tuck's music journal

I write about local music stuff in West Virginia and nearby Ohio. I post lots of information about the Greens and musical benefit events I organize for my non profit organization. Americana music focused.

Saturday, November 29, 2008

Greens show last night

The Greens (with Aaron Phillips) put on a great "Black Friday" show at 6 pence pub in Parkersburg last night. They got the audience up and dancing throughout the night; working through a dizzying array of songs styles- mixing it up from the show two nights before; with a few standards coming back, but many others from the deep Greens song list. Aaron's saxophone soloes were featured throughout the night, but there were also stretches when newer "power trio" songs were featured from more recent times. The cover fans who love the dancing got Whipping Post and Shakedown Street and Paint it Black early in the second set. I called "apocalypso" as a finale, and the dancers left it all on the dance floor on that one; and then for the encore "power forward" finished up the night. We did hear: kenya dig; hey horse, why the long face, conversation with the lunatic in the mirror, flippin', what is that smell? what is today? There was plenty of funk right through the middle somewhere; and a little rap work by Aaron and Andy back and forth.
The Greens are back in Morgantown at Gibbie's next weekend, and have a couple of Marietta gigs in mid-December. Aaron is back to California, and the bay area on Tuesday. Look for news of where the Greens might land for New Years coming up.

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