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post #1 of 6
2/11/09 at 6:05am
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I had never heard of the guy, but dude opened for the Gutter Twins tonight and he was pretty damned great.

Anyone else familiar with him? Any recommendations on where to start?
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post #2 of 6
2/11/09 at 11:02am
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I had never heard of the guy, but dude opened for the Gutter Twins tonight and he was pretty damned great.

Anyone else familiar with him? Any recommendations on where to start?
He was the lead singer for Royal Crescent Mob and Howlin' Maggie, two bands big on the Ohio scene in the late '80s/early '90s, coming up when the Whigs did. He's done keyboards/backing vocals for a lot of Dulli projects, most notably being a member of the Twilight Singer before it became a Dulli project instead of a band in its own right.

I'm not too familiar with his stuff outside of collaborations with Dulli, but I did see Maggie live opening for my first Whigs show back in '96. They killled. He had a flamboyant stage presence that the crowd ate up. Their debut (only?) album was Honeysuckle Strange, which didn't really wow me outside of the single "I'm a Slut," which did get a lot of play on mixtapes I made back then. Another song of Maggie's is on the Beautiful Girls soundtrack, "Easy to Be Stupid." It's a pretty solid soundtrack as far as they go, but I wouldn't have picked it up if I weren't a Whigs completist.

Then a few years ago I was captioning a how-to-learn-piano show on PBS, and Howard was the guest. Very funny, very professional. Played The Beatles' "Let It Be."

How were the Gutter Twins?
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post #3 of 6
2/11/09 at 12:04pm
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They were amazing. Dulli and Lanegan were both in top form, and they did a few GT songs and then launched into Twilight Singers material, a few of Lanegan's cuts, and a few Afghan Whigs tracks. Easily one of the best concerts I've ever been to, and it kinda came along at a time in my life right now when I needed it.

I'm still not crazy about the Troubadour, and I shoulda known better than to leave the cushy loft spot I had to get closer to the action downstairs, but I got a great spot right next to the stage amidst a bunch of cute girls and some pretty cool (albeit drunk) guys.

Everyone was really into it and having a complete blast - it was one of those concerts where everything came together perfectly.

And they capped it off with an encore set and one of the best covers of Tennessee Waltz I've ever heard.
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post #4 of 6
2/11/09 at 1:19pm
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They were amazing. Dulli and Lanegan were both in top form, and they did a few GT songs and then launched into Twilight Singers material, a few of Lanegan's cuts, and a few Afghan Whigs tracks. Easily one of the best concerts I've ever been to, and it kinda came along at a time in my life right now when I needed it.

I'm still not crazy about the Troubadour, and I shoulda known better than to leave the cushy loft spot I had to get closer to the action downstairs, but I got a great spot right next to the stage amidst a bunch of cute girls and some pretty cool (albeit drunk) guys.

Everyone was really into it and having a complete blast - it was one of those concerts where everything came together perfectly.

And they capped it off with an encore set and one of the best covers of Tennessee Waltz I've ever heard.
Awesome. Any other covers you remember?

I missed the Twins when they came here--just wasn't feasible, as my gf's sister was throwing a going-away party for herself and it was important to my gf, not to mention that I wasn't blown away but their debut. But I've warmed to them after Adorata hit. I'd imagine the songs would gain a lot of energy live.
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post #5 of 6
2/11/09 at 1:34pm
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Awesome. Any other covers you remember?
Yeah, absolutely, their encore was wonderful - people kept yelling for them to play shit to the point that some girl shrieked "LEXINGTON SLOW DOOOOWN" (though I did want to hug the big dude next to me who screamed "SLAYER!") and Dulli just kinda looked out in her direction and said "You've never played poker, have you baby? The dealer's running the show. And...you've got three dealers up here." and proceeded to launch into a helluva cover of the Everly Brothers' "Dream". I don't remember the name of the other cover song they did, but it was another EB tune I believe. I'll have to look around for a setlist, but overall they just brought the fucking house down. It was amazing, and I don't even mind that it was all acoustic and piano.
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post #6 of 6
2/11/09 at 1:39pm
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Oh, duh. Sinatra's "I Get A Kick Out Of You". My bad.
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