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I was in Hawaii on vacation when 9/11 happened, and planes were grounded for several days. Luckily they had resumed flights by the time my vacation ended on September 15th. Lots of people were raising money for good causes, and Todd put this on to benefit the Red Cross.
emmet swimming:
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emmet swimming with Ebo at T.T. Reynolds, Fairfax, VA, USA
Review:
This was the Ebo signing party, and Ebo’s Dave Connelly played with emmet swimming.
Ebo:
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emmet swimming:
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emmet swimming (Todd acoustic) at T.T. Reynolds, Fairfax, VA, USA
Review:
emmet swimming the band went into hibernation after only plaing 3 shows in the summer of 2000. But Todd started playing more solo acoustic, often with the help of Scott Brotemarkle and David Strickland, who joined him for the second half of this show.
emmet swimming:
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Todd Watts with Starsky & Hutch at T.T. Reynolds, Fairfax, VA, USA
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From the emmet swimming concert archives:
“so, that was it. i must say that i was quite disappointed that i didn’t get to hear “lose yourself” which i thought he usually played at these things. todd went the democratic way and let the crowd choose between “so pretty” and “lose yourself” and i lost. 🙁
some other random things…
“starsky and hutch” were what ebo dave and smartbomb chuck decided they should call themselves. oh, they did some cool cover songs in their opening bit, by the way. later on when todd was calling them up to the stage to do “don’t dream,” he was looking out into the audience saying “starsky? starsky?”
someone named kim said it was her birthday, and todd said he’d sing her the birthday song if he could play the chords that erik does. so, she didn’t get sung to…
the “strawberry carpet stains” was a funny story. i think that was the only story that todd really told that night? anyway, someone in the audience handed him a shot of vodka or something and he said “this isn’t rum, is it?” and proceeded to tell us all how back in high school, he and a friend drank a whole bottle of rum and then he threw up all over his parents’ carpet and left this big red stain on it. then he told his father that he’d thrown up some soda and it was the color of the caramel dye in the soda… hm, did i get that story right? it doesn’t quite make sense to me any more, so i must have missed something. anyway, that was the gist of it.
i can’t really think of what else to say about the show. i don’t think that it lived up to my expectations, i’m afraid to say… what do the rest of you guys think? i think i like concerts with the full band better. i’m not sure if it’s because that was just my first todd solo show and i had really high expectations. but i think a big part of what makes emmet cool is the dynamic between the band members, which was obviously not there. but aside from that, i loved hearing songs like “a season”, “when morning comes” and “listen to the river”, which are rarely played at full-band shows.”
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Starsky & Hutch:
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