Comments on: Old 97′s Rock Obama in Balmer http://chrisklimek.com/2008/09/09/old-97s-rock-obama-in-balmer/ Taking music, theatre, art and film seriously in Our Nation's Capitol Wed, 07 Jul 2010 17:02:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Always Alone, Even When He’s with Somone He Loves: A Conversation with Murry Hammond of Old 97’s « SNAKE OIL http://chrisklimek.com/2008/09/09/old-97s-rock-obama-in-balmer/#comment-414 Always Alone, Even When He’s with Somone He Loves: A Conversation with Murry Hammond of Old 97’s « SNAKE OIL Wed, 17 Sep 2008 17:26:28 +0000 http://swaggernotstyle.wordpress.com/?p=632#comment-414 [...] concurrent with the 97s’ Blame It on Gravity, their strongest effort in a decade. The 97s played a fundraiser at SONAR in Baltimore last week to benefit Barrack Obama’s presidential campaign in Ohio. [...] [...] concurrent with the 97s’ Blame It on Gravity, their strongest effort in a decade. The 97s played a fundraiser at SONAR in Baltimore last week to benefit Barrack Obama’s presidential campaign in Ohio. [...]

]]> By: Dave http://chrisklimek.com/2008/09/09/old-97s-rock-obama-in-balmer/#comment-406 Dave Wed, 10 Sep 2008 23:57:36 +0000 http://swaggernotstyle.wordpress.com/?p=632#comment-406 I completely agree; the band smoked. I think they are incapable of putting on a bad show. Murry is indeed a true gentleman and I look forward to seeing your interview. Actually, St. Ignatius was not performed at the show and Alone So Far was the ninth song in the set. However, Rhett did peform a short version of St. Ignatius, along with Elvis Costello's Brilliant Mistake, during the soundcheck for his acoustic set. As an aside, Victoria was to be performed after Color of a Lonely Heart is Blue but Rhett called an on-stage audible and dropped the tune. Lastly, hats off to Ken who stayed on stage for ten or fifteen minutes after the show and talked to the fans. He was thanking everyone for coming and posed for pictures with anyone who asked. I completely agree; the band smoked. I think they are incapable of putting on a bad show. Murry is indeed a true gentleman and I look forward to seeing your interview.

Actually, St. Ignatius was not performed at the show and Alone So Far was the ninth song in the set. However, Rhett did peform a short version of St. Ignatius, along with Elvis Costello’s Brilliant Mistake, during the soundcheck for his acoustic set.

As an aside, Victoria was to be performed after Color of a Lonely Heart is Blue but Rhett called an on-stage audible and dropped the tune.

Lastly, hats off to Ken who stayed on stage for ten or fifteen minutes after the show and talked to the fans. He was thanking everyone for coming and posed for pictures with anyone who asked.

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