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I had a blast at the AC/DC show @ FedEx Forum Friday night. 9th row on the floor. Great show. Next up: Felice Brothers & Old Crow Medicine Show @ Minglewood Hall on 2/15, Galactic @ New Daisy on 2/20, Derek Trucks Band @ New Daisy on 2/21, Drive-By Truckers @ New Daisy on 2/27, & Umphrey's McGee @ Minglewood Hall on 3/28. Should be fun. Also, I'm still trying to decide on the Musical Tribute to Jimi Hendrix featuring the Eugene Gales Project @ New Daisy. Might be cool. Eugene is a great guitar player, although his brother Eric gets more press.
JAZZAM fuckin killed it the other night....maybe 30-40 people in the whole place, but they were off the chain. got to hang out with their keys player afterwards, damn cool guy.
Post by NothingButFlowers on Feb 7, 2009 22:07:29 GMT -5
Not a music show, but I just got back from Patton Oswalt at the Earl show in Atlanta. I've seen him at Roo twice before this and he was funnier tonight than he was for either of those shows!
just saw disco biscuits and govt mule on friday...it was an odd pairing, but an awesome show...i was just a little let down with the show time...disco opened at about 8:10 and mule finished around 12:00...still an incredible show!!!
I went to a house party last night where four bands were playing - no one you've heard of, but it was a great time. There were maybe 50 people there. They all did sort of an alternative revival/punk throwback thing. The best way I can describe it is sort of like a hybrid between Sonic Youth and Television. I'm good friends with three of the four members of the second-to-last band, who were awesome but not as good as the closing band. It was all the way down some rickety basement stairs and into a back room which was decorated with all sorts of random crap - from Warhol-style prints of Paris Hilton to a life-size zombie doll with an afro and tacky sunglasses - and illuminated only by a string of tacky Christmas lights hanging from the ceiling. There was a mosh pit as well, and towards the end people started lighting firecrackers and chucking them on the basement floor. Definitely one of the more entertaining shows I've seen in a while.
I went to see The Lost Fingers last night in a smallish theatre and they were amazing. They're just two guitarists and an upright bassist. They play jazz versions of popular 80's tunes like Black Velvet and Shock Me All Night Long and a few french ones...since they are from Quebec City. It was one of the better shows I have been to in while. Their version of Pump Up the Jam is a huge radio hit here. Check them out... their CD is great
Just got back from a DSO show. I heard they were good but I didn't expect them to be amazing. A really outstanding show and I danced my ass off. They really know how to channel The Grateful Dead. Got the May 28th, 1977 set which was very good.
Set 1: Bertha>Good Lovin'>Sugaree, Jack Straw, Row Jimmy, New Minglewood Blues, Candyman, Passenger, Brown Eyed Women, Promised Land Set 2: Samson and Delilah, Tennessee Jed, Estimated Prophet>Playin' in the Band>Terrapin Station>Not Fade Away>Wharf Rat>Playin' in the Band, One More Saturday Night E: U.S. Blues
Just got back from a DSO show. I heard they were good but I didn't expect them to be amazing. A really outstanding show and I danced my ass off. They really know how to channel The Grateful Dead. Got the May 28th, 1977 set which was very good.
Set 1: Bertha>Good Lovin'>Sugaree, Jack Straw, Row Jimmy, New Minglewood Blues, Candyman, Passenger, Brown Eyed Women, Promised Land Set 2: Samson and Delilah, Tennessee Jed, Estimated Prophet>Playin' in the Band>Terrapin Station>Not Fade Away>Wharf Rat>Playin' in the Band, One More Saturday Night E: U.S. Blues
Marah Charlottesville 2/26 I'm gonna be sad to loose The Gravity Lounge. In the past month alone I've seen Delta Spirit and Alejandro Escovedo there,as well as Devon Sproule,That1guy and so so many more. They ain't closing (I hope because I have tickets to see Bob Mould & The Gourds there as well as John Hammond & The Great Lake Swimmers) ... I just can't afford it anymore. I work a job that uses the economy as the reason they are not handing out raises this year. I got 5% cost of living increase each year for the past few years. This one I got a promise that I will keep my job. Marah was great by the way.
