On Monday evening, Jon “Barber” Gutwillig of the Disco Biscuits continued his run in Colorado, performing an intimate solo show at Denver’s Globe Hall. The show was the fifth show in a row for the guitarist, who knocked out a three-night run with the Disco Biscuits at the Ogden Theatre on Thursday through Saturday, before the band followed it up with a headlining performance at Red Rocks Amphitheatre on Sunday.
Billed as a solo acoustic show, the show saw Barber in a rare context, serving as “storytime” in addition to a musical performance. The last time that Barber offered up a solo acoustic show during the Biscuits’ Bisco Inferno run was eight years ago, when the guitarist performed at Boulder’s Fox Theatre on May 30th, 2010, and he has only performed a handful acoustic solo shows over the years.
In addition to this past Denver show, Barber also has another solo acoustic show scheduled during Disc Jam Music Festival, which runs from June 7th through 10th in Stephentown, New York. Disc Jam’s lineup also includes performances from Electron, a supergroup composed of Barber’s bandmates Marc Brownstein and Aron Magner in addition to Tom Hamilton (Ghost Light, Joe Russo’s Almost Dead) and Mike Greenfield (Lotus), plus sets from Lotus, Beats Antique, Galactic, The Motet, and many more.
You can check out extended videos of Barber’s performance below, courtesy of Youtube user dKATITS.
Setlist: Barber Solo Acoustic | Globe Hall | Denver, CO | 5/28/2018
Set I: Redemption Song, Badfish (unf), Barfly, If, All Four, I’ll Come Running Back to You, Magic Carpet Ride (unf), Althea, Magellan > Once the Fiddler Paid
[Video: dKATITS]