{"id":4718,"date":"2019-10-18T17:08:06","date_gmt":"2019-10-18T21:08:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/?p=4718"},"modified":"2019-10-27T17:01:54","modified_gmt":"2019-10-27T21:01:54","slug":"lord-huron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/?p=4718","title":{"rendered":"Road Trips"},"content":{"rendered":"

A few years ago I was introduced to the touring band Lord Huron<\/em><\/strong>. I loved their music. My wife was captivated with the group too, so we went to concerts any chance we could.<\/p>\n

It didn’t hurt to have a personal relationship with guitarist Tom Renaud either. He gave us passes to enjoy the shows even more, including photography access. With constantly changing lights and performances, I found the shooting to be vastly different from my norm yet highly satisfying.<\/p>\n

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The first time I saw them was in 2015, during a sound-check at The Ritz<\/em> in Raleigh, North Carolina. Their album Strange Trails<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0had been out just a few months.<\/p>\n

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The following year I saw them again at the Red Hat Amphitheater<\/em> also in Raleigh.<\/p>\n

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In April of 2018, we traveled to Kansas City, Missouri for a show at the historic Midland Theater<\/em>. Their new album, Vide Noir<\/strong><\/em>, had just been released.<\/p>\n

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In April of 2019 Lord Huron<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0returned for performances in Raleigh, Richmond, Norfolk and Asheville, all within a week. Like groupies, we went to all 4 towns. The above photo was taken at The Ritz<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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At Norfolk’s Norva Theater,<\/em>\u00a0I enjoyed watching Tom jam with one of his Guild<\/em>\u00a0guitars.<\/p>\n

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The concert in Richmond, Virginia was held at the National Theater<\/em> where there was plenty of room in the wings for some stage level shots.<\/p>\n

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At the Norva<\/em>, I caught the encore from the center balcony with a wide-angle lens. Like all the other concerts that week, it was sold out.<\/p>\n

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Perhaps my most interesting take was in Richmond, when singer-songwriter Ben Schneider performed\u00a0Wait by the River<\/strong><\/em> behind a life-size skeleton puppet shrouded in fog. The crowd loved it!<\/p>\n

Los Angeles-based Lord Huron<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0has been touring here and abroad for years. They’ve appeared on major TV shows, commercials and motion picture sound tracks. Find out more at www.lordhuron.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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