Greens show / graffiti review

The Greens show at O'Hooley's in Athens was a good one; exposing new folks to the Greens. Its a nice place; a little small and not great "angles" to watch a band, but a good spirit about the place. Andy really enjoys playing before new people- and seeing what it takes to get them enthused about the Greens music. The variety of styles; the lyrics-content "vs" the instrumentation, suits different audiences, etc. They were "opening" for an act from Cincinnati- so it was just one 2 hour set; its fun to see what they are going to play in that length of time, vs a full 4 hour/ 2 set normal bar performance. Seeing them back to back two nights in a row is always impressive too, as they really have a pretty strong body of songs to work from for two nights in a row, without really scratching the full surface of things they could do (with covers thrown in). Andy introduced three new songs last night- it was back to the "good old days" of rehearsing and teaching Jan the bass lines in our living room in the afternoon before premiering them to an audience last night. I can remember past new songs getting the advantage of hearing them being worked out in rehearsal before incorporating into the Greens set lists.
J.F. Rote reviewed andy's solo CD in this week's graffiti- and gives him some good accolades- check it out on the CD review page- along with patrick sweany and tom petty and los diablos. I hope this generates some interest in the CD and some bookings.
I think the Greens have a show at the Wheel house August 18th (Friday) and a private party on the 19th. Maybe marietta on the following weekend- stay tune for updates, or visit their website(s) if Nathan has updated the shows section.