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Crooked Fingers Thee Parkside February 26, 2003 Review by Jake Thomas This might go down as my favorite Crooked Fingers show ever, as well as my favorite show of the year. I know it's only the end of February, but I dare anyone to ever top. I got there a few minutes before midnight, after having left the Trans Am show in the middle of their set. Not that they were bad or anything, rather the opposite; but I don't miss an opportunity to see Eric Bachman perform for no one or nothing. When I walked in Thee Parkside the temperature had to be damn near 100 degrees. I think I might have sweated off a few pounds just by standing in the back. Guitar Wolf was still playing, and everyone was going nuts including the band. I can't say that I like the music at all, but you've got to love the enthusiasm that both the band and the crowd put out there. They played about 15 encores I think before it was all said and done. If I got nothing else from this show, at least I can say I've seen Guitar Wolf play now. It wasn't until about 1:30 that Bachman finally got on the stage. It was just him playing his acoustic guitar, no band. He seemed to be in pretty jovial spirits, and the crowd that was there to see him seemed pretty happy that it was finally going to happen, I know I was. There was a point between Guitar Wolf finishing their set and him playing that I was wondering if it was going to happen at all. The whole show was great, but it really all comes down to the first song 'The Greatest of All Time'. For some reason, I had convinced myself that I was never going to hear any of the Archer's songs live again unless some other band covered them. To hear Bachman actually singing this song again for the first time in years - well, I can't really put it into words. Let's just say I had the biggest, dumbest, happiest grin ever on my face. In addition, he played a few Crooked Fingers' songs, a cowboy song that involved him doing some yodeling, and Kris Kristofferson's 'Sunday Morning Coming Down' as he played on his Reservoir Songs EP. I still realize that I may never hear Eric Bachman perform an Archers of Loaf song again. But this show gave me hope where there was none before, and hope is a good thing. --- Previous Crooked Fingers review: February 19, 2003 @ Café du Nord ©2003 playinginfog.com |