Hey all: I'm happy to report that the show on Saturday 4/10 at the Big Easy was rockin! Let's see if I can remember what they played:
Get me with Fuji (opener) Acoustic vocal tune I didn't recognize. So Dope -- awesome to hear this one. Sounded polished, too! <??> Sometimes True to Nothing Poor Boy Awesome newer tune written by Andrew -- had a little reggae flavor to it, and featured great guest trumpeter whose name escapes me. Rhythm-a-ning Children of December Encore was an awesome version of Happiness is a Warm Gun. I think there was a quote of the Star Spangled Banner at some point -- a friend wondered if the linking of these two songs was a political statement. I might have missed one or two, but I think that's it! In any event, this was a rockin show with great singing, no hesitation, and seriously great soloing by brad (not that we expect anything less). They performed with ease and looked to be enjoying it a lot! Of note: I knew that they'd been experimenting with more and more looping in the last year or two. I like it -- they are so tasteful in applying it and so seamless in using it live (without headphones or any hang-ups). But I'm not sure I've seen Marc play the guitar as much as he did during this show -- and play it well he did! There were at least two tunes (including the new reggae-ish one) where Marc was playing a six-string, and was using on stage pedals to rock the bass. Intense. Also of note: After the first tune, Brad announced that he felt like he owed the crowd an apology. He mentioned, with a wry smile, that they'd been a band for almost ten years and this was only the fourth time they'd played Maine (I think the other most recent times were Nov 2001 at Colby and Spring 2003 at the State (opening for Vida Blue). He earnestly promised that they'd be back more often in the future. The crowd was happy to hear that and was very receptive to the show, in general! We're ready for more anytime!! Yee-a! So great to have these guys up here in our home city! Really glad I missed Easter at home to catch this one!! Marcus __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - File online by April 15th http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html --------------------------------------- ** We welcome your thoughtful comments - especially newbies!. Please participate by sending an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** Web archive at http://email.theslip.net ** To unsubscribe: Send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'signoff theslip' in the body of the message
