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May 5, 2006
Drive By Truckers and Son Volt @ HOB, West Hollywood: May 4, 2006
I hate the House of Blues, West Hollywood. Hate, hate, hate it. So I only go to a show at the HOB if it's a really hot lineup, and Thursday's pairing of Son Volt with the Drive-By Truckers definitely met that criteria. The second of two nights at this venue, either band could have been considered the headliner, but Son Volt (which some may argue isn't the 'real' Son Volt - it's Jay Farrar with a new backing band) was first up to bat, and honestly have never sounded better. Jay Farrar finished the set with a couple of acoustic songs, including the signature "Windfall." The Drive By Truckers weren't nearly as redneck, or as loud, as I remembered, but I was still glad to have my earplugs. An interesting mix of people made up the crowd for this show: everyone from hipster girls to white-trash 40-something year olds wearing shorts and no socks (I was sorry I didn't have my camera to capture that image for posterity!).
Oh, yeah....the big question of the night was "What exactly are those black and red things on the set behind the DBTs? Bats? Ladybugs?" Eventually, we figured out they were black crows with red eyes. Scary, scary crows.
Posted by darlin at May 5, 2006 9:14 AM
