It’s not every day you get to rock out in the auditorium of a library, but luckily for the people of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Music Hall in Homestead provides this opportunity very generously, with big-name bands such as
moe., who visited the historic location on January 31, 2010.
The band took the stage decked out in their Sunday best, with every member wearing a suit and tie. Appearances aside, moe. came ready to jam, and the very intimate audience in attendance (Carnegie holds just slightly over 1,000 people) was dancing in the aisles within seconds of
"Akimbo" (
'Headseed,' 1994) starting. Also in the first set, moe. played a 15-minute version of
"32 Things" (
'No Doy,' 1996) that satisfied some of the greatest requirements of a jam bad—the guitars were talking through the entire song;
Al Schnier (guitar) sang with passion most people seem to lose after so many years of performing; and the guys built the music up and up and up into a climatic explosion that can send any hippy into a dancing frenzy.
for just such an occasion.
their sweet time jamming out on others. The set started with a 17-plus-minute version of "Dr. Graffenberg" ('Fatboy,' 1992), which was followed up by "Jazz Wank into Spaz Medicine" ('Tin Cans and Car Tires'), both coming in under 8 minutes. Giving everyone a few minutes to regroup, moe. slowed it down with "Brittle End" ('The Conch'), before launching into "Meat," appropriately from 1996’s album 'Loaf' (get it?), then into "The Pit" ('The Conch'). The end of the second set, a 21-minute "Brent Black" ('Headseed'), did not disappoint with its drum and bass solos. The encore was short-lived, but fun nonetheless, with "Funky Reuben" and "Gone."
Sorry, your account does not have access to post comments.