Red Rooster Coffee House
Aberdeen, SD
Set One:
| Chosen Ones | Spring Fever | Modern Day Fairy Tales | Casanova | Sunshine Superman [Donovan] / New Pollution [Beck] / Piper | The Date | Breathe You In | Potion | Poet Who Didn't Know It |
Set Two:
| Place | Money For Nothin' [Dire Straits] / To the Next Episode | I'm a Bad MammaJamma (Who Works at Wendy's) | Jumpstart My Rocket | Clone You | Back in the U.S.S.R. [The Beatles] | Like a Spy | Found My Boogie | Bullet In Your Head | It |
Tonight we played a show after almost two months off to rehearse new material and to break in our new bassist, Josh Rieck. In the middle of the first set, Joel Burckhard called out from the crowd, "What are all those low notes?" Well, tonight was Josh's first show and he was fantastic. Following the show we received many comments about how full the sound was and how Josh added so much more than we could have hoped for.
We opened the show with two brand new songs, never before heard; "Chosen Ones" and "Spring Fever". Both were met with approval. After "Spring Fever" a girl in the audience was overheard exclaiming that it was "awesome."
"Casanova" was like nothing you've heard from us before. It started as a lovely fun little bit of a down-tempo jazz improv. But of course, when Anthony exclaims that he doesn't care if you spend the night, we KICKED it in...old skool.
All in all, the first set was very energetic. Lots of rawk and sweat. And why half the crowd left at the break, I'll never know. It was unfortunate, because they missed a great second set. Anthony had informed the crowd that we were doing something radical and revolutionary in clearing some space for dancing. Not many did, except our newest superfan, Paula. More on that later.
The second set started with "Place", a newer Junebug tune that seems to be a pleaser, and then moved into a cover of Dire Straits's "Money for Nothin'"... "We got to move these refrigerators, we got to move these color TVs...TO THE NEXT EPISODE!" Yeah. You didn't see that coming.
We played the song "Like a Spy." Afterward, Anthony said "Maybe I'm not the stalker you've been looking for." Paula could then be heard exclaiming, "Oh yes, yes you are." Then after "Found My Boogie," she asked to say something into the mic. "Who dares to dance? I bet there must be somebody that dancing better than I do, so...Come on!" After a little persuasion from Anthony, a couple folks got up and danced with her. But no tango, even though Dustin requested one. "Bullet in Your Head" was then dedicated to Paula since she was really inspired by it the last time we played.
We closed with a brand new one, "It" that was pretty funky and went over well. Dustin thanked everyone for coming exclaiming that this was a marathon for all of us; that a few dropped out, but thanks for finishing.
Tonight was the live debut of four songs; "Chosen Ones," "Spring Fever," "The Date" and "It." Tonight was also the debut of our cover of Donovan's "Sunshine Superman" with a little bit of Beck's "New Pollution" thrown in as well.
