Jan
06
2010

Tempe Music Night @ The Vig

Scott Johnson, Steve Larson, Troy Dixon & Daylon Greer

(Add / View Comments) (0)Wednesday, January 6, 2010 - 11:31:03 pm
(Posted Under: Tempe Music Scene Tempe Music Scene, Music Music, Live Shows)
Just got back from the Larson/Johnson gig @ The Vig. Too much fun. We actually got there at 7, Scotty confirmed that they weren't playing until 8, so we took of and sorted out some stuff in the hour we had to kill.

It was a lot of fun, this "Tempe Music Night" - in Phoenix. The first highlight was Scotty and Steve doing Memphis Time. After a bunch of typical Larson covers (ie: county covers that Larson typically does), Scotty went to see if Troy wanted to play. I had noticed the bass guitar in Scotty's rig, but not Troy, so it wasn't that much of a surprise.

Arguably what followed was the best part of the night for me - the Scotty Johnson originals portion. And true to the old days, with Troy on bass. I've been here about 3 months, and longing for those old days, and tonight I finally got to witness it! It started out with the "Sunday School Favorite" Get Drunk All The Time (following up Scotty's rendition of Ain't No Sunshine, which is also becoming a Sunday regular), following by four other Scotty and Troy classics, before Follow You Down (with Daylon on harmonica as Robin Wilson). Better Beautiful Than Perfect even made it in there while Scotty still had the acoustic guitar.

Followed up by a few songs by Daylon & Scotty, until it was back to Steve and Scotty to finish out the night.

Steve was in fine form tonight. Actually, I've got to say aside from anything, there was just something glorious about seeing Scotty & Steve play together, period. There is just something about it that makes you feel like everything is right with the world. But beyond that, Steve was in fine form. Each time I've seen Steve since being back in Arizona, something has seemed off. It's seemed somber, and just - something just not being right. But tonight was reminiscent of the days of seeing Steve at Sugar Daddies, something that I've definitely been missing. He was having a lot of fun, and raising a lot of hell (where The Vig is ready for 'Tempe Music Night' remains to be seen [wink] ) which was really great to see. It really seemed like Larson was back. And the fact that there are three more shows before the week is out furthers that idea!

In any case, tonight was freakin' awesome! The other good thing about the night was confirmation (from the horses mouth, as it were) that there will probably be somewhat of a repeat of the Scotty & Troy portion of the night next Monday at Open Mic. Sweeeeeeet! [wink]

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