Built as a vaudeville playhouse in the 1920's,
the venerable Aladdin Theater became host onSeptember 16,
2000 to one of the most memorable of Rickie Lee Jones' live
performances. In gracious, shabby-chic style, the Portland,
Oregon venue (that gained dubious recognition as the all-time
longest exhibitor of the porn feature, Deep Throat) rocked
with ovations as Rickie offered up a scintillating collection
of covers from her September 2000 release, It's Like This,
as well as classic performances from her memorable catalog,
song-prayers from Ghostyhead, and Neil Young's Old Laughing
Lady offered as a benediction. For fans, the Aladdin show
is now available as a double CD, mastered and released with
Rickie's permission. Electric with the kind of energy that
happens once in a concert-going blue moon, it bookends It's
Like This with one of the best live shows of Rickie's career. |
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