Flying Rabbit Posted June 27, 2009 Share Posted June 27, 2009 Caught them at the Black Cat in DC last night. Great show--they are a surprisingly tight band, considering they haven't played together all that much. Neff's work on pedal steel and on lead guitar was terrific. It didn't have near the energy of a DBT show, in part because of the number of ballads, and in part because the crowd was a bit lame, but probably the best $15 I'll spend this year. In addition to most of "Oscar," they played Big Star's Kangaroo, DBT's Feb. 14 and Something's Gotta Give Pretty Soon, as well as some songs I didn't recognize. Oh, and Wilco's "One Wing" played on the PA before they came out on stage. That was pretty cool, too. Agreed that the crowd was lame. I was upfront, but could still hear the torrent of conversation going on around the bar areas. Don't get why people pay essentially a $15 cover charge to drink PBR. I'll also agree how great PH was. Will Johnson was incredible. I wished he would've done a monster 2 hour set, but still it was great to see him play with the Screwtopians. Neff is amazing. I wonder if he ever writes anything. I'm sure it'd be a decent record. I came into the show kinda meh on the album, but it certainly sold it for me. Ending with Elton John's "All The Girls Love Alice" was stunning. I stayed around to get my record signed and talk with Patterson. Really nice guy. Absolutely genuine. Here I am with him: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Moss Posted June 27, 2009 Share Posted June 27, 2009 Agreed that the crowd was lame. I was upfront, but could still hear the torrent of conversation going on around the bar areas. Don't get why people pay essentially a $15 cover charge to drink PBR. I'll also agree how great PH was. Will Johnson was incredible. I wished he would've done a monster 2 hour set, but still it was great to see him play with the Screwtopians. Neff is amazing. I wonder if he ever writes anything. I'm sure it'd be a decent record. I came into the show kinda meh on the album, but it certainly sold it for me. Ending with Elton John's "All The Girls Love Alice" was stunning. I stayed around to get my record signed and talk with Patterson. Really nice guy. Absolutely genuine. Here I am with him: Wow, you could be brothers. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
myboyblue Posted June 27, 2009 Share Posted June 27, 2009 Rabbit - you won the beard competition there. Loving the hell out of the new album. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Moss Posted August 3, 2010 Share Posted August 3, 2010 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCRfvW878mE Covering some Elton John. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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