well... THE SADIES.... did a live recording at LEE'S not too long ago... a packed lee's palace with 2 nights of sold-out shows, each night recording for 3+ hours. the first set was a low(er) key hint at the goodness to come, with DALLAS & TRAVIS GOOD (my best friend JOANNE'S husband) playing most of their own surf-rock garageband country classics (including just about all of their songs under 40 seconds long and/or with the word "Creek" in it), and then calling out ma & pa good for a roof-raising family rendition of "higher power". GARTH HUDSON (The Band) joined with a very cool old accordian, followed by KELLY HOGAN and BOB EGAN on steel guitar. JON LANGFORD (the Mekons),
NEKO CASE (New Pornographers), GARY LOURIS (The Jayhawks), RICK WHITE (Erics Trip, Elevator, the Unintended), THE DEADLY SNAKES, JON SPENCER & MATT VERTA-RAY (Heavy Trash), PAUL RIGBY (Carolyn Mark Band), and pretty much all of BLUE RODEO. Could it possibly get any better? Oh yes, it could. the enviable ability this band has to swing on a dime from gospel to surf-rock to punk to psychedelic - and do it all really well - shows how incredibly talented they are.
THE SADIES & FREINDS ended the night well past 2:30 a.m. with everyone back out on stage for a huge jamfest. rather than let it get too drawn out & indulgent, a charmingly drunken DALLAS (chugging jagermeister straight out of the bottle sans paper bag = hardcore) grinned, waved his arm in the air & bid "to all my friends, goodnight, & now we'll get the f*ck off!" truly, 2 amzaing nights - that lasted, well - into 2 afternoon's later for me!
