Normally, Erika is in charge of writing the concert reviews, but since she couldn't make it, I'll fill in for her.

I got to Workplay around 8:30. After driving around for 10 minutes, I finally found a place to park. I grabbed a couple bottles of water and headed into the venue where I saw one of my MySpace friends (twistedcorpse) sitting at a booth near the door. I went over to introduce myself as we had never met and ended up sitting with her and her friends, Chris and Suzy. It turns out Suzy graduated UA last May in elementary education and her mother-in-law works right around the corner from my office.

The show was scheduled to start at 9:00. We ventured to the stage around 9:10 and Theresa Andersson started at 9:20. She was unique to say the least, letting her own voice and vocal sounds be background music for her songs. She had some sort of fancy electronic set-up that let her record different things and loop them in the background as she was singing. She told us toward the end of her set that she actually played on Any Little Bit and Maggie Don't Two-Step in the early years of Cowboy Mouth.

The Setlist:
Light it on Fire
Misty Falls
Man on the Run
How Do You Tell
I Can Tell (interesting order here)
God Makes the Rain
Supersonic
Joe Strummer
Disconnected
Let Me Hold it Open
Everybody Loves Jill
Love of My Life
Any Little Bit
Tell the Girl
China
This Much Fun
Butterscotch Stallion

The opening was the usual with Fred going out into the crowd to get people off their butts. Misty Falls rocks live and was a complete surprise. I overlooked it when the setlist was exposed and it took a few seconds to figure out what it was. Several of us have bugged Fred "for the past year and a half" for them to play it (so says Fred). Supersonic has been MIA for a few months. Thankfully Regina has learned to play it. VooDoo Shoppe has been mysteriously absent as well for some reason. China sounds completely different when played in the Red Rockers style. Butterscotch Stallion was this shows codename for Jenny Says. In the words of JP, "butterscotch stallion is someone whose glorious-ness cannot be summed up in words. one must see him to understand. michaelangelo's david pales in comparison to him."

After the show I spent some time talking to the CM faithful before saying hi to Fred and JP. I got the typical "Did you have a good time?" from Fred. I would hate to know that it looked like I was bored. Overall it was one of the better shows I've seen. I loved the variety. It was completely different from the standard show we got in Starkville. Just another week and a half before we go to Atlanta to see them at the Roxy and celebrate Healey's birthday.