Soundcheck:
| Intergalactic Grits (partial) | Every Rose Has Its Thorn [Poison] |
Set One:
| Spring Fever | Poet Who Didn't Know It | Pay the Toll to Ride the Junebug Flow | Casanova (feat. Cheryl Tullis) | Golden Girls Theme [Andrew Gold | Found My Boogie | The Date | Cake | M'Lady | Like a Spy | Last Night | Sledgehammer [Peter Gabriel] |
Set Two:
| Crossroads | Modern Day Fairy Tales | Chosen Ones | Place | 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]) | To the Next Episode / Enter Sandman [Metallica] | Jumpstart My Rocket | I'm a Bad MammaJamma (Who Works at Wendy's) | Play That Funky Music [Wild Cherry] | Soul Shaker | Clone You | Bumblebee |
We always love playing at the Red Rooster. There's something about that place that just encourages good vibes and great feelings. While the crowds there aren't huge, per se, they almost always offer the warmest reception. So we always try to put together an awesome show, whether it's trying out new or experimental stuff, or just playing our well-known tunes. Tonight was no exception. Dustin predicted that it would be "the equivalent of the water cooler show on Thursday night Must-See TV." We brought it, and we brought it well.
We started out on a mellow note with "Spring Fever," but kicked it off proper with "Poet Who Didn't Know It." The whole set was solid, so I won't bother describing every single song.
HOwever, it bears mentioning that it has become customary to invite any hip-hop artist in the crowd to freestyle on "Casanova". Tonight's featured guest was Red Rooster regular, Cheryl Tullis and she was fantastic, as she always is.
During the break, we got some great reviews and kicked off the second set, which was full of some of our best stuff, starting with "Crossroads".
"Next Episode" started out on its own again tonight, with no intro - which threw some for a loop. However, we did start it as if it was a ballad, which threw the others for a loop. At any rate, we did rock it to the next episode, with a killer rendition of "Enter Sandman" thrown in there. "Exit light, enter night, take my hand...off to the next episode." Inspired brilliance, what can we say?
After "Bad MammaJamma", the part in which Anthony says, "Give it to me five times," someone in the crowd said, "That was seven." For the first time ever, someone cracked the code. Dustin remarked that if Anthony said, "Give it to me negative two times," we wouldn't hit at all.
After hitting the crowd with some funk, we decided to attempt, for the second show ever, "Soul Shaker," an instrumental funk/rock smash! To close the show, we played "Clone You" and "Bumblebee", much to the screaming joy of an old fan, Amy Heidenreich-Heinz, who was in attendance tonight.
As we said earlier, the Rooster has always been a favorite place of ours and tonight's show was no exception. So many friendly faces, so many happy dancers, and the place seems to be Junebug's home. So, the Rooster should be thanked for that.
At Tony's wedding, he and Liza wanted Junebug to perform "Breathe You In" during the ceremony. Anthony, Dustin and Josh were all groomsmen, and Elizabeth came up during the lighting of the unity candle and it was a beautiful performance.
