Rock out with your Meeks out
The show was very good.
It started with the local act of Edison Project whom you could probably check out somewhere online. The singer and rythm guitarist were quite possibly the most boring people I've ever seen on stage, though, but the lead and drummer more than made up for it by being crazy as shit. They sounded pretty solid, too.
If Days comes around, I suggest you go see them. I really suggest you listen to more of their stuff than the first album, as well, as it's probably his weakest in spite of crowd appeal. The set list fairly mixed new stuff and old stuff seemlessly (the only time Meeks stopped playing was to yell at the apparently incompetant sound tech and to show off the tatoo he said he got in Augusta last time he played here). If you like drums or acoustic guitar then you MUST see them and Meeks is a god with an acoustic and the drums are more powerful and complex then I've ever heard outside of maybe Slipknot (Rush can suck on my...). It's mostly an acoustic show (electric acoustic) with Meeks choosing from 1 of 5 acoustic guitars set behind him while the bassist swapped between a massive acoustic bass and a good ol' electric.
It's not a show to go to if you want to bounce around or mosh- it IS a show to go to if you want to lose yourself mentally and emotionally to what is and always been a expertly produced unique rock sound.
I wasn't expecting to hear Dancing With the Wind as it's so complex and filled with god-knows-how-many instruments but he at least suprised me with one of my favorite songs, doing a good 75% of it solo.
Anyway, I am very pleased as my dragon will attest to.
It started with the local act of Edison Project whom you could probably check out somewhere online. The singer and rythm guitarist were quite possibly the most boring people I've ever seen on stage, though, but the lead and drummer more than made up for it by being crazy as shit. They sounded pretty solid, too.
If Days comes around, I suggest you go see them. I really suggest you listen to more of their stuff than the first album, as well, as it's probably his weakest in spite of crowd appeal. The set list fairly mixed new stuff and old stuff seemlessly (the only time Meeks stopped playing was to yell at the apparently incompetant sound tech and to show off the tatoo he said he got in Augusta last time he played here). If you like drums or acoustic guitar then you MUST see them and Meeks is a god with an acoustic and the drums are more powerful and complex then I've ever heard outside of maybe Slipknot (Rush can suck on my...). It's mostly an acoustic show (electric acoustic) with Meeks choosing from 1 of 5 acoustic guitars set behind him while the bassist swapped between a massive acoustic bass and a good ol' electric.
It's not a show to go to if you want to bounce around or mosh- it IS a show to go to if you want to lose yourself mentally and emotionally to what is and always been a expertly produced unique rock sound.
I wasn't expecting to hear Dancing With the Wind as it's so complex and filled with god-knows-how-many instruments but he at least suprised me with one of my favorite songs, doing a good 75% of it solo.
Anyway, I am very pleased as my dragon will attest to.