Concert Sutra Attracts to Tori Amos’ Sin
by terri sapp
Photographs by Leah Yetter and terri sapp
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Tori Amos is another of those Concert Sutra favorites that we always try to see whenever we can! Until this tour at ChastainParkon July 27, 2009 in Atlanta, Georgia, we had found that photo passes were nearly impossible to obtain for our girl Leah to be able to shoot photos with her major equipment of the lady! Somehow at the last minute, and with the help on my fancy new iPhone, we were able to procure ourselves access with Leah’s photo equipment for only the first song! Now, that is not much time, but we will take it!!! The photographers were also asked to position themselves back by the sound board (where Tori’s husband was running sound again), which was even behind where we were sitting. Thank goodness for Leah’s awesome huge telephoto lens! We had Ginger with us, who was a Tori show virgin, so we felt that was a good omen for us. To view Leah’s photos (and a few from my little Canon Elph), please either visit this link to our photo gallery: http://www.concertsutra.com/090727cstoriamos/ or click any of the photos within the story that are linked directly to the gallery.
Tori opened up with “Give” from the current touring album, Abnormally Attracted to Sin, which is a dark sounding song with an awesome vocal part. It is hard to think of a Tori Amos joint without an awesome vocal track. One of the 
things I like the most about Amos, evident in “Give,” is that as many songs as she has released, they all have their own personality and charm. Tori, like most artists, has her own sound, but I never find myself thinking the songs all sound the same. I know I am not alone when I say that Tori was on fire at this show. As always, Matt Chamberlain (drums) and Jon Evans (bass) rattled the Chastain Amphitheatre with their musical magic.
“Siren” from the Great Expectations soundtrack was written specifically for the movie, and played for us at Chastain. What a special treat! From Under the Pink, and an old favorite, “Cornflake Girl” is always welcomed by my ears. It never gets old. Like many of her classics, she always seems to give them a different spin live. I realized when writing this piece that I have actually attended every tour Tori has come around with since her third! My first show was her first tour with the band, and I have loved seeing them ever since! I can’t imagine not seeing one of Concert Sutra’s favorite drummers, Matt Chamberlain at least every couple of years. There have been tours when she left them at home, but having the boys adds so much depth to her always deep songs. I have also noticed a pattern in many of these tours of running into the same familiar faces… Kendra Triesenberg, Rhett Thomas, and Caitlin Glennon (not necessarily together) being the regulars. Continue reading
