Well, Vinny had planned on skipping this show since he went and saw the Jug Band down in Norman on Thursday nite (and 3 nites in a row of shows is getting kinda tuff on Vinny), but with a phone call from his buddy Critter, Vinny decided, why the hell not and he's damn glad he did check out this amazing show. Vinny was curious to see what kind of reaction SAJB would receive from the WD crowd which probably numbered 75-90% there for Reckless Kelly. One word: WOW. Great crowd response. The floor was packed and there was alot of toe tapping and head bobbing going on as the SAJB tore it up thru their one hour set. The dueling fiddles of Brian Beken and Dennis Ludiker is amazing stuff, like it's almost straight out of the hills of Kentucky or West Virginia and these kids are only 19 and 22? Unbelievable!! This must be what it was like to see Randy Crouch 30 years ago. Awesome stuff. Willie Pipkin's work on guitar and James Hyland's and Will Dupuy's vocals and picking on the guitar and stand up bass just round out what is one of the best bands Vinny has ever listened to. They are THAT good. Vinny noticed a few eyebrows being raised and fingers being pointed by the "cool chicks" towards the hippie chick who was dancing in the middle of the floor, but hey, that's cool, that's not a normal occurence unless it's the Rangers or Randy Crouch onstage, so it's only natural for those who come out for the "Dime a Dozen bands" to take a second glance. She was there for the music. Vinny thought that was very cool. She receives the "fan of the night award" with "Converse High Top wearing Judd Nelson" and "Metrosexual Gary Allan" taking 2nd and 3rd. Vinny wished SAJB woulda played more than an hour and even though they didn't play "Summer Sunset" last nite, the performance and crowd response was an 11 on a scale of 1 to 10.
After a 30 minute intermission, Reckless Kelly came on and had the crowd into it from the get go. Vinny knows RK has alot of fans out there, and they are a good band, but they fall into the Roger Clyne category for Vinny. Good musicians, pretty good show, but the songs just don't click with Vinny like say a Randy Rogers band where every song is recognizable and ON. Plus, after seeing the SAJB perform....... it was just hard to get into it. So, Vinny and Mrs. Shark decided to leave around midnite and get rested up for tonite's Macon Greyson show. Vinny's looking forward to it. Oh, by the way, speaking of Mrs. Shark, she wanted Vinny to say thanks to the WD staff for the remodeling work done in the Women's restroom. Have a nice Ragweed Weekend!!