Second, the Greens: a most excellent show

The Greens outdid even themselves last night, putting on a truly amazing show. They were in some higher plane of performing and connecting with the audience last night.
The scene: there was an opening act: awkward silence (?- did I get the name right?) from Cleveland. This was some sort of home/away deal, related to the trip the Greens took up to Cleveland last week- they had not seen this band, so it was sight-unseen, but a common promoter or something. They were alright, nothing spectacular. Loud, hard driving. Nothing that makes them very memorable a few days later. They were pleasant enough guys, and won us over, because they REALLY got into the Greens sets later in the evening, and were out there on the dance floor with the rest of the throng. We wish them well, and will follow them in their pursuits as we can.
Andy did a short little acoustic set to open the whole thing- 4-5 songs; to much appreciation, as folks like his variety in this set up. The Cleveland band played about 45 minutes or so.
Then the Greens went to work- weaving their great songs/ their intriguing blending of songs, styles, responding to the audience; surprising people, getting the crowd into it, and then taking it to new heights and levels of enthusiasm. The mix of guitar work; song selection, vocals, interaction with the crowd were masterful as always. They kept going into a long encore sequence. They didn't even touch their full possible set lists, due to the opening act, and a set break interlude by two of the Cleveland band. Leaving the crowd satisfied, but aware there is so much more!! I was going to write down the set list, but didn't get started, so scratched that idea after a few songs. They wove in a new song or two, and are really working the recent new songs well into the full line up of Greens songs.
Well, I'll be plugging this all week, but the Greens at the Empty Glass in Charleston, next Saturday night, is worth a trip. They appreciate the venue's place in WV live music scene, and will undoubtedly put on a great show for the Charleston live music fans. It would be nice to have some loyal fans make the trip, and show their support, and show a new audience that the Greens have a following that knows their songs and how the band and audience can feed off each other in a high energy way.
Got to love: conversations with the lunatic in the mirror!!! "The Media" is getting to be a familiar mainstay. Oily Rags; "Y", these are relatively newer ones that are getting very solid in the line up. The covers worked in, were mainly "segue's" from other Greens songs, and then finding their way back around to the song that was started with.