My Evening Jacket [aka my weekend pt.1]
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Track:Smokin from Shootin (live in Philly)
So here I am. Monday night. Not quite fully recovered from this weekend of weekends, but loving every minute of it. This entry will be "part 1". Ben Folds and Ryan Adams to follow.
My fiance, Jess, and I finally got around to planning a trip from Providence to Philly, to visit my kid sister. Of course, being the music junkie that I am, I built the weekend trip around some pretty good music. My Morning Jacket were playing at Festival Pier Friday night, so, sensing my desire to go, my sister bought 3 tickets for my birthday. We all got to go. Let me tell you....She, my friends, is awesome. Best present ever. Getting to the show, well....another situation altogether. Oh and another awesome thing about the show was that I was gonna get to share it with the legendary LizzieGreenEyes.
Left Providence on Friday at noon, and arrived in North Wales, PA at 6:30. We had just enough time to say hi to my sister and take a look at her new condo, before we were out the door and on the road once again, for the drive into Philly. And it became immediately clear that traffic wasn't gonna be very kind. It took about an hour for us to get to the venue. We found a great parking spot, however, and at 7:45........we walked into the venue as MMJ were walking on stage for a set that would last for nearly 3 hours.
Moggers know where to find each other....and Lizzie let it be known that she and Deb were camping out by the shortest beer line. Of course, I found them before the first tune was even over! And let me tell you, there's no better remedy for road-weary bones than to dance off the cobwebs with Lizzie, a couple of Miller Lites and Jim James' unreal growl . Three hours of bliss. Even a little bit of T.S. Hanna couldn't put a damper on the 4,500 people gathered to witness one of the most electric and energetic of indie rock bands of all time. And all the talk about Moggers, beers, bands, and...of course...The Swell Season got me in just the right mood for some afterbeers at Johnny Brenda's, the perfect dive bar for a fella in a grateful dead shirt and a gal in a Vote Green T! And I will admit, Lizzie, that guitarist is the male equivalent of Jenny Lewis. He's pretty damn hot...I'll give you that. And he plays sax. Damn. That's what gets the ladies....
My Morning Jacket - 9/05/08 Festival Pier, Philly, PA FM Soundboard
3 separate dl's (works easily with downthemall)
http://drop.io/njpdcz7
http://drop.io/5xx8xgj
http://drop.io/lt1bo2q
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Comments (11)
Sounds like an epic time. What a birthday!!
Seeing MMJ in Berkeley in a week or so. Looking foward to it. Planning a tirp to NYC for MMJ at MSG for NYE. Yes, that's a lot of letters....
Any cheesesteaks to talk about in Philly?
Oh the cheedesteaks are for tomorrow my friend.... and I might have to join you for MMJNYEMSG
happy birthday indeed, good times found just with in this post let alone actually getting to be a part of it.
Nice post J, sounds like a lot fun without even including the second part. What a weekend!
That sounds like a NYEMMJMSG I could get my head around !!!
Yeah - Johnny Brenda's was the time - but all of it was stellar my bro... every last drop of it... didn't even mind the mild hangover the next morning - a constant reminder of the fun that was had on our Friday night extravaganza !!!
Just saw MMJ this past Saturday night in Boston! We had pretty bad weather cause of either Ike..or was it hanna...which one are we on now?...anyways...great show, they didnt talk to the audience too much (i kinda like it when they do..more of a connection) but it was a great show and they really rocked it out...and with capes!
Happy Birthday and glad to hear you had such a wonderful time! Thats a great sister you got there! :)
You and Lizzie look like you might be kin! Is it true all moggers eventually start to look alike?
We start looking like our favorite blog band.
Sounds like fun was had by all! As you know I'm just starting to appreciate MMJ since they did that duet of Tyrone w/Erykah & also did their own version of it too. And you got to meet my amazing twin, so I guess that makes us brothers eh? Thanks for the report J.
ain't she amazing??
i get to see these guys at the greek soon, i am psyched