Joe Jackson @ Curran Theater in SF 6/28/24 "You Can't Get What You Want Till You Know What You Want"

Been a big Joe Jackson fan throughout his entire career and you can always count on him to put on an excellent show. Seen him over a dozen times live and EVERY time was a completely different experience as he has constantly mixed up his; band line-ups (which are always top notch players), song arrangements, instrumentation and/or focusing on a different music genre just for kicks apparently. This night was no exception with Joe playing solo for the first half of the show reworking his catalog of songs for just piano and voice. Whereas the second half of the evening Joe was joined by a band inspired/stylized from the days of yore with the; tawdry, saucy, tongue in cheek, alcohol fueled, singalong humor of Cockney Music Hall working class ditties of pre World War London of the 1910s. An era that fit Joe’s delivery and arrangement skills like a glove.