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From my blog (originally from the edhead mailing list):
No EFO on stage (they were all in the audience, though), but a great show from Robbie. “Farewell To Saint Delores” is a Dave Carter song that Robbie said he requested at Dave’s last show, also in Vienna. High points for me were the two songs he debuted in March: “Fly” and “Independence, Indiana” – can’t wait for EFO versions of those. It was also the first time I saw his version of “Over The Hills And Far Away” – great stuff!
Brindley Brothers:
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Robbie Schaefer:
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Quitter UK at IOTA Club & Cafe, Arlington, VA, USA
Review:
From the emmet swimming concert archives:
The show was excellent. I think this is the band Todd has been threatening us with for a while. It’s Todd on vocals and rhythm, Chuck Andrada on lead guitar and lead vox on a couple songs, Scott Brotemarkle on bass and background vox, plus lead on one song (and was going to play lead guitar on one song dropped for time), David Strickland on accordian, keyboard, and background vox, and Eric Vislay (who used to play with Scott in Biohio) on drums. The set was split between new songs and olders songs and covers. I liked “Off Key Choir” with the keyboards – added more texture, and Chuck dropped a sweet solo into “Not Enough You”. Favorite Todd quote: “This is our debut, kinda of a cotillion. I was going to wear something low-cut, but I didn’t want to look slutty.”
Quitter UK:
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Boston Pops Orchestra at Filene Center at Wolf Trap, Vienna, VA, USA
Review:
Jill had never seen the Boston Pops outside of Boston, and wanted to see their new conductor Keith Lockhart.
Washington Post review
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Boston Pops Orchestra:
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Rush at AmSouth Amphitheater, Antioch, TN, USA
Review:
I had gone to see Rush at Nissan Pavilion in July, but I didn’t have the best seats. And I had put on my bucket list seeing them from the front row. I did the math that it was cheaper to buy a front row ticket for Nashville, a plane ticket and a hotel room instead, so that’s what I did. Totally worth it.
Postcard:
Rush:
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Slightly Something at Grog & Tankard, Washington, DC, USA
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This was my coworker Osama’s band. He was playing acoustic with his bandmate Ricky.
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Carbon Leaf with emmet swimming at Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC, USA for Coca-Cola’s DC Sessions
Review:
From the emmet swimming concert archives:
The crowd at DC Sessions was the biggest I’d seen. The majority of the people were there for Carbon Leaf (who put on a great show, btw), but there were plenty of emmet fans, as each familiar song brought cheers. “Don’t Call Her” was brand new, “first time we’ve played it in public” said Todd. He asked where everyone had been the last two years, then said they’d been touring, but nobody’s coming to the shows. Also, during the intro to “Broken Oar”, he said “Scott Brotemarkle’s on vacation”. They seemed happy about the crowd response, and with any luck, there’ll be some more shows.
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Funny Money at Thunder Dome, Baltimore, MD, USA
Review:
I know I went with to Nancy to this. She had a history with Kix, whose frontman Steve Whiteman was also the frontman for Funny Money, singing lots of Kix songs. The place was a dump, though.
Funny Money:
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