03-28-2026, 09:28 AM
Third time seeing this show. This time it was at the Guild theater in Menlo Park. I went with my friend Jerry. We got there early enough so we could get some dinner. First we went to Bar Loretta for drinks.
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It was swanky and the drinks were not bad, but not stellar…
Then, we walked down to the El Camino and over a few blocks to Round Table Pizza which happened to be the very first ever, opened in 1959 and still going.
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After that, we walked up the block to the Guild, got some drinks and waited for the show. I’ve never been to The Guild before. What a cute, tiny theater. Very nice…
When I saw the Harrison/Belew show at the Warfield with KB, X opened. When DM and I saw them at the Quarry, I don’t recall them having an opener. Here, it was a 3-piece led by a young guitarist. He was OK, a bit heavy on cliché lyrics, but had a good sound and they were tight. Nothing like what was coming, but near the end of his set while thanking the audience and Harrison/Belew, he mentioned that he’s known Harrison for quite awhile as they lived in the same town and when he was in 5th grade he had to give a report on any topic, so he chose Talking Heads, wrote a letter to Harrison asking for an interview, but never got a reply. Then one day while driving around town with his dad, he spotted Harrison in the next car at a stop light, so they chased him down to the hardware store and asked again and they've been friends since…
This was the first Belew performance I’ve seen since his hand surgery (RTS?) I noticed that he was doing less singing Harrison sang a lot more, and the two backup singers took more leads. Also, like previous shows, Belew leaves the stage around the midway point when the band performs Harrison’s solo song. Usually, he comes back and then Harrison leaves and they do King Crimson’s Thela Hun Gingeet, but this time, Belew was off the stage for several songs before returning for the Crimson song. Then he was off again for a few more and back for the end of the show and encore.
All in all a good show at a cool venue, although the Quarry show was outstanding both for venue and performance.
—tg
It was swanky and the drinks were not bad, but not stellar…
Then, we walked down to the El Camino and over a few blocks to Round Table Pizza which happened to be the very first ever, opened in 1959 and still going.
After that, we walked up the block to the Guild, got some drinks and waited for the show. I’ve never been to The Guild before. What a cute, tiny theater. Very nice…
When I saw the Harrison/Belew show at the Warfield with KB, X opened. When DM and I saw them at the Quarry, I don’t recall them having an opener. Here, it was a 3-piece led by a young guitarist. He was OK, a bit heavy on cliché lyrics, but had a good sound and they were tight. Nothing like what was coming, but near the end of his set while thanking the audience and Harrison/Belew, he mentioned that he’s known Harrison for quite awhile as they lived in the same town and when he was in 5th grade he had to give a report on any topic, so he chose Talking Heads, wrote a letter to Harrison asking for an interview, but never got a reply. Then one day while driving around town with his dad, he spotted Harrison in the next car at a stop light, so they chased him down to the hardware store and asked again and they've been friends since…
This was the first Belew performance I’ve seen since his hand surgery (RTS?) I noticed that he was doing less singing Harrison sang a lot more, and the two backup singers took more leads. Also, like previous shows, Belew leaves the stage around the midway point when the band performs Harrison’s solo song. Usually, he comes back and then Harrison leaves and they do King Crimson’s Thela Hun Gingeet, but this time, Belew was off the stage for several songs before returning for the Crimson song. Then he was off again for a few more and back for the end of the show and encore.
All in all a good show at a cool venue, although the Quarry show was outstanding both for venue and performance.
—tg