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| From | "Holmes Online" <bholmes_fm@msn.com> |
| Subject | Re: Superdrag |
| Date | Mon, 16 Mar 2009 09:22:05 -0400 |
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Thanks Mike! Made me wish I was there (except for the deafness and afternoon
hangover parts). Really looking forward to this one.
b
----- Original Message -----
From: <mgladish@oh.rr.com>
To: <audities@smoe.org>
Sent: Monday, March 16, 2009 12:25 AM
Subject: Superdrag
> Made the trek over the weekend from Cleveland, Ohio, to Nashville,
> Tennessee, to attend the CD release show from Superdrag at the Exit/In.
> (Actually went down to visit my brother and kill two birds with one
> stone). Somehow we missed an in-store at Grimey's (something to do with
> not being sober enough by 3pm from the night before, but that's another
> story), which we hit later. Great store if you are ever in Nashville.
> Highly recommended - lots of new, used CDs, vinyl, great selection, great
> prices and very helpful staff.
>
> Entertaining show with a great crowd. I bunch of young kids opened, The
> Privates - inventive, fast, pretty cool. Reminded me a little of Apples
> in Stereo from a while back - but louder. Mic Harrison and High Score
> played second. Mic is on his own again after time with Superdrag. Looks
> like he hasn't cut back any on drinking, so the country bent in his tunes
> made sense ;-0 Actually, pretty cool stuff. Even included some "dirt
> country", by his own admission. As I'm watching this gig, I could only
> think back to a show I once saw at Richfield Coliseum near Cleveland.
> Robin Trower headlined and had The Stampeders and Little Richard as
> opening acts. Did somebody available bands in a hat and pull them out?
> Talk about variety. Same for last night.
>
> The reason being: Superdrag came to rock and rock they did. Wow - the
> sound was excellent for me - we were camped out behind the soundboard and
> seeing that I was partially deaf before the show, the volume was perfect.
> We talked to the band a little before the show and they were really ready
> to play - very gracious guys (spoke to Don, Tom and John). They dropped
> the dark suits from the CD artwork and the white suits from the video in
> exchange for regular duds. John sported a "vote third party" t-shirt.
>
> They opened with two new tunes, "Slow To Anger" and "I Only Want a Place I
> Can Stay", which was gutsy, but seeing that they were near home turf, no
> body bitched. The band consisted of the old Superdrag lineup: Don Coffey
> Jr. on drums, Brandon Fisher on guitar, Tom Pappas on bass and John Davis
> on guitar. Everyone had a turn at vocals, with John in the lead most of
> the time.
>
> As you can imagine with that lineup, a lot of oldies were rolled out -
> here's the rest of the setlist, minus a few changes which I couldn't write
> down (no pen, plus two beers): Do the vampire, Shuck & Jive, Senorita,
> Bloody Hell, Try, Pine away, Ready to go, Hellbent, Sold you an alibi,
> Cheap poltergeists, Carried, Nothing good is real, Everything'll be made
> right, Filthy & Afraid, Wrong v. Right, True believer, Sucked out,
> Cynicality, Aspartame. Encores: Keep it close to me, Gimme animosity,
> Distination Ursa Major.
>
> Definitely got our money's worth from the show. Notibly missing: Lighting
> the way, but, hey, many of the new tunes made up for it.
>
> Picked up the new disk, Industry Giants, at the show and spun it on the
> way back. Definitely a louder feel to it, but to me it's the first "real"
> Superdrag disk since "Valley". Early loud faves: Aspartame, Slow to
> Anger, Filthy and Afraid, Everything'll. Two mid-tempo tunes, Try and
> Live to Breathe (both John) are also highlights. Brendon's lone
> contribution, Ready to Go, is actully the most "poppy" song on the disk -
> and a good one at that. Tom's two tunes a loud - I'd pick Cheap
> Poltergeists over You're Alive - more memorable melody.
>
> Overall, good stuff if you're a fan of the group. Unlike most of their
> fans, the band has gone exclusively to water, no cigarette and little, if
> any swearing. Quite a difference the past shows I've seen - the cool part
> is this was one of the best shows I've seen them put on - bar none.
>
> It's late - I've gotta sleep after driving 1200 miles over the weekend.
> Take care. Mike.
>
>
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