The Show
Anyone who has not seen a show at the Club Soda is missing out. Anyone who has can tell you, however, that it's always way to f*ing loud. So... we got earplugs and stood three feet from a speaker as big as me. And damned if it wasn't one hells of a show.
I've heard a lot about Hello Dave in the past few months. Some folks (him, her, her, and him) saw them open for Domestic Problems at New Years. I knew that they were good, and I figured I'd like them... but when I'd heard their music it sounded a bit more country than what I've been feeling lately, so I wasn't sure I'd be all sorts of in love, or just sorta in love. The sorts, they did a'fly.
Go to Hello Dave's website. They're cool, and you can download their music from Fresh Tracks Music. For an hour they rocked that little corner of the world leaving no stone unturned an no panties d... ... nope, not gonna go there. Could've gone for the cheap laughs, but I'm not that guy.
Members of Domestic Problems got up there with them throughout the night and jammed out some. It was fantastic... and having never seen DP, I was quite concerned with the bar being set as high as it was. I'd heard that DP wasn't quite on it's game at New Years because the horns, they had been drinking.
The stage was switched, the band took place and started to play. And my Lord.
For two (or more) hours, Domestic Problems decimated the crowd. Going through (at least one, but probably more because I'm not familiar with their music -- but I will be) new songs, old songs, fan favorites and all sorts of things that just made you want to bounce. The horns danced and drank (in moderation) and the crowd just danced and danced. Fantastic show, and if you ever have the chance to see them live, by all means run (don't walk) to get there.
On the way out I spent what may end up being the last $10 I have for entertainment for a while on a DP disc, well worth it. And I've been listening to it as I drive around town. But that, my friends, is another story.