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Keb' Mo' smiles, styles his way through Pabst Theater show
 
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Tags: keb mo, pabst, suitcase tour, bluesman, taj mahal, pabst theater

Fresh from Chicago's House of Blues the night before (where he, in addition to his own show, belted out "Sweet Home Chicago" at American's Idol's Taylor Hicks' show), Keb' Mo' took to The Pabst Theater stage on Saturday night with his typical smiles and styles.

Keb' Mo's (born Kevin Moors) eighth studio album, "Suitcase," is self-produced along with longtime collaborator John Porter (B.B. King, Los Lonely Boys, Santana) and it was recorded at the legendary Shangri La Studios (The Band, Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton) in Malibu, Calif.

This tour, which kicked off on March 6 in South Carolina, runs only one month, hitting 26 cities. Milwaukee was lucky to be one of the stops.

Mo's a storyteller and on stage, a humble man of love and emotion. He's always comfortably relaxed, full of energy and quickly witted. He's nearly everything you want in a performer. And, in a two set show that tallied more than 2 1/2 hours and 23 songs, Keb' Mo' -- both solo and backed by a four-piece band -- showed why he's so loved and firmly established in the tradition of bluesmen like Muddy Waters and Taj Mahal. Mo' gracefully belted out his tune "Henry" in the second set as a tribute to Taj Mahal, who for your trivia fans, began his career as Henry St. Clair Fredericks.

There's a story in every Keb' Mo' song, especially "Remain Silent," a lover's laying down of the law and a tune that Keb' Mo ' introduced by saying, "if you get home late at night, men (without an excuse), the grease is boiling on the stove and this song is playing, run!" If there are stories in every song there also is passion and spirit. His "Life is Beautiful" was moving, inspirational and in this Holy Week almost psalm-like for the nearly packed Pabst house.

Milwaukee's best side was truly shown Saturday night at The Pabst. The crowd was respectfully energetic, appreciative and one man even got a chance to jam a little harmonica with Keb' Mo' on stage. Other Milwaukeeans, as fans always do at Keb' Mo 'shows, got to dance on stage during his first encore tune, "She Wants to Dance."

Keb' Mo's "Suitcase" tour, creatively sponsored by High Sierra luggage, continued Sunday in Madison and today, Monday, at the Guthrie Theatre in Minneapolis.



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The Pabst Theater
144 E. Wells St.
Milwaukee, WI 53202
(414) 286-3663
http://www.pabsttheater.org

Keb' Mo set list
The Pabst Theatre
Saturday, March 31

Victims of Comfort
Everything I Need
Angelina
Every Morning
Eileen
Am I Wrong
City Boy
Life is Beautiful
Soon as I Get Paid
More than One Way
Your Love
Remain Silent
Suitcase
The Itch
The Door
Stand up Be Strong
Henry
Whole Nutha Thing
Shave Yo Legs
Station
She Want to Dance
God
Just Like You

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