About Yeah Right
Be Our Friend!
Recent Posts
Recently we have been quoted by:
July 16, 2018
July 15, 2018
July 11, 2018
July 09, 2018
Concert Reviews
Lee Bains III and the Gloryfires at Songbyrd – Two local bands, The Sniffs and Bad Moves, opened the show. Both were enjoyable but Bad Moves was particularly fun. It was weird to see Lee Bains at a venue other than DC9, but one of the bartenders from DC9 came to the show so they were at least represented. There was also an old man in a Hawaiian shirt who looked like Santa Claus at the show, so that was festive. Bains was high energy and awesome, per usual – one of my favorite acts to see live. Things were most intense for “Good Old Boy” and “Dirt Track” at the end of the set, in which Bains came into the crowd and everyone jumped together and screamed the lyrics.
Melissa Ethridge at the Kennedy Center – This concert was a bit of a whim for me. I only know two Melissa Ethridge songs (“Come to My Window” and “I’m the Only One”). But she was performing with the NSO and I’ve been wanting to go to an NSO Pops event for a few years and this was the first one that worked well with my schedule. So, why not? I seemed to be the only person there on a whim because…damn Melissa Ethridge fans are really into Melissa Ethridge. I felt like a bit of a fraud considering the only song I knew out of the first 14 songs was an Otis Redding cover (“I’ve Been Loving You Too Long”). The rest of the songs were just okay TBO. But it was cool to here a rocker perform with an orchestra. She told a story before “Meet Me in the Dark” about her high school girlfriend getting sent away to “don’t be gay” camp by her parents and not seeing her again until two years ago (WTF?!) and that was more memorable than most of the songs. But “Come to My Window” and “I’m the Only One” were awesome so I don’t regret my attendance.
Reba McEntire at Wolf Trap – The lawn at Wolf Trap was not the ideal place to be during a heat wave, but we brought a lot of water along with our wine and took advantage of the misting stations set up around the venue. But man, it was still hoooooooot. Reba didn’t have an opener. I don’t actually own any Reba albums – I just know and like a handful of songs. So I wasn’t sure how this would go. But I enjoyed her set immensely. She played most of the songs I was familiar with, including a melody full of amazing music video clips (Perms! Shoulder pads! Sequins! Fringe!) including “The Fear of Being Alone” “The Heart is a Lonely Hunter” “Walk on” and a handful of others. Thankfully she didn’t play a ton of songs off of her recent gospel album (sorry, Reba, not my style). “The Greatest Man I Never Knew” and “The Nights the Lights Went Out in Georgia” were mid-set highlights. For the encore she changed into a red sequin dress and sang (of course) “Fancy” and it was joyous and worth every penny of attendance even without the rest of the songs. I probably don’t need to see her again, but this was a fun show.
Recent Comments