Brandi Carlile wins a fan at Morristown’s Community Theatre

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Brandi Carlile at Morristown's Community Theatre, July 29, 2010. Photo by Kevin Coughlin
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You gotta like someone who can shift gears from “Over the Rainbow” to “Folsom Prison Blues” to “The Story” without missing a beat.

Brandi Carlile did all that, and more, during a 75-minute show that left jubilant fans shouting for more at Morristown’s Community Theatre last night.

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Brandi Carlile at Morristown's Community Theatre, July 29, 2010. Photo by Kevin Coughlin

The Seattle native has a rock and roll attitude, and the pipes to pull it off, with some help from a band that includes twins Tim (guitar) and Phil (bass) Hanseroth.

Those boys can raise the roof or inspire reverence, as they showed with a soft take on Simon & Garfunkel’s “The Sound of Silence.”

(A “creepy” song, in Brandi’s words.)

Another highlight: Brandi recalled opening for Chris Isaak in a prior Morristown show, at which the audio system malfunctioned. So Brandi and the band gave an unplugged performance of “Dying Day.”  It has been a staple of her tours ever since.

Things got off to an energetic start last night with openers Good Old War, a hard-charging Philadelphia trio.

To sum up, we’re not sure how Brandi Carlile avoided our radar until now.  (Granted, it’s a pretty old system.) She won’t pass through here undetected again, that’s for sure.

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