Wild Oats
Aberdeen, SD
Set One:
| Pay the Toll to Ride the Junebug Flow | Back in the USSR [The Beatles] | Modern Day Fairy Tales | Poet Who Didn't Know It | Share | Li'l Red Riding Hood [Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs] | Piper | Casanova | Potion | Refrigerator |
Set Two:
| Underneath the Sweet Love | I'm a Bad MammaJamma (Who Works at Wendy's) | Paint it Black [The Rolling Stones] | Like a Spy | Dr Phil (Part Two - Dr. Phunk) | Found My Boogie | Technical Difficulties Jam / Clone You | Golden Girls Theme [Andrew Gold] | It | Sledgehammer [Peter Gabriel] |
Set Three:
| Rapper's Delight [The Sugarhill Gang] (with elements of "The Humpty Dance" [Digital Underground]) / To the Next Episode | Jumpstart My Rocket | The Money Medley (For the Love of Money [The O'Jays] / I Need Some Money [John Lee Hooker] / Gimme Some Money [Spinal Tap] / Money [Pink Floyd] ) | M'Lady | The Date | Another One Bites the Dust [Queen] | Damn the Man | Downtown Liquor Store | With a Little Help from My Friends [The Beatles (Joe Cocker version)] |
Tonight was the Sizzlin' Summer Nights car and bike show in Downtown Aberdeen. When we all arrived at the Oats, there was a big parade of classic cars and motorcycles happening outside. Wild Oats was packed with families still eating dinner and enjoying the event. Very many of these people stuck around for the show - which was cool.
We got a bit of a late start because the Oats was doing pretty good business and people were still being served at the tables. When Randy gave us the go-ahead, he asked that we start out a bit quieter than we were last night. Oh, but we picked it up later on in the night, let me tell you. And stuff. The crowd seemed a little bemused when the "3 furious" portion at the end of "...Junebug Flow" reared it's head. But everything was okay when we played "Back in the USSR". I mean, who DOESN'T love the Beatles? The first set was short but sweet (only 44 minutes) and only a tiny portion of folks left at the break.
The second set was a great set suitable for finding one's boogie, and find boogie they did. "Paint It Black" was a good shade faster tonight, to the delight of Sarah and Liza. It apparently made an impression, since midway through the third set, a man was heard shouting, "Play some more Stooonnnes!" "Found My Boogie" seems to have re-emerged as a dancetastic superhit for us, with a solid beat and bouncy lick.
Just before "Clone You", Anthony's guitar cable started throwing out some static. As he worked on it, Tony, Dustin and Josh threw out a killer jam that segued perfectly into the song. Hear it now by clicking here.
The show was so fantasmic that during the second break, Josh had to run down the street to his shop to get super glue for his blistering fingers. In spite of his precautions, he still ended up playing out the show with a pick. That's some true RAWK, if you ask me.
The third set started with a funky, danceable version of "Rapper's Delight"...but not surprisingly, we delighted ourselves all the way to the next episode.
We offered a little therapy session as well tonight in the third set with an installment of the destined-to-be-classic "Dr. Phil" series. Tonight was Part Two: Dr. Phunk. Afterward, the same man who wanted to hear more Rolling Stones music asked Sarah if the Dr. Phil number was on the "soundtrack". Apparently, it should be because it was the best song to that point in the show. At least we're making a difference in that man's life.
Tonight's peformance of "The Date" was crazy-fast, but good like that. Who knows if it will be that fast again, but it was appropriate for this show. Later on, Dustin played the riff from "Another One Bites the Dust" and a person in the crowd asked incredulously, "Are you REALLY gonna play that?" Anthony replied, "No, we don't play that song." But Josh picked it up and Tony kicked in and Anthony shouted, "Oh no we didn't! SNAP!" And we rocked it. Solid.
After Damning the Man, we Robbed a Liquor Store in Ashton Kulesa's honor. And finally, we closed the show with a powerhouse, high-octane performance of Joe Cocker's version of "With a Little Help from My Friends." WE got a little help from OUR friends as well. We invited folks to come up and sing along, and all participants were known members of the Aberdeen music scene. Jason Hill (Urban Revue and solo work), Joel Burckhard (Pops Blue Rhythm), Will Brown (solo music and The Blue Orange), and Nick Howell (Urban Revue) all came out and sang their hearts and their lungs out. It was a fantastic, high-energy ending to a real kick-ass show, if I may say so.
The Aberdeen music scene COULD be so amazing. There are so many great musicians in this town that need support and we truly and deeply THANK Randy and Wild Oats for taking a chance on us. We loved playing this venue and we hope that we can play there again. If more venues could do what Randy did and take a chance, they may find that people in this town will come out for a show like this.
Thank you, Randy. Thank you, Wild Oats. Thanks to everyone that came out and supported us and rocked out. Good times.