Went to the Scion Rock Fest yesterday. Would have still had an amazing time if I paid for it, but the fact it was free made it even sweeter. Saw alot of good bands there that day. Baroness, Torche, Neurosis, Mastodon, and Boris just to name a few. Boris show was one of the best shows of my life and Mastodon was killer. Here is what I said about the Boris show on another board I frequent.
Boris was......the motherfucking shit. Seriously one of the best shows of my life. It blew every other set at the Scion Rock Fest out of the water and it was only a 50 minute set. They opened up with Pink and all hell broke loose. Wouldn't think I would get into my first most pit at Boris, but I did. Ended the show with I think a long ass 20 minute jam of Untitled from Smile, which after getting the entire crowd amped with the first 30 minutes of the show, put them in stunned silence by closing out the last 20 minutes of the show with that song. Everyone there who didn't know who Boris was absolutely stunned by the ending of the set. I was too, but I expected them to pull something off like that. Close to the end of the show, Atsuo got on top of his drumkit made everyone throw up the devil horns then promptly jumped off of it and then into the crowd and I got to help Atsuo crowd surf back on stage. Fucking awesome. Even though it wasn't advertised, It was a Boris + Michio Kurihara show. To make it even better I met Takeshi and Michio after the show and shook their hands and thanked them for an unbelieveable show.
JAZZAM quackin killed it the other night....maybe 30-40 people in the whole place, but they were off the chain. got to hang out with their keys player afterwards, damn cool guy.
fat clam where u from in WV? Cuz jazzam is pretty local to me. And yes they do freakin jam everytime Ive seen them
Post by rpgreligion on Mar 6, 2009 19:57:11 GMT -5
So far this year I've caught The Gourds, Drive-By Truckers, Brett Dennen, Citizen Cope, and Blitzen Trapper.
All were amazing shows, with Drive-By Truckers and Citizen Cope really exceeding my expectations. Blitzen Trapper was just last night and they put on a hell a show. I really hope they're a Bonnaroo add.
Next up is STS9 on St. Patty's day. I'm excited, I've never been to a Tribe show, and maybe just maybe I'll see a leprechaun or two.
Post by BrokenLight on Mar 8, 2009 17:15:33 GMT -5
saw jason isbell and deer tick last night at southgate house near cincinnati...
i had seen the truckers before but never saw isbell's solo band...
i was running a little late and missed the first few songs of deer tick, but still saw a good portion of their show, maybe 45 minutes i'm thinking, i can't remember because of the corn
both bands were incredibly awesome, all the band members were on fire and amazing at their instruments, but the guitar solos/slide guitar solos were what really stood out...i think even warren haynes would've been impressed with the shredding...
deer tick was up on stage and they were like "this is a bruce springsteen song"...so then i thought, hmmm, deer tick playing a boss song, cool, but what would be cooler would be if they were at roo, and covered him there, while he's the headliner...i know we've seen it before - where a band covers a headliner, say the roots covering the police
i kind of hate to say this but the highlight of isbell's set for me was their cover of talking heads "psycho killer"
i enjoyed their original material, and the dbt's songs he played, but they killed it with that cover...
Saw Girl Talk last night in Orlando, worst crowd everrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! Ever. Ever. But Gregg was awesome.
this seems to be the deal everywhere. I had a few friends that went to see him instead of sts9 and lets just say thats the worst mistake ever. Too many kids, and not kidz either. tweens
Saw Girl Talk last night in Orlando, worst crowd everrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! Ever. Ever. But Gregg was awesome.
this seems to be the deal everywhere. I had a few friends that went to see him instead of sts9 and lets just say thats the worst mistake ever. Too many kids, and not kidz either. tweens
Exactly. Well, first, we had to be objected to a couple of the worst openers you could imagine, and then right before the curtain opened for Girl Talk, all these "bros" came out of nowhere and overfilled the already 90% douche crowd. It felt like we were under attack! A few of the "bros" even tried to start fights with some of my female friends that were there also, jabbing and elbowing them. I hate when the crowd leaves a bigger impression on you than the actual artists.