The Night GG Allin Came to Town

Much of the set was made up of requests. I ended up going with Joe after realizing that I'd be bored retarded by 9 if I didn't go.

It was also my first DBT show.

yikes, was it worth it?  i'll probably go get a refund tomorrow if patterson isn't going…

you guys really need to see them at full-strength, one of the best live bands around

http://ninebullets.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=6230&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&start=160

"Cooley becomes the front man on the left side":

Daddy's Cup
3 Dimes Down
Panties in your purse
Women without Whiskey
I'm sorry Huston
Checkout time in Vegas
Gravity's Gone
Space City
Carl Perkins' Cadillac
Bob
Homefield Advantage
One of these days
Lisa's Birthday
Marry Me
Cottonseed
Purgatory Line
Ghost to Most
Life in the Factory (with guest)
encore
When the in hits the shell
Zip City
Shut up…

I missed the website announcement so didn't learn of the situation until I got to the door. Since I had already invested time and money, I went in.

What a fucking trainwreck. I hated the opener, and left after 1 hour of DBT. The band really should have sent us back to Fredericksburg with our $25+.

Joe, couldn't find you. I was close to front, stage right. Sorry I didn't get to discuss Tom Petty with you, azag!

Joe went around looking for you a couple times.


That opener played for way too fucking long!

Jason Isbell mentioned that Patterson has pneumonia at his show tonight in Raleigh and dedicated Patterson's "Assassin" to him.

They should just cancel tonight altogether rather than put themselves through that mess again.

azaghal1981 wrote:
They should just cancel tonight altogether rather than put themselves through that mess again.

that is what i would think.  why would a band want to represent themselves in this fashion to people who love them, and to people like myself who are seeing them for the first time to see if they are worthy of new love?  feel bad for bloodkin.  i'm sure they felt the staring wrath of dbt fans the entire set.

i guess i must say nevermind.  just read another thread about the show from fans of dbt, and it was as if last night's show was the most epic awe inspiring performance they EVER put on EVER . . . as in "who needs patterson, they seem to be just fine without him."  and "why wasn't i there?  i missed the greatest thing EVER."

Wow.  I'm now regretting not going to the Towson show last month.  I'm going tonight anyway.  I have a feeling that I won't share the enthusiasm of the folks over at NineBullets, and it looks like Cooley did about the best damn job he could, but its going to lack the awesomeness of your typical DBT show if Patterson isn't back.  I guess I can always get really, really drunk if things aren't up to par.  And from what I'm hearing about Bloodkin, maybe I can show up late?

From DBT's Facebook page…….

Patterson Hood is still ill with walking pneumonia and will not be able to perform again tonight. He?s getting lots of rest and eating chicken noodle soup and hopes to rejoin the rock show as soon as he?s feeling up to it. The show will go on, as it did last night. Cooley and the band rocked it last night and will do the same tonight. Patterson loves DC and hopes to make it up to everyone soon.

See Fan Update for refund details.

not sure if they really pulled their shit together for the second show, but i thoroughly enjoyed it tonight…

john neff did his best understated dad-rock take all night… spooner oldham ripped it up in the middle of the stage, had some really fun solos and some great bottleneck guitar work towards the end

shonna's vocals needed to be turned up higher, kind of ruined "i'm sorry huston".. "purgatory line" was really great though

best part of the night was "rockin in the free world"… "space city" a close second

definitely not a normal DBT show, but i had a lot of fun

Are you sure Spooner was there? Wasn't there Friday night.

I was disappointed to realize that this thread wasn't actually about GG Allin…  last night Ginger of the Hall Monitors closed their set with a GG Allin song, up at Chick Hall's, and it sounds like I picked the better show to go to.

I saw DBT last time they came through.  Two observations:  1) they put on a great show and 2) a hella lotta fratboy types are into them.

Charlie wrote:
Are you sure Spooner was there? Wasn't there Friday night.

99% sure it was him on guitar in patterson's spot in the middle … kind of funny to watch him play, he could really tear into a song but had none of the rock star moves, just leaned back and shredded

Um, I'm going to go with your 1%. On Friday, the older balding guy who was in Patterson's spot who was tearing it up on guitar was the guitarist from the opening band Bloodkin.

Spooner Oldham is a keyboardist, and he's not balding.

The Bloodkin guy is the guy on the left.



This is Spooner

HoyaSaxa03 wrote:

Charlie wrote:
Are you sure Spooner was there? Wasn't there Friday night.

99% sure it was him on guitar in patterson's spot in the middle … kind of funny to watch him play, he could really tear into a song but had none of the rock star moves, just leaned back and shredded

yeah, looks like you're right… i saw an old dude with grey hair and goatee and ran with it  ;D

that's ok. a certain other boardie who was at DBT (first time seeing them) friday and M. Ward saturday thought that patterson sings all the truckers songs on record, and that cooley was stepping to the plate as a pinch hitter.  ;D

Glad I passed on this weekends festivities. I know someone who lives in Charleston and had ticks to the show. I'll have to get a report this coming week. Hope Paterson takes care……out….

last night was a great show.  even if i never heard of or never heard the band i am about to see, i thoroughly enjoi going the 930 club.  the sound is indeed bombastic, the scene is indeed a intriguing mix of youth and the elder set alike.  people who only drink vodka and cranberry, and others who only chug budweiser bottle.  the staff is kind (some you can tell do have problems catering to large groups of "partying people"), and professional.  each bar, a different take on how people act while waiting for alcohol.  never could understand why people don't flock to the basement bar during the show (four people waiting vs. ten thousand upstairs trying to cram closer to the taps.  i like abitha now.  930 pale ale is not bad either.  introduced myself to thatguy, and thanked him personally for "making me a nicer person here on the forum, and that i'm trying to be a better poster."

bloodkin ripped.  hands down.  bought a shirt.  felt happy.  really enjoied dbt, especially coole's middle finger salute to patterson with a "where's the video at . . . fuck you asshole, get better soon."  then it happened.  they did this song toward the end of the night, with a talk up of it before playing.  did not know this about them, but should have expected it coming from the fact they are a "country based" act from the south.  the song is "bob".  i was sort of shocked by the lyrics . . . and lost the respect for them that was building up nicely until that moment.  now i know i don't need to listen to them anymore.  don't get me wrong, they played kick ass music that at most times rocked, and at others times entranced, mainly leaving me smiling at their obvious strength of talent.  and yes, the neil young cover was classic, especially when the frat boy up front got thrown out for acting like a moshing idiot.  ;D

loved this write up i just read about the song.  –  The worst offender (on the album), though, is Cooley's "Bob," a character sketch that has drawn some criticism for its possible homophobia (Cooley assures that Bob "ain't light in the loafers/He might kneel/But he never bends over") and is without question the flat-out dumbest song the band has ever committed to record.

Those lyrics definitely made me do a double-take upon hearing them, too.

And yes, 930 staff = best ever.


I also love the emptiness of the backbar before/during shows. From my experiences, the masses don't make it down until after shows are over and I hope it stays that way.