Greens show last night

The Greens (more infrequent) return to the Mid OHio Valley was a spectacularly fantastic show at the Marietta Brewing Company last night. In the midst of the middle of summer, many good old loyal Greens fans got together for a fun filled/ enjoyable evening of great songs and performances, and some high energy dancing- feeding off of, and into the Greens own hard working energy. The Greens had rolled in from Knoxville Tennessee, where they played the previous night (with South Carolina before that). With those two shows, playing before brand new listeners, there had to be something nice about an appreciative and familiar crowd. The song selection was typically excellent and inspiring; working all around the deep Greens song list. Its been a long time since I've heard "In Time," for instance. By the time they were heavy into the dancing requests- they had worked everyone into a fine frenzy of enjoyment. Even TWO incidents of beer being spilled onto Andy's equipment (guitars, cords, pedals, straps, etc. etc.) couldn't break the momentum, or the determination to put on a memorable show for this "re-convened" loyal band of Greens-followers.
I thank Andy for inviting me up for an early "Americana" mini-set, and enjoyed the harmonizing. I know its not what most people are there to hear, but we get enough "shout-outs" and positive comments to think its alright to squeeze that in every now and again. Cripple Creek, Angel from Montgomery, Friend of the Devil and You Ain't Goin' Nowhere, were the songs we did in that little set.
Throughout the night all cylinders were pumping for the power trio. And once the dancing commenced it was ecstatic fun for the rest of the night; until the overhead lights came on signalling the MBC staff were ready to call it a night. Apocalypso was actually just revving up, and had to be gracefully cut short but nobody could say the Greens hadn't given it their all, yet again.
The little forays to the DC area, the Carolinas, and now even a few other directions can't help but be good experience for the Greens, in bringing their exciting unique brand of music and showmanship to wider audiences, and then bringing it all back home to some solid enthusiasts back here in good ol' WV and the Mid Ohio Valley.