Musical Surprises

Griff · 06-21-2014, 08:05 AM

Rusted Root showed up at The Choconut Inn 15 minutes from my house! If you aren't from a rural area you may think that is pretty small potatoes, but everything is a minimum of 40 minutes drive time from here. A couple very good local bands warmed up the crowd. Band of Strings featuring a guy I went to high school with on banjo and naturally a smiling bassist and Falconers a really talented trio with a great lead singer. RR played a nice long set and held back Ecstasy for the encore. I always wonder about bands that have one big album and stick around, but they did have a lot of other material that was darn good. I was watching the faces of the musicians closely when they played Send Me on My Way. The place blew up and they lit up after all these years. I was glad to see it. It's funny, I saw them 20 some years ago before they climbed the charts.

The crowd was really interesting. We had locals, bikers, Ithacans, hippies, lesbians, hillbillys, high school kids, and lake people. Weird mix but you need that to fill a country bar. Interesting sidenote, the women tended to be very drunk but the guys not so much...

glatt · 06-21-2014, 09:30 AM

Sounds awesome. Color me envious.

xoxoxoBruce · 06-21-2014, 10:21 AM

As amazing as the happening, is you caught it, good for you.

Much of the cool shit slides by while we're reading the reviews of the cool shit that slid by, while we were reading... well, you know.

06-21-2014, 08:05 AM	#1
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Musical Surprises Rusted Root showed up at The Choconut Inn 15 minutes from my house! If you aren't from a rural area you may think that is pretty small potatoes, but everything is a minimum of 40 minutes drive time from here. A couple very good local bands warmed up the crowd. Band of Strings featuring a guy I went to high school with on banjo and naturally a smiling bassist and Falconers a really talented trio with a great lead singer. RR played a nice long set and held back Ecstasy for the encore. I always wonder about bands that have one big album and stick around, but they did have a lot of other material that was darn good. I was watching the faces of the musicians closely when they played Send Me on My Way. The place blew up and they lit up after all these years. I was glad to see it. It's funny, I saw them 20 some years ago before they climbed the charts. The crowd was really interesting. We had locals, bikers, Ithacans, hippies, lesbians, hillbillys, high school kids, and lake people. Weird mix but you need that to fill a country bar. Interesting sidenote, the women tended to be very drunk but the guys not so much... __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

06-21-2014, 10:21 AM	#3
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	As amazing as the happening, is you caught it, good for you. Much of the cool shit slides by while we're reading the reviews of the cool shit that slid by, while we were reading... well, you know. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

06-21-2014, 09:30 AM	#2
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Sounds awesome. Color me envious.

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