Title: Re: Old Crow Medicine Show Appreation thread (nsc)
Post by Starbuck on Nov 9th, 2009 at 9:48pm
my god meg. what a night. i have been letting it settle for a few days and am ready to proceed with a review.
first off, my wife and i ended up taking both brady (6 yrs) and connor (3 yrs). mrs buck has been concerned as of late about connor, and rightly so, getting left out of all the fun stuff that brady gets to do. so we took a chance and brought him along. thankfully, things went well, despite the fact that the next youngest person besides brady in the entire theater was about 24. the boys, who normally feed off each other and tear down the walls at home, were very well behaved in public. we also got plenty of looks and smiles the whole evening by people sitting around us and out at the bar/lobby during intermission. people didn't expect to see kids there. but the kids probably had more fun than anybody else....brady knew probably 60% or more of the songs, as i have been playing OCMS in the car and around the house every day for about a month or more to prepare the lil' whippersnappers.
there was no opening act, of course, and i was surprised to see a sixth man out on stage, who switched back and forth between drums, keys and mandolin, as well as adding some vox as backup on gill's mike on a few songs. overall, the sound could have been a little better, especially ketch's harmonica, which was always drowned out by the rest of the instruments and didn't have the bite it usually has on the records. that being said, the show was fantastic. we got pretty much every song we were hoping to get except james river blues. off the top of my head, here's what i remember:
fall on my knees
raise a ruckus
corrina corrina
tell it to me
big time in the jungle
tear it down
hard to love
cc rider
hard to tell
we're all in this together
wagon wheel
down home girl
minglewood blues
union maid
i hear them all
alabama high test
highway halo
methamphetamine
next go round
humdinger
mary's kitchen
crazy eyes
tennessee pusher
caroline
the boys were especially taken with i hear them all, caroline, wagon wheel and tell it to me...each their favorite OCMS songs. they love james river blues too, and were sad when they didn't play it. i told them that critter is gone so they probably wouldn't play it, as it is his song...but they were still sad anyway. my wife was pumped at big time in the jungle, which is probably her favorite OCMS tune...i wasn't expecting to hear it either, so it was a highlight. for me the biggest highlight was corrina corrina, as i wasn't expecting any dylan tunes...although dylan didn't write it i know....they did it as a nod to bob, seeing as they were playing in his home state.
the audience was good. the place wasn't packed by any means, but the crowd was very appreciative and lively. they closed with wagon wheel and tell it to me right before the encore, and immediately people jumped to their feet and started screaming. wagon wheel is OCMS's satisfaction/brown sugar, we all know...they must be getting sick of playing that song...but damn, it is a good one, and all the people love it.
i was surprised to see kevin put down the guitjo on about four or five songs and pick up the electric...tennesee pusher, methamphetamine and a few others from the new album...as well as we're all in this together during the encore, during which morgan put down the upright and played an electric bass. makes sense i suppose...OCMS is heading more commercial and less old timey, so i wasn't surprised to see the guitar drenched with effects for the drug songs off TP.
all in all, fantabulous show. i knew all the songs and was singing the whole time. more importantly, the kids loved it and had a blast. brady was pumped for raise a ruckus as well as his favorites....i put him on my back and brought him down to the stage to dance for the encore (we're all in this together and union maid)....some guy down there patted him on the back and said, "damn...that is one lucky boy..." dancing with him on my back right next to the stage was priceless.
when we got home, connor kept talking about how silly willie was. admittedly, he's right...willie is clearly a spaz child and forgot his ritalin...(not a bad thing, of course...the dude has endless energy onstage and was running all over the place and rocking out with ketch all night). connor kept saying to my mom, who watched the baby while we saw the show..."gramma...ketch pushed willie over...and willie was rolling around on the floor. he is so silly!"
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