"Junebug in June" Weekend
Red Rooster Coffee House
Aberdeen, SD
Set One:
| Pay the Toll to Ride the Junebug Flow | I'm a Bad MammaJamma (Who Works at Wendy's) | Da Bomb [Fed By Doris] | Refrigerator | Potion | Breathe You In | Back in the U.S.S.R. [the Beatles] | Chosen Ones | Aphrodite |
Set Two:
| Poet Who Didn't Know It | Share | Casanova (featuring Adam Hoox) | Underneath the Sweet Love | It | Punktry | Money For Nothing [Dire Straits] / To the Next Episode | Jumpstart My Rocket | Found My Boogie | Downtown Liquor Store | Sledgehammer [Peter Gabriel] |
Tonight was the continuation of the Junebug weekend at the Rooster. The opening act was a reunion of the Dimbulbs, with Adam Hoox on guitar and lead vocals, Trevor LeBoo on bass and Floam Chomsky on drums. It was fantastic to hear that band again. They have been missed. The final number was "You're the One that I Want" from Grease, with Hobo on drums and Sierra on the female vocal part. Oh, such fun had by all. One fan was heard outside saying, "I wouldn't want to follow that." Well, follow that we did - and hopefully lived up to expectation.
After kicking things off with "Junebug Flow" and bringing the boogie with "Bad MammaJamma", Anthony said, "We've got a song that we should have written, but I think you will recognize it..." And boy did they. Junebug dared to play the old Fed By Doris standard, "Da Bomb". The crowd danced and sang along and we played "Refrigerator" and all seemed right with the world.
And then Anthony's guitar got cranky and stopped working. Not to worry, because Anthony and Dustin in their infiniate wisdom managed to figure it out. For a couple songs. It got grumpy again during a rockin' performance of "Chosen Ones". No matter. The set kicked ass anyway and the Rooster Rats seemed to love what we were bringing.
We kicked the second set into gear with one of the new favorites, "Poet Who Didn't Know It" followed by the title track from our forthcoming second album, Share. Then, since we didn't get the chance to play all the songs from last night's bucket show (or give away either of the two free CDs), we deviated from our setlist and had members of the crowd come up and finish it off. And it was a great decision. The very first drawing was "Casanova" and Adam Hoox did a guest spot freestyling. It's a shame his mic wasn't turned up louder, because as Dustin and Tony both agreed, it was probably the best "Casanova" guest spot to date. That d00d's got skillz.
After we finished off the bucket, Dustin launched into on of the most famous guitar licks in history - and we played "Money for Nothing" by Dire Straits. The looks on faces of the crowd were priceless when we whipped out that gem. And the looks were even more amazing when we whipped out the NEXT EPISODE. Yes, indeed.
It was high-octane from there on out with "Jumpstart" and "Found My Boogie". The next song on the setlist was actually "Clone You" but Ashton, a girl in the crowd really wanted to hear "Downtown Liquor Store". We put it to the crowd and the consensus spoke. And quite fittingly, during the song two uniformed Aberdeen Police officers came into the coffee house and eyed the band. After the song was over, Tony assured them it was only a song - just a story. They seemed satisfied.
For our show closer, we performed the Aberdeen debut of our cover of Peter Gabriel's "Sledgehammer". When it began, the crowd had varied looks on their faces - "could be?" "is it?" "I think it is"... I wanna be - your sledgehammer! ... "Yeah!" According to Paul Lundstrom, "It was the rockingest version of 'Sledgehammer' I've heard."
We want to thank the Red Rooster Coffee House for hosting this "Junebug in June" weekend. It was a total blast.
