Can You See the Sunset From the Southside?: Lucero & Bobby Bare Jr. show review

Friday, November 16, 2007

Lucero & Bobby Bare Jr. show review -

Last Friday night we headed out to the Metro in Chicago to catch one of our favorite live acts, Lucero. We the missed the openers Whiskey & Co. but arrived just in time to see Bobby Bare Jr. and his band of Young Criminals tear up the stage. Augmented by a drummer, Deanna Varagona on baritone sax and (perhaps) the world's greatest keyboard player (does anyone know who this guy is?), he and his band impressed the hell outta me and the rest of the audience as well.

Lucero then proceeded to play a Jameson (note the bottle at Ben's feet in the picture below) & Jagermeister fueled set that lasted well over two hours. They played just about every song everyone wanted to hear and it was amazing. And just like every one of the other half dozen or so times we've seen the band, they brought out the rowdy hooligans and a fistfight erupted right in front of us.

The band was joined onstage for their entire set by the mysterious bearded keyboard player from Bobby Bare Jr.'s band. His awesome playing provided just enough extra oomph And while I can't remember their exact set list, it was very comparable to the one from the show below that they played about a week and a half earlier in Richmond, VA. Go see 'em on tour if you have the chance.

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2 Comments ↓

...Banter at 9:04 AM: i was actually in town last weekend but missed this show. thanks for rehasing my regrets. i can always catch lucero again, but whiskey & co. -- doubt it.
Mike Shadow at 4:51 PM: Aceness! I'm doubting we'll get Lucero down here.

I'll drink some Jamesons and pretend.

Cheers.