chattanooga review: 9/16/03

[mandoBob]

from my local e-paper:
http://www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_41108.asp

my three cents:
as to be expected, this was a great show. they rattled off 7 or so songs before even saying hi. they played for bout 2 hours, and the reviewer is right: they filled the place (musically speaking...the balcony was empty...chris said if they were good they'd fill the balcony...sara blamed it on too much tuning).
some highlights for me included Sweethearts on Parade... an old song, very cute and sweet, sung very well by sara. that was followed by she can't complain ... a new song, very dark and depressing, yet a good song. cool ending. mark busted out the banjo for honest men make the best liars and of course did some clogging to the delight of all.

last time I saw them Sean wasnt too strong on the lead vocals, but this time he was great. nice to see development there.
jacksmith was cool, and there was at least one instrumental I havent heard yet. the acoustic encore was indeed impressive. I was halfway back in the building and every note rang clear.

an interesting tidbit: they were apparently in town all weekend b/c of a friends wedding. very cool. I hope they liked our little town.

funniest moment: a group of girls shouted we love you Sean as they were tuning. Chris continued tuning, saying somewhat to himself, it's all about the music, folks. similar witty banter when someone shouted you're hot sara

I didnt stay around afterward...getting too old for that :-)

[NCFreak]

Did you happen to hear a small voice from the crowd say, Come home with us!!?

[QueenBee]

Hey Mandobob,
Do you happen to have a list of songs they played that night, and any additional information on what the new songs they played were about?

Thanks,
QueenBee

[mandoBob]

sorry I dont have a setlist. maybe someone out there does?

[Bubbles]

Originally posted by NCFreak
Did you happen to hear a small voice from the crowd say, Come home with us!!?

It sounded more like, Come home wif us!!!!!!!!! My nephew is cute...

No setlist from me, either. I don't keep up with that stuff.

I agree with mandoBob. Awesome show. The balcony was closed for construction, but they had sold tickets for up there. Made for some mad peoples.

[NCFreak]

Originally posted by Bubbles
No setlist from me, either. I don't keep up with that stuff.
Me neither, but only because it's as pointless as taking lecture notes for the show. I mean, I've never been given a test after a show. Like Chris says, It's all about the music, people. What difference does it make what order the songs are in?

Okay, I added that second part myself, but still.

[flutegrl71]

Not to be argumentative, but do people really get the setlists just to know the order? I scrapbook and for those purposes, I contacted someone with a setlist because it was for a scrapbook page idea. Now, I know that everyone who gets a setlist doesn't get one for scrapbooking, but they probably have other ideas rather than thinking, I MUST remember the EXACT order!! So, in my opinion, I don't exactly consider them pointless. Post-show quizzing might actually being entertaining...people would have too much fun with the buzzers, I think...