by Pub Purveyor Tue Oct 27, 2009 9:22 pm
Great show and the highlight to a great weekend. The venue was beautiful but the acoustics don't seem to generate a lot of crowd noise (despite all our singin and yellin) but I didn't have any trouble hearing the band. My youngest son was pleased that he got to hear his two favorites (Streams... and Young Ned), and I was wowed by Andrew's Star....
So Mike and Jenny from St. Louis, I hope you don't mind if I self invite myself to look you up sometime when I'm visiting the oldest, I had a blast up in Weston on Friday and Sunday was even better.
Mark, from KC, I made good on my obligation to buy the first round at Rag. Road pre-show and thanks for reciprocatin, it was nice to meet you guys.
Adam and Clash, we looked for you guys but without advance tee shirt descriptions our efforts fell short.
To the guys from Winnipeg, after the show was great - sorry about Springsteen canceling the show.
For those that didn't stop in Rag. Road after the show, surprisingly, you missed a great time. First it was reverse happy hour so my post show tab was $5.00 versus my $65.00 pre-show tab. Guinness was $2.00 and everyone that asked (until it ran out) received a free bread pudding (large) by showing your ticket stub. The bar had 3 people when my son and I arrived and in 1/2 hour there was 60+. They turned up the music extra loud and the place was pretty pub like for about an hour. They played the Wild Rover about 5 times, women were step dancin and I think I may have broke my right thumb from the exuberant audience participation parts in that little ditty. So for a brief bit, Rag. Road was neither touristy or over-priced. Thanks to all that made it a great weekend, especially the Pogues for puttin on a fine show. If any of you ever make it back to KC, keep my cell phone number (earlier posts - meet up) and we'll find some table pounding live music to go with a couple of pints.
Great show and the highlight to a great weekend. The venue was beautiful but the acoustics don't seem to generate a lot of crowd noise (despite all our singin and yellin) but I didn't have any trouble hearing the band. My youngest son was pleased that he got to hear his two favorites (Streams... and Young Ned), and I was wowed by Andrew's Star....
So Mike and Jenny from St. Louis, I hope you don't mind if I self invite myself to look you up sometime when I'm visiting the oldest, I had a blast up in Weston on Friday and Sunday was even better.
Mark, from KC, I made good on my obligation to buy the first round at Rag. Road pre-show and thanks for reciprocatin, it was nice to meet you guys.
Adam and Clash, we looked for you guys but without advance tee shirt descriptions our efforts fell short.
To the guys from Winnipeg, after the show was great - sorry about Springsteen canceling the show.
For those that didn't stop in Rag. Road after the show, surprisingly, you missed a great time. First it was reverse happy hour so my post show tab was $5.00 versus my $65.00 pre-show tab. Guinness was $2.00 and everyone that asked (until it ran out) received a free bread pudding (large) by showing your ticket stub. The bar had 3 people when my son and I arrived and in 1/2 hour there was 60+. They turned up the music extra loud and the place was pretty pub like for about an hour. They played the Wild Rover about 5 times, women were step dancin and I think I may have broke my right thumb from the exuberant audience participation parts in that little ditty. So for a brief bit, Rag. Road was neither touristy or over-priced. Thanks to all that made it a great weekend, especially the Pogues for puttin on a fine show. If any of you ever make it back to KC, keep my cell phone number (earlier posts - meet up) and we'll find some table pounding live music to go with a couple of pints.