September 2, 2000 -

Reviews by...
Jess

It's been a week since the show, so I've, of course, forgotten large chunks of what I wanted to say about it... We drove down to the beach, through torrential downpours, and the clouds parted by the time we made it to the beach and it was nice, though a tad cool, there. Nothing like it was a year ago on that day!

We had time to grab dinner before the show and then we went inside to check out The Pit. First impression: the place was TINY. It is, in fact, about the size of Fletchers in Baltimore. Luckily, size is not always what matters. ;-P

The stage area and bar were on the ground level, the next level up was another bar and an area with tables which sported computers, beer guards and all. That was fairly cool to see, a bar hooked up to the net. Oh, and the pottys were up there too... Kinda sadistic.

It was nice and cool there and that was very welcome later in the evening. Not all clubs are as free with their a/c.

The set was very long, and very, very good. The band was very much on and into the music. The crowd was excellent, and a good time was had by all.

Willis opened with his "Ode to the 80s" montage after first making absolutely certain his fly wasn't open.

Then came Cracker. Johnny in PJs again, (he wasn't for Williamsburg and VA Beach the day before), and Kenny stuck back in a little cubby, practically out of sight.

 1. Heaven Knows I'm Lonely
 2. Be My Love
 3. Eurotrash Girl
 4. Cinderella (w/ LP)
 5. Sweet Thistle Pie (w/ LP)
 6. Been Around the World
 7. Wedding Day
 8. Sweet Potato 
  bleeds into
 9. This Is Cracker Soul
 10. Pictures of Matchstick Men
 11. How Can I Live Without You
 12. Teen Angst
 13. Sweet Virginia (Stones cover) w/ LP
 14. Perfect (w/ LP)
 15. Hollywood Cemetery (!)
 16. Get Off This
 17. (Brandy sings lead) Southern Moon (?)
 18. Whole Lotta Trouble
 19. Loser (very good)
 20. Lonesome Johnny Blues
 21. Dr. Bernice
 22. Happy Birthday to Me
 23. Trials and Tribulations
 24. Mr. Wrong
 25. Low
 

Like I said... This was a great show... According to David, Kenny was from Greenville, NC, and Frank wrote Whole Lotta Trouble. Cinderella really rocked and Frank threw in some amazing drumming there at the end. It was breathtaking. The bleeding of Sweet Potato into Cracker Soul seemed perfect. It was really interesting to see the cover songs... I'm not sure on the "Southern Moon song Brandy did. Is it a Brandy Wood original? In Get Off This, the crowd participated in the "fuck the slice I want the pie / nah nah nah nah nah nah" part, and it really came off great. After that, the band tried to bribe Jeff (the guitar tech) to do a song, and even though the bidding went as high as $70 Jeff declined. After Whole Lotta Trouble, David, literally, threw in the towel after telling Brandy the wrong chords for the bridge, though it wasn't that noticeable to the novice ear (i.e. it sounded fine to me). Frank had some great backing vocals in it too. Loser felt really great. The mood flowed in and enveloped the crowd, and it seemed very charged. In Lonesome Johnny Blues... a funny thing happened... Johnny messed up on the very final chord. Doesn't happen very often... but it was kinda funny to see. I will no longer comment on forgotten lyrics on Dr. Bernice, it's just so dasmmned hard to keep them straight!

Well... that's all I can remember now... I shoulda written this sooner. Perhaps I'm hand write my reviews of the Apothecary shows so I don't lose as much...

see y'all at the shows!

jess

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