Birchmere memories

So I finally went to the Birchmere with my roommate. He said it reminds him of "being in a barn full of rednecks sitting on hay bales".

What does the Birchmere remind you of?

Good Food

Who did you see? My times there haven't been even remotely like that. Your roommate must've had some stereotyped images of the place in his mind and saw at least one little thing that for him confirmed all of his suspicions.

Josh Ritter..

He was born and raised in a redneck town, so I just thought it was funny when he said it…

Originally posted by The Bombay Doors:
Good Food

Ask a beginning ESL student how to say that. Pimping English ain't easy.

Good Food

It always reminds me of my college 'Rathskeller'; not just from all the tables, but also the menu is similar. In fact a few of those moldy Birchmere acts probably played my college Rathskeller a few decades ago

Good Food

Wait staff with bad attitudes.

Below par food

Bacon Brothers
Taylor Hicks
Stephen Seagal
Donny Osmond
Christopher Cross
David Cassidy
John Corbett
Bea Arthur

Bob's Country Bunker

Tonight Only
The Good Old Boys

Dave and Buster's meets Rams Head Tavern.

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
Bacon Brothers
Taylor Hicks
Stephen Seagal
Donny Osmond
Christopher Cross
David Cassidy
John Corbett
Bea Arthur

Lyle Lovett
Bruce Cockburn
Jane Siberry
T-Bone Burnett
Sam Phillips

Guess our memories are different :D

Originally posted by goonie googoo joey joe freak:
What does the Birchmere remind you of?

main street USA, magic kingdom, disney world, florida, USA

I went to the old birchmere once to see the judybats with john s. hall opening. It felt like a hole in the wall dive. On the backs of the menus were plans for their new location, which seemed like a joke at the time.

I've only been there once, for Colin Meloy and Laura Veirs, which was a fantastic show. I was fairly impressed by the venue itself. I don't think it really "reminds" me of anything, but it was a nice change from normal venues, something a bit different. I wouldn't mind going back sometime, but they just don't get many shows I want to see. I almost drove down for Josh Ritter, though, and I'm thinking about Sondre Lerche.

I forgot to mention: The food is par excellence. Even better than the acts. The food is reason enough.

The Blasters
Dave Alvin
Robert Fripp
Thomas Dolby
The Knitters
Steve Earle & The Dukes
Love w/ Arthur Lee
Grant Lee Phillips & John Doe
Merle Haggard & The Strangers
Lloyd Cole
Bob Mould
Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys

Eileen Ivers
The Waifes
Marianne Faithful
Solas
Young Dubliners

Bands that I actually did see at the Birchmere


Steve Earle and the Dukes
Steve Earle and the Bluegrass Dukes
Steve Earle solo
Del McCoury Band
M. Ward
BR549 (three times?)
Corrinne Bailey Rae
Patterson Hood
Junior Brown
Gillian Welch and David Rawlings
Iris Dement
Jonathan Richman
Big Sandy and His Fly Rite Boys

um, more but I can't remember