Concert Review: Cut In The Hill Gang @ Lager House
Last night at the Lager House I spent all night thinking about whether I should do a review of the show. At first I thought, nah. I’m lazy like that, but as the night progressed I eased into it a little more. It got better and better every minute, until the moment I knew I had to tell everyone about this night.
Since my ride was with the sound guy, I got there at 7:30, the first one there. I think there were seven people there by 9. Kind of weak crowd the whole night, even when it picked up. But this may have made the night a little more special, for what was to come.
Dooley Wilson went on first, I forgot how good this guy is. He played Cityfest back (2 years?) ago, I remember Stirling introducing him as “The best slide guitar player in town”. Don’t ask me how I remember that. But I totally agree with Stirling on this one, the guy’s phenomenal. Just one guy and a guitar, playin’ the blues, check him out when you can. It was at this point that I first thought about reviewing the show, a good start to the night, I could talk about how awesome this guy is.
The Skies Above surprised me, I saw them back on Halloween, as The Haunted Beat Band, and thought, yeah, they’re good. But the band I saw last night was a million times better. Any band gets better with some practice, even the Detroit rock vets. I now feel totally ok with calling them a supergroup. Go songs played not quite like The Go, Readies songs played not quite like The Readies, and some originals, of course. Key jam; the 7 minute version of “Down A Spiral”. So now my thought was, ok, this is going on the site… if I have time, and don’t forget/blow it off. If you haven’t seen Cut In The Hill Gang yet, you’re missing out, big time. Johnny Walker’s new project blew me/everybody away last night. Ripping threw a set of originals and old Soledad covers, they bring a powerful stage presence and even more powerful tunes.
Now here’s where things got to the point where I knew I had to write this review.
Their was something in the air, things got from being amazing to being legendary. As Johnny’s amp began to squeal and technical problems were popping up, Jack White jumped on stage to assist with the amp troubles, then jamming on the guitar while Johnny went into a harmonica solo. Danny Dollrod jumped up and grabbed the microphone, and Alison from The Kills hopped up and began dancing, followed by a few others, including myself. Frank Woodman began playing washboard at some point as well. The feeling in the room was unbelievable, I left the bar thinking “Did that just happen?” (Jack/Danny photo by Carl Hoff)
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Bryan Metro
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Namedropper
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WOW
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Dr. Detroit
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great post
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Anonymous
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nice to see Mr. White out playing with other bands
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