Dec
16
2009

Violet Wild x2

Plus Some Mark & Emmett

(Add / View Comments) (0)Wednesday, December 16, 2009 - 11:11:33 pm
(Posted Under: Tempe Music Scene Tempe Music Scene, Live Shows, Music Music)
Tonight was intended to just be happy hour with Bobby & Josh at Teakwoods. Which promptly turned into a night of ridiculous music proportions, very reminiscent of the weekend just past, when it was brought to our attention that at Yucca tonight it was Violet Wild + Friends.

Teakwoods acoustic happy hour was fun as usual. Certainly the cover of note tonight was 'Follow You Down', definitely cool hearing those guys do that one! From there we had a few hours to kill, so we made the jaunt down to Murphey's Law to pass the time with Mark & Emmett.

From there it was back to T-Town and over to Yucca.

When something is billed at Yucca as '<Someone> + Friends', you must go.

That's one of the lessons I've learnt in my two months here in the valley! [wink] The last time it was a Wednesday night at Yucca billed as 'Josh Kennedy + Friends' when Bobby couldn't make it to the Violet Wild gig, and awesomeness ensued. Tonight it was 'Violet Wild + Friends', which wasn't that much different - except I guess for the fact that Bobby was there. Bobby & Josh put on a great long set. A fair few songs we'd seen played hours earlier, but also a bunch we hadn't (Book Of Reasons, Bump On The Head).

Then Norman was up there with Josh for three Velvet Elvis tunes. Loved the whole "We've already got a Gin Blossom in our band, we can't fucking have the tambourine too. That's just not healthy!" [wink] Some Actress Bait, Drama Drama and Velvet Elvis.

A whole bunch of Black Moods songs got pulled out - Sick In Bed, Frontline (both with Bobby) and then 7 Day Binge, Star Of Your Movie (just Josh).

At some point Glodie walked in, and we got a couple of Strange Young Things songs as you've never heard them before - Left Brest Pocket, Good Times (with Josh Kennedy on drums) and Lonely Hearts Are Wild.

Towards the end of the night our Murphy's Law buddies showed up (not a surprise as when we left Murphy's I told Emmett that we were going to Yucca, and he said they were going down after their set), and Mark did a few songs with Josh, and then Emmett and Andy closed out the night with a couple of songs.

Random notable points...
  • Josh's refusing to "play another note" until Bobby moved away from the drums was hilarious.
  • Finally have gotten a formal introduction to Marc Norman.
  • Sporting my Gloden t-shirt was a talking point at multiple bars.
  • The Scherbatsky Tapes.
Such a good night. Remember the lesson of this blog - if it's '... + Friends' at Yucca, go! You will not be disappointed! [wink]

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