Greens show last night

The Greens converged on Parkersburg last night with a show at 6 Pence Pub on 7th Street. Resplendent in their bright green warm up suits, they hit the ground running with a spirited Psychedelic Sky, with harmonica interludes where the flute used to be!! Early on High Country Blues, Thunderwear, were indications of the great jams and solos that were going to fill the night. An early-in-the-evening version of Heavy Mentals got the audience going strong on the dance floor. Andy jumped right in to some intense guitar work right from the first songs. Ben and Nathan were on fire with their rhythm work. Larry Wright brought in a hand made drum kit that was exquisite in its beauty and craftsmanship; and brought out the fantastic sound of Nathan's percussion work throughout the entire nearly 4 hours of music. I think the audience, musicians, and all, were awed by the drum set. The Greens know immediately whether this is going to be a crowd that NEEDS the dance music going strong all night, and this was one of those nights. Despite the Greens wild variety of music, they can play to their audience like no other band- lots of adoring and awestruck, appreciative music lovers go away at the end of the night satisfied to the core.
Andy worked in a few new songs; he's had a flurry of writing of late he says. They also referred to the recently completed new CD Songs For People, with many of the songs on that new CD well established now in the set lists. Some jimi hendrix was worked into this show with great flair and energy. The requests were flowing hot and heavy in the second set.
It is getting amazing the depth of the body of work the Greens have. I am envisioning a three day set of shows, where no two nights there would be any repeat songs, and you'd still be amazed at the variety and diversity of the night of music. She's a Busy Girl was dusted off for a request. Swamp Queen and Big Old Betsy got great reaction. Kenya Dig, Country Maestro.
Thanks to the Greens for a great show; thanks to a good audience for feeding off their energy and giving it right back. A good mix of loyal fans from different eras, and still plenty of solid Greens fans that can look forward to the next show in the MOV- Feb. 25th at Marietta Brewing Company.