Recommend me some new Rock music...
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Wish I could have been a tour rat but I was the only one of my friends that had a job to get back to. Just mini midwest tours.
'97 was St. Louis, Chicago and Alpine Valley in the summer and Champaign, Il in Nov.
'98 was St Louis, Alpine Valley (second row center) then two nights at Deer Creek, In
'97 was St. Louis, Chicago and Alpine Valley in the summer and Champaign, Il in Nov.
'98 was St Louis, Alpine Valley (second row center) then two nights at Deer Creek, In
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Wish I could have been a tour rat but I was the only one of my friends that had a job to get back to. Just mini midwest tours.
'97 was St. Louis, Chicago and Alpine Valley in the summer and Champaign, Il in Nov.
'98 was St Louis, Alpine Valley (second row center) then two nights at Deer Creek, In
'97 was St. Louis, Chicago and Alpine Valley in the summer and Champaign, Il in Nov.
'98 was St Louis, Alpine Valley (second row center) then two nights at Deer Creek, In
My girlfriend was at all of those shows, too! First Phish shows for me were the 3 night run they did at UIC Pavillion in '98 and quite a few midwest shows after that. Deer Creek is one of my favorite places to see a show. Easy access to beer when you are in the lawn and not quite the ankle breaker that Alpine can be, especially when it rains.
Driving out of Alpine both times was, um...very interesting to say the least....
I haven't seen Phish live in person since 1998. Watched many a webcast recently but I moved from Jam bands to riff rock in the early 2000's for some reason
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Hard, verging on impossible, to make a decent recommendation considering I know nothing of your tastes but just because I was listening to it this morning and I like to give a shout to local musicians, I'm gonna recommend something kinda sorta rock-ish. Pokey laFarge and the South City Three are a St. Louis band that plays a mix of rockabilly, jazz, country and western swing. More of a pre-rock roots of rock sport of blend that really rock. I haven't heard the record he put out this year on Third Man Records (Jack White's label), but Middle of Everywhere from 2011 is really good and these guys are always pretty great live if they come to your town.
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I like Deer Creek cuz you could camp in the lot!
Driving out of Alpine both times was, um...very interesting to say the least....
I haven't seen Phish live in person since 1998. Watched many a webcast recently but I moved from Jam bands to riff rock in the early 2000's for some reason
Driving out of Alpine both times was, um...very interesting to say the least....
I haven't seen Phish live in person since 1998. Watched many a webcast recently but I moved from Jam bands to riff rock in the early 2000's for some reason
Trip Daddys, huh? We have to have seen each other around town. Back when Way out was on Cherokee before the hipsters took that strip over, I used to hang out there when Trip Daddys played there pretty much every weekend. Spent a lot of late nights into mornings with those guys. Don't see 'em much anymore and really it's just Craig from the original band these days playing as Trip Daddys. But I still run into those guys around town from time to time. Lots of good local bands around here, really. I'm a fan of the city and its music. These days I mostly check out the noise and experimental stuff around town, which is plentiful. Some good local rock bands too, I really like Doom Town, sound kind of like a little X, a little of the Wipers, etc... Strawfoot is really good, kind of a weirdo mix of country gothic Americana. Shaved Women are a good trashy hardcore band. CaveofswordS is a fun electronic noise pop duo. Sleepy Kitty is a fun indie rock band. Tone rodent has a cool krautrock inflected vibe. Bunch of stuff really. Those come quickly to mind, but whatever your taste, someone is doing it out there. Mostly I think way too many people fail to support their local music scene. Stop paying 100 dollars to see the latest dinosaurs of rock tour and lining the pockets of rich 60 year olds long past their prime. Throw down 5-10 bucks, grab a few beers and check out what's happening in your town. Almost any decent sized city has at least a few youngsters dedicated to sweating it out with heart and fire more nights of the week than not.
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Craig is a hell of a guitar player. I may have wandered up to party above the old Way Out from time to time when Bob's son lived up there. Yeah, sounds like similar circles, this town in pretty small once you get down on the ground level so bound to have many people in common. Pretty sure I know which Jeremy you're talking about although I know a couple. Small world.
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