organ, piano, and a trash can and suitcase drum set. Having brought this elaborate show to Boston the night before, can the Eels get to New York, play Late Night with David Letterman, and perform their concert at the legendary Town Hall, which is being filmed for a concert film -- all with grace under incredible pressure? The answer is yes, and the proof is here!

Date of release
2007-09-02
TMDB
4.8 / 10 (2)
Runtime
1h 38m
Genres
Music

Casting

  • Mark Oliver Everett — Himself (Vocals, guitars and keyboard)
  • Big Al — Himself (Upright bass, autoharp, keyboards, melodica)
  • Julie Carpenter — Herself (Violin, mandolin, percussion)
  • The Chet — Himself (Trashcan, suitcase, saw, lapsteel guitar, guitar, mandolin, melodica, keyboards, upright bass)
  • Ana Lenchantin — Herself (Cello, percussion, vibrator)
  • Heather Lockie — Herself (Viola, percussion)
  • Paloma Udovic — Herself (Violin, percussion)

Interesting facts

Eels with Strings: Live at Town Hall is a live album by Eels, released on CD and DVD on February 20, 2006 in the United Kingdom and the following day in the United States. The recording is from New York City's Town Hall, June 30, 2005. It is the first live Eels album with a general release, and the first Eels DVD.

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