AJ Looks Back at moe.’s June Tour
So, it’s been about a month since I returned from the yearly wild weekend that is Bonnaroo. Including travel and getting re-acclimated with the real world, that’s five fun filled days, which, as much as I try not to admit it, takes a toll on these old bones. Couple that with preparing for, and pulling off a Fourth Of July barbecue and fireworks extravaganza two weeks later all the while being heavily ‘medicated’ to the point of getting epidural injections in my spine and, well, you could say that I’ve been worn down pretty thin.
So I guess I was a little surprised to find my notes and photo card from when I saw moe. at the Crystal Ballroom way back on June 3rd. What a show it was, too. Another front row excursion on the famous floating dance floor of the Crystal. Surrounded by the self professed ‘moe.rons’, I was treated to a first class moe. show, with a great first set and an epic second set ending with the wonderfully underrated Waiting For The Punchline.
Seeing my notes about the show, however, got me to thinking: I had the rare opportunity of seeing this ingenious quintet three times within a couple of weeks. Not only that, but in three extremely different venues and from three very different perspectives. As I said, I was in the front row in the cozy confines of the Crystal Ballroom (Capacity; 1,000). At the Sonic stage at Bonnaroo they played about an hour’s worth of acoustic material, with my vantage point being the rear bumper of a green golf cart while the volunteers took their break in the front seats, enjoying the show. And then, two days later, at one in the morning, at This Tent at Bonnaroo, where I caught the tail end of an unworldly four and a half hour set (with a special guest intermissionist) that ended when the sun rose. Saturday morning.
READ ON for the rest of AJ’s take on catching moe. in June…
