Concert Review: Old 97s
Oct. 19th, 2017 09:16 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bedsitter23I finally got to see of my favoritest (sic) bands ever. Old 97s played in Des Moines which I don't think they have in many years if ever, and also found some of my friends are big fans as well.
They were even more awesome than my very high expectations. Rhett Miller sounded as great in person as he does on record. The band was lively and had a good interaction with the crowd. Rhett gets all of the attention, but let's not forget Ken Bethea is a smoking guitar player- surely as good as anyone in punk or surf. Murry Hammond is another great personality, has great vocals and is a great co-frontman.
Opening act was Lilly Hiatt. She is the daughter of John. She was very good. A friend said she was somewhere between Dolores O'Riordan and Loretta Lynn. For sure, she is unique with Americana and country pop influences, similar to a Roseanne Cash, Lydia Loveless or Gillian Welch. You can google her and you should.
Old 97s played mostly the classics for the "Old Schoolers, New Schoolers, and the Middle Schoolers...ok, no middle Schoolers".
A setlist might make it online but I also have doubts, so I definitely remember Doreen, Timebomb, King of all of the World, Rollerskate Skinny, Barrier Reef, Dance With Me, Curtain calls, Big Brown Eyes, Designs on You, Curtain Calls, and from the last two albums- Longer than You been Alive and Let's Get Drunk and Get it on (from Most Messsed Up), Good with God, Jesus Loves You, Irish Whiskey Pretty Girls (from GraveYard Whistling) I am about 95% sure that is as accurate as to all the songs the played as you will get now that two days have gone by and I didnt take any notes. "Question" was the obvious encore.
They were amazing and from here, I probably would just keep writing variations on "They were awesome" over and over. As a plus, my concertgoing days all predated cellphones, and you only get crappy pictures in a club but hey, there you go. Lilly Hiatt joined for the Brandi Carlile part of "Good with God", which smoked.
The sound for the opening act wasn't great, but the 97s sounded fine. I also dont miss the days of leaving a smoke filled club or the 100 mile drive to get home.
They were even more awesome than my very high expectations. Rhett Miller sounded as great in person as he does on record. The band was lively and had a good interaction with the crowd. Rhett gets all of the attention, but let's not forget Ken Bethea is a smoking guitar player- surely as good as anyone in punk or surf. Murry Hammond is another great personality, has great vocals and is a great co-frontman.
Opening act was Lilly Hiatt. She is the daughter of John. She was very good. A friend said she was somewhere between Dolores O'Riordan and Loretta Lynn. For sure, she is unique with Americana and country pop influences, similar to a Roseanne Cash, Lydia Loveless or Gillian Welch. You can google her and you should.
Old 97s played mostly the classics for the "Old Schoolers, New Schoolers, and the Middle Schoolers...ok, no middle Schoolers".
A setlist might make it online but I also have doubts, so I definitely remember Doreen, Timebomb, King of all of the World, Rollerskate Skinny, Barrier Reef, Dance With Me, Curtain calls, Big Brown Eyes, Designs on You, Curtain Calls, and from the last two albums- Longer than You been Alive and Let's Get Drunk and Get it on (from Most Messsed Up), Good with God, Jesus Loves You, Irish Whiskey Pretty Girls (from GraveYard Whistling) I am about 95% sure that is as accurate as to all the songs the played as you will get now that two days have gone by and I didnt take any notes. "Question" was the obvious encore.
They were amazing and from here, I probably would just keep writing variations on "They were awesome" over and over. As a plus, my concertgoing days all predated cellphones, and you only get crappy pictures in a club but hey, there you go. Lilly Hiatt joined for the Brandi Carlile part of "Good with God", which smoked.
The sound for the opening act wasn't great, but the 97s sounded fine. I also dont miss the days of leaving a smoke filled club or the 100 mile drive to get home.
