Rosanne Cash played Governors Island on July 4th. Getting to Governors Island required only a short, free ferry ride from Brooklyn Bridge Park at the foot of Atlantic Avenue (in Brooklyn), but there was a long line to get onto the boat. Once on the island, the walk to the concert site took less than 10 minutes.
Rosanne played for 90 minutes with a full band. She noted that with the exception of her and John Leventhal (her husband) all the members of the band were from Brooklyn. Most of the show was drawn from Rosanne’s last album, The List, which was made up of 12 songs from the list of 100 must know country songs that Rosanne’s father, Johnny Cash, had drawn up and given her when she was 18. Also included were a few songs from her previous album, Black Cadillac, including a wonderful straight ahead rock version of Dreams Are Not My Home (with John Leventhal playing a blistering lead guitar), a great rendition of Bobbi Gentry‘s Ode to Billy Joe, Rosanne’s own classic Seven Year Ache and a few others.
Approaching Governors Island by ferry
The Stage at Colonels Row
Rosanne
More photos after the jump
John Leventhal, Rosanne, John Cowherd, Rich Hinman and Tim Luntzel (not visible: Dan Rieser on drums)
The crowd sits in the shade and avoids the sun in the middle of the field
