Grooveyard / Baked Beans Review
Well, last night's show went off somehow. Not sure what they did to get around the fire regulations (oh wait, this is Taiwan, nevermind) or where all those white people came from, but the overall feeling in the room was positive. The venue itself could have done with a few less tables to open the dance floor up a bit and some more air conditioning to cool off the patrons a lot. However, the sound was good and the intimacy level was great.
The band, Baked Beans, proved up to the challenge of entertaining a bunch of drunk white people, even with a hobbled Pete on drums. The tunes were mostly country standards (e.g. The Gambler), pepped up Johhny Cash covers (e.g. Don't Take Your Guns to Town), some crooner country (e.g. Walkin' After Midnight) and some bluegrass staples (e.g. Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms). Perhaps the best tune they performed came as a surprise, a rockin' version of Randy Travis' Better Class of Losers. After Steve got the base turned down, the foot stomping could be heard in earnest and smiles were seen on the face of most everyone present.
Good luck to Patrick and Roger as they begin their new journey at the Grooveyard.
4 comments:
Better Class of Losers? Did you fall asleep in that chair? The best tune of the evening was Nick Fothergill's eerily authentic rendition of John Cash's Ring of Fire. For just a few seconds, that man in orange became the Man in Black. It was like his spirit was in the room in front of me.
Other than that and the fact that I believe you failed to go on and on about Steve's superphat John Deere hat, which I think was warranted, an excellent review of an excellent night. Bonus points for showing up where you said you would.
so hungover,
reilly
Great time. Nice to see so many people out to see a show. The band was fantastic.
ring of fire was to be expected, better classes of losers came from left field.
And the John Deere hat omission...
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