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We had enjoyed Angie Aparo so much earlier in the year, of course we came back to see him, and discovered Jim Boggia, someone we’d go on to become big fans of.
Jim Boggia:
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Angie Aparo:
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emmet swimming with Georgia Avenue at IOTA Club & Cafe, Arlington, VA, USA
Review:
From the emmet swimming concert archives:
Great set at Iota Saturday. Georgia Avenue was good, but I was waiting to see Erik and Todd play together (it’s only been six years since I’ve seen an acoustic show of theirs). In contrast to Dana’s report from the Iota show in March, the crowd seemed very pro emmet – not much talking, and a lot of singing along. “So Lonely” was a crowd request, and went over well. “All Fun And Games” was a song (cover?) that Erik and Todd used to do before Erik joined emmet. When I talked to Todd, he wasn’t sure about new dates for emmet or Quitter, but did hint that you might want to keep New Year’s Eve free.
Georgia Avenue:
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emmet swimming:
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Quitter UK at IOTA Club & Cafe, Arlington, VA, USA
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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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Luther Wright & the Wrongs at IOTA Club & Cafe, Arlington, VA, USA
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Their album was Rebuild The Wall, a complete cover of the Pink Floyd classic in their own country/bluegrass style. So naturally I was happy to see them do it live.
Luther Wright & the Wrongs:
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Angie Aparo with Shane Hines at IOTA Club & Cafe, Arlington, VA, USA
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Angie Aparo was probably the last artist I discovered from a cassette. His 1999 album The American is now one of my favorites, and Jill got into it as well. This was my first show at tiny IOTA, and he was amazing.
Shane Hines:
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