New Year's Bash, 2002/2003
The Red Rooster Coffee House
Aberdeen, SD
Set:
| Last Moment of 2001 | Pay the Toll to Ride the Junebug Flow / Piper | Modern Day Fairy Tales | Casanova | The Golden Girls Theme [Andrew Gold] | Rich and Poor | Jumpstart My Rocket | Crystal's Answering Machine / Found My Boogie | Back in Black [AC/DC] | I'm a Bad MammaJamma (Who Works at Wendy's) | Bumblebee / Last Moment of 2001|
| Last Moment of 2001 | Pay the Toll to Ride the Junebug Flow / Piper | Modern Day Fairy Tales | Casanova | The Golden Girls Theme [Andrew Gold] | Rich and Poor | Jumpstart My Rocket | Crystal's Answering Machine / Found My Boogie | Back in Black [AC/DC] | I'm a Bad MammaJamma (Who Works at Wendy's) | Bumblebee / Last Moment of 2001|
At long last, Junebug has returned. It's been roughly nine months since the last time we played a show. Children have been conceived and born since the last time we played a show. It was good to be back.
Tonight was the annual New Year's Bash at the Red Rooster Coffee House. Other bands included The Dimbulbs, Jeremy & Leslie, Ella, los hermanos muertos, the comic stylings of Tom Seth Whitman, and FBOPSTOP (a Fed By Doris tribute band).
We took stage after performing our old pre-show ritual backstage and the crowd was restless. We started with a soothing version of "Last Moment of 2001". (Yes, 2001!) We teased 'em with the beginning of "Pay the Toll..." and cut right into Piper and they didn't know what hit them. The hits kept coming through the night and the crowd got even more into it as the night went on. Songs began and the audience recognized them and cheered.
Alex "Forehead" Forred played bass with us tonight, and gave an admirable performance.
All in all, this night was a blast. It was a fine moment in Junebug history.
