Ms. Stax and I have finished our 2022 classic rock concert tour. Doobies, REO, Styx, Loverboy, Chicago, Brian Wilson and this past weekend Grand Funk Railroad at French Lick. Don’t out me, this is a pretty good year for a 69 year old! Give me my memories! I know only the skeletons of the original groups are touring, but being in the crowd with my people makes me 50 years younger. If you are a fan of Chicago, check out Leonid and friends on YouTube. They do a fantastic job of recreating the sound. Sent from my iPad using Butler Hoops mobile app
The discussion over on one of the recruit's threads about the days being long and the years being short when you have young children got me thinking about this song from the new John Anderson tribute album "Something Borrowed, Something New". The whole album is good, but this is the gem:
Don't know how many of you like the Foo's but the tribute concert yesterday was just spectacular. They're still one of my favorite rock acts. I don't know if there was a dry eye in the house when Taylor's son closed the last set. The kid was ridiculously good too.
I thought bringing Nandi on stage was cool. But this was awesome Sent from my iPad using Butler Hoops mobile app
Sierra just opened up a show at the khouse amp last week, she rocked it and stole the show Also wife and I got to see tedeschi trucks last Thursday, still our favs, nothing like seeing Susan and Derek ripping it up on stage New songs from them are so good also Sent from my iPhone using Butler Hoops mobile app
Nice. Tedeschi Trucks Band is always a good time. I caught them last month in Raleigh and it was excellent. I am dying to see Sierra live. She's so sporadic with her gigs though, it just hasn't happened. Everyone I know who has seen her says something similar about stealing the show.
Bunch of new albums were released Friday from artists I dig and I've been listening to them pretty much all weekend. The three I'm most interested in are the Dropkick Murphys "This Machine Still Kills Fascists", Tyler Childers "Can I Take My Hounds to Heaven", and Hayes Carll's "You Get It All (Deluxe Edition". First, the Dropkick Murphys album is fantastic. They were given access to Woody Guthrie's unpublished writings and used those for all the lyrics. It's being billed as a country album, but it isn't really country or their usual punk either. My favorite track so far: The Childers album is different. It's a concept album that sometimes works and sometimes doesn't, but he finally gave my favorite song of his a studio recording: And the Hayes Carll album is a reissue with some additional tracks that make an already great album even better. One of the new tracks:
Just talked about the Childers album with my co worker we agree with what you are saying The new billy string album announcement is gold and also the new charley Crockett from a few weeks ago May be my favorite yet Sent from my iPhone using Butler Hoops mobile app
I'm an unabashed Childers fanatic, so I've listened to the new album a few times. The first disk "Hallelujah Versions" of Can I take My Hounds to Heaven and Purgatory are both incredible. I enjoyed Old Country Church, Way of the Triune God, and Angel Band, but not as much as the first two I listed. The instrumentals and Heart You've Been tending are alright, but not my thing. I wasn't a big fan of the "Joyful Noise" disk, but it is an interesting piece nonetheless.
Have to bump this thread out of excitement. Heading down to Lexington this Saturday and Sunday to take in the Railbird Festival. Looking like it should be a ridiculous music weekend, with plans to see Charley Crockett, Whiskey Myers, Marcus Mumford, Weezer, and Zach Bryan on Saturday and a packed Sunday lineup of 49 Winchester, Sierra Ferrell, Cole Chaney, Town Mountain, Nathaniel Rateliff, Charles Wesley Godwin, Head and the Heart, and finishing the night with Tyler Childers.
Man, those are some great acts you'll be seeing, I hope it's a blast! I'm going to the Brewers-Reds game in Cincy tomorrow followed by Zac Brown Band at GABP. First time seeing ZBB, can't say I'm a huge fan but I like most of their popular songs and I've heard they put on a great show.
I looked at getting tickets for that game/ ZBB show before I had Railbird tickets. I used to be a huge ZBB fan, and they really put on a great concert (I think i've seen them 4 times) but they really fell off after the Jekyll + Hyde album. I saw that the show was a benefit concert to raise money for ALS, which my wife's family supports heavily following her Grandpa passing from ALS back about 10 years ago.
Jenny Lewis & Goose both put on great shows too. Worth your time. Sent from my iPhone using Butler Hoops
I think you meant you’re going to a ZBB concert @GABP. Oh BTW there’s a Reds game before that! Sent from my iPad using Butler Hoops mobile app
Mostly true, but the Reds have been ripping off some wins in the last week. Currently only sitting 3 back of the Brewers.
Checked out Riverbend Music Center in Cincy for the first time last night to see Noel Gallagher along with Metric and Garbage. Can never pass up the opportunity to see a legend live! Hearing “Live Forever” in Noel’s more acoustic style was *Chef’s Kiss*
You got lucky those shows were pav only. The lawn there is terrible. Huge areas where the posts block out the stage. Going there made me appreciate Deer Creek even more. Sent from my iPhone using Butler Hoops
