Nov
24
2010

Thanksgiving Eve @ Teakwoods

Hell Freezes Over

PhotosWednesday, November 24, 2010 - 11:58:34 pm
(Posted Under: Tempe Music Scene Tempe Music Scene, Music Music, Live Shows)
Awesome night at Teakwoods tonight, which was certainly the place to be. Great thing about music on Wednesday at Teakwoods, it's Baja Wednesday, and I absolutely took the opportunity to down a lot more Corona's than I normally would!

Got there early to catch Longo's happy hour set, which was pushed back to 7pm this week, to sit right against the music at 9. Very nice. Not long after we got there he switched the solo acoustic for his band (Grippe, Pate and McLaughenbur). Very cool. In short, their version of Lead Thoughts was pretty amazing and different. Y'know, when Jason sings it I pick up so many words that I've never been able to understand when Babb sings it. Which is definitely part of the charm of Brent, but neither the less I had quite a few "oh that's what that word is!" moments. There was also a cool, and again very different version of Famous in the set. Jason was plugging Friday night's CD release (and well the CD), and I've got to say, when they did the Bianco co-written Punter's Choice it was immediately obvious that that alone is reason to buy the record. According to KT, I've heard Jason do the song before (which I believe, but have no recollection of) and was totally blown away by it tonight.

Both Dead Hot and Ghetto ripped through the most energetic sets I've possibly seen them do, there was definitely electricity in the air. Amazing that neither band did Push Luck Shove though.

Photobox ImageIt seemed like everyone who was anyone was at Teaks tonight. Included in that were both Lawrence and Scott Andrews. And hence came out delima. We actually had plans to leave at some point during Los Guys to see Strange Young Things. Two issues then presented themselves. Los Guys started much later than we expected, and we were going to practically miss their entire set if we left for Strange Young Things, rather than just the end as we'd previously expected. The second issue was the possibility that hell was going to freeze over at some point, and we'd miss it. Both of those issues, combined with the vibe happening at Teakwoods and the promise of $2 Corona's, it wasn't really a hard decision to make (for once). Sorry to the Strange Young Things boys, but in this instance the idea of leaving Teakwoods early was loco talk.

Photobox ImageSure enough, we made the right choice - as if there was any doubt. A few songs in, Mark got Lawrence up for Hotel Defeated and Sara Says. Following that, hell completely froze over as PC and Freddy gave their instruments to Thomas and Scott, completing the Pistoleros lineup, for the first time in I don't even know how long, for two more Pistoleros songs. It's not often that you see a local band get a standing ovation at Teakwoods. But we saw it tonight. [smile] It didn't seem like there was anyone in the room that wasn't extremely excited to see this happen!

Much like the Breast Cancer Benefit a few months ago (which actually had a similar lineup) it was another incredible night at Teaks.

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