Bruthas of a Feather

Took the train down to World Cafe Live on Friday. Daisy, VGG and The Fredman took in WXPN’s Free at Noon! Shout out to MoJoe, Moniqua, also!

Playing were Chris and Rich Robinson of the recently reformed The Black Crowes! All acoustic warm up set for their upcoming Summer Tour.

 

Setlist:

Jealous Again
Thorn in My Pride
Descending
Wiser Time
Good Friday
She Talk to Angels

Rich definitely checking out The Fredman in this one!

Wow, it was so cool seeing them with only several hundred other people. Both looked and sounded good. Chris talked a lot, Rich said 3 words. Daisy talks a lot, too. VGG said about 12 words.

They seemed to be getting along. But then…The bros also played a night time show in the area that same night. Maybe the audience wasn’t as cooperative as the lunch break crowd… Click Here to read about Chris getting a little feisty with the Philly fans.

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The Fredman Bloggin’, doesn’t talk to Angels, but smells them sometimes.
They smell kind of like Mayonnaise.

Brotherly Hate

Let me do a little catch up. We saw As the Crowe Flies at the Electric Factory in April. This is Chris Robinson singing the tunes of The Black Crowes with a different backing band because he hates his brother and ex-bandmates. That’s nice.

It wasn’t quite as good as seeing The Crowes and the backup lady singers weren’t there, but it was still nice to hear those tunes live again. I wouldn’t want to see them again in this fashion, but still glad we went this time. And Boo Ya… we got a playlist and a guitar pic!

You can’t argue with this set. Loved the Good Friday into the Crosby Stills Nash and Young “Almost Cut My Hair” cover. I didn’t know the encore song very well (recognized it), but totally loved it and it is A The Fredman Recommended Download.

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It’s really not very Hard to Handle The Fredman Bloggin’.

 

Rich Robinson Concert and Where’s the Rest Room?

After my big gay meeting with big gay Jim J. Bullock, I met up with The BruthaMan in California. We went “straight” to the SLO (San Luis Obispo) Brew and caught about an hour of the Rich Robinson concert.

Rich is the lead guitarist of The Black Crowes and brother of lead singer Chris Robinson. It was really cool seeing him in a different enivornment as he jammed out on some bluesy rock numbers and did the vocals. Usually he’s playing rhythm guitar for The Crowes and very rarely shows any emotion on stage, he usually looks pretty miserable during their concerts. So this was way cool as he was doing guitar solos and even talking to the audience. He even acknowledged my brother with a “Thanks, Man” from the stage as he came back for his encore. BruthaMan was a little embarassed that maybe he was cheering a little too loud. It’s was all good though. My favorite songs were “Something From the Deep South” (I think it was called) and the 2 encore songs which were a Velvet Underground and an Eric Clapton cover.

Here are some pictures:

I’m not sure if this really counts as a celebrity sighting, but as we hung out after the show finishing our beers, the band members all came out to unwind and have a beer. We were the last audience members left and got to say “hi” and “good show” to all of them, but we were too timid to bother them for pictures and autographs. We probably missed a great opportunity because The BruthaMan is a huge Rich Robinson and Black Crowes fan. If it was Regis or GaGa I would have been all in.

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So take a look at this picture:

I’m in the Newark, New Jersey airport killing some time between flights and decide to use the bathroom. At the end of the hallway on the corner on my left I see a sign that says “Mens/Ladies Rest Rooms” with an arrow that tells me to continue straight. Or maybe it’s telling me to continue around the corner. I don’t know what it’s saying because there is no bathroom in sight. So I turn the corner and there is the same exact sign, but with an arrow pointing in the direction I just came from.

So I stand there in confusion. Judging from the arrows, the rest rooms should be right here on the corner where the Chase Bank ATM is. Another traveler looked like he was having the same problem so he just went up to the machine, swiped his ATM card, punched in a code and then pissed his pants. I figured he was probably foreign.

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The Fredman, giving thanks to The Fredman.