LOCATION: Schuba's, Chicago, IL
LINEUP: Brian, Karin, Linford, Jack, Terri, Wade
REVIEW BY: Jeff Wisniewski
The setlist was the same as all the recent shows. I was near the back, so I only saw the one Kerry was using at the soundboard, and that was just a photocopy of the one Scott has scanned on his web site, without the "acoustic possibilities" part. My only complaint was the complaint I have at all Schuba's shows. The schedule was first show at eight, second show at ten. As usual, the doors didn't even open for the first show until 8:15, resulting in a line through the bar, out the door, and a block long. Then, to make up the time, Jason Dennie only got to play for less than 15 minutes and OtR had to cut three or four songs from the set and the show wasn't over until after the second show was supposed to start, causing the second show to be almost an hour late and not over until after 1AM. I really like the new songs, especially Moth and Whatever You Say. Since almost a third of the set was new material, the feeling of "I've heard this exact same set for a year now" wasn't there. Jack was really tearing it up. Did anybody see the record label people? I couldn't from where I was standing. Did they appear to be impressed? Did they even show up