6/23/12 - Red Rooster - Aberdeen, S.D.

Junestravaganza (Night Two)

Set:
| Beards | M'Lady | Modern Age | Hell-Bent Woman | Downtown Liquor Store | Law & Order Theme [Mike Post] | Found My Boogie | Fluffy Little Hands | Time [Pink Floyd] | Refrigerator | Mystic Princess | Give Yourself | Crossroads | Handlebar Mustache | Destiny, She Drives a Rolls |

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Tonight was a bit of an anomaly. We're not sure what happened. Maybe everyone who experienced our awesomeness last night at Slackers was too tuckered out to enjoy it here, too. Or maybe it's just not the best idea to book two shows in two different venues in the same town back-to-back nights. Dunno. But the reality of it was that there was hardly anybody at the Red Rooster.

But we took the stage. We were a little late getting started, because we kept hoping that more people would come through the door. Instead, it seemed the people that were there started to leave. But we try to do what we do. We powered through. Though, it's sometimes hard to find that energy when the seats are empty.

We had planned to do Junebug Karaoke tonight -- where people sign up to sing a song with us. It has been a fun hit in the past. Unfortunately, only two people signed up and of the two one wasn't there and the other was the coffee house owner. And as it stands, since we started late, we didn't even get to his song before we had to pull the plug.

Sometimes you just have to realize when things aren't working in a room. I dunno. It wasn't happening tonight. 

I don't mean to diminish anyone that WAS there. There were a few folks there that stayed for the whole show and we visited afterward and a couple folks bought some t-shirts and CDs. We know you guys were there, we felt your presence and we love you with all our hearts. 

On the positive side, we played "Hell-Bent Woman" tonight. Since the Rooster is a family-friendly environment, we did change the lyric to "Heck-Bent Woman." Although Anthony still sung the line about getting herpes. So it goes.

Next time.

Poster designed by Tony L. Kollman

6/22/12 - Slackers - Aberdeen, S.D.

Junestravaganza (Night One)

Set One:
| M'Lady  | Beards  | Destiny, She Drives a Rolls | Refrigerator | Downtown Liquor Store | Hell-Bent Woman | Fluffy Little Hands | Time [Pink Floyd] | Poet (Who Didn't Know It) | Crossroads |

Set Two:
| Soul Shaker | Chosen Ones | Modern Age | Mystic Princess | Let's Dance [David Bowie] | I'm a Bad Mamma Jamma (Who Works at Wendy's) | To the Next Episode /  Yahoos & Triangles (King of the Hill Theme) [The Refreshments] | Jumpstart My Rocket | Golden Girls Theme [Andrew Gold] | Found My Boogie | Heaven's Just a Mystery |

Encore:
| Handlebar Mustache | Say It Ain't So [Weezer] |

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This was a great return to good ol' Aberdeen. This was Dillon's first time playing in Aberdeen and we had told him all kinds of stories of how great this place is, and how amazing and beautiful the people are. Additionally, this was the first time Junebug had played Slackers, a new-ish bar in downtown Aberdeen, just a half-block away from our old haunt at the Red Rooster. I'm happy to say that Dillon's first impression of the Aberdeen crowd was a great one. Slackers really came through for us.

As soon as the night began, people were into it. The beers flowed like wine, as they may say. People were loose and ready to have a good time. Plus, the bar must have had some great specials going on, or our fans are really generous, or both, because drinks just kept coming up to us faster than we could enjoy them. We had them lined up, waiting to be consumed. And they kept coming. 

Oh, and the people were dancing. They just kept dancing. It was the kind of show you dream about. People who knew the songs were singing along, and even if they didn't know the song, they would stay on the dance floor and feel the flow.

And it was HOT. Sweat poured down our faces and the faces of the crowd. We took a brief intermission at one point and stepped outside. It was a beautiful night. Warm by most summer evening standards, but a cool reprieve from the sauna we had created inside. The cold beers I had lined up behind the drum kit, whose cans were sweating profusely, were a nice welcome present when we resumed our rocking.

The second set went over as well as the first. And it was longer, because people kept wanting to party with us. When our setlist ran out, they pretty much insisted on an encore. We hadn't planned for it. So we had to discuss it briefly. While were were discussing, a couple people started chanting "Bumblebee! Bumblebee!" Dustin turned to them and said, "I don't hink you understand our relationship -- we tell YOU what songs we're gonna play." And then, we didn't play "Bumblebee." Because, well, our bassist doesn't know it yet. What we DID give them was a fresh cut off the upcoming album. And then when they asked for more, yet again, we followed up with "Say It Ain't So," which has long been a great show closer for us.

Again, the chants of "one more song" echoed through the bar. But we were actually done this time. Some clever someone turned the "one more song" chant into "drink more beer," which quickly overpowered the previous. The owner of the bar was heard saying, "Well, don't just yell about it, actually do it!"

We hung out long after we finished playing, enjoying more free drinks, courtesy of our fans. We were then invited to an afterparty at a new art gallery across the street where we hung out and visited and wasted away the early morning hours. 

Well done, Aberdeen. This is why we keep coming back.