June 3, 2000 -

Reviews by...
Scotty G.
Jeff
Veronica

A first rate show. They played 20 songs for more than 2 hours. Like a lot of the recent shows, it was all request. Here's a complete set list:

      1.be my love 
      2.been around the world 
      3.euro-trash girl 
      4.teen angst 
      5.dr. bernice 
      6.pictures of matchstick men 
      7.low 
      8.lonesome johnny blues 
      9.mr. wrong 
     10.get off this 
     11.wedding day 
     12.how can i live without you? 
     13.loser 
     14.sweet thistle pie 
     15.seven days 
     16.big dipper 
     17.don't fuck me up 
     18.sweet potato 
     19.cracker soul 
     20.i ride my bike 
 

Highlights were Dr. Bernice, Johnnys duet w/ Brandy on Wedding Day w/ David on bass, Sweet Potato, and Don't Fuck Me Up - during which Johnny ran through the crowd while playing the solo. The band really seemed to be having a great time. I took a group of first-time Cracker fans with me, and they all loved it. A+

-Scotty G.

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Setlist...I tried for in-order, but I'm probably way off, but I don't think I missed anything:

 Be My Love 
 Dr. Bernice 
 Teen Angst 
 Mr. Wrong 
 Low ("Might as well get this out of the way now") 
 Pictures of Matchstick Men 
 Lonesome Johnny Blues 
 Eurotrash Girl 
 Cracker Soul 
 Loser 
 Wedding Day 
 Seven Days 
 Get Off This 
 How Can I Live Without You 
 Sweet Thistle Pie 
 Been Around The World 
 Sweet Potato 
 Big Dipper (requested by Steven Koester) 
 Don't Fuck Me Up 
 Ride My Bike 
 

Tonight's show was dedicated to Koester ("Hello We're Koester. Well, We're ALL Koester" - David Lowery). And kept going on about DOGON the God of the Dog Star and tonight was a ritual dedicated to Dogon and that we were all part of his cult. I have no idea what that was all about.

The show ROCKED. David tried to get out of playing "Don't Fuck Me Up" because he hadn't played it in so long, but Johnny and Frank (the Drunk) wouldn't let him. Ride My Bike was PHENOMENAL. David and Johnny both broke strings (Johnny broke a string on the acoustic during Wedding Day too!) and Frank put his drum stick THROUGH the drum. He just kept jamming it into the drum like he was trying to kill it. VERY cool. Johnny ran around in the crowd at some point, but I can't remember which song - it was towards the end though.

They played for over two hours and had TWO openers. Sin-O-Matic(?) and Koester. Sin-O-Matic was very cool, they sounded like INXS without the horn section and the lead singer even looked (and sounded) like Michael Hutchence. Koester rocked too, but it didn't seem like crowd really got into them. They were a lot slower than the previous band. I, however, thought they were VERY cool.

---Jeff---

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You said it all,Jeff!! This was definitely one of the best shows I've seen this year...but they're ALL good!!We chatted w/ Johnny after the show and he said since they knew they had some(well-deserved) time off coming they didn't care if they blew out their vocal cords for this gig....I think they did :)

Glad you got a set list,I'm NO good at that!!

Koester...well at first I thought this is too slow for this crowd, but(for me anyway) he took me to the edge only to grab me back with an adrenaline rush that was unreal!! I only wish that the vocals on his mic would have been crisper. I'm definitely getting his disc. Frank really WAS drunk,you could tell after the show, but it in no way interfered with his performance!! Cleveland and Cracker ROCKS!!

Off to recover now,
Veronica

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