Nick 13 show

My wife, Caitlin, invited me to a concert with her a little over a week ago, to see Nick 13, the front man for Tiger Army. I'll admit I was a little hesitant at first, because she said he was doing his new country style. She bought the new album and I listened to it a few times, and at first I wasn't that excited. But, I couldn't turn down a date with my honey, so I agreed to go. I've always enjoyed the Launchpad, my favorite place to see a show. Very intimate and easy to meet the bands. I've seen some great bands there: Dog Fashion Disco, Voodoo Glow Skulls, Reel Big Fish, Suburban Legends, Six Feet Under. I've even performed there with my buddies, Anesthesia.

As the show got closer I got more excited. I was interested to see what the live show would be like. We got downtown around 630 and walked around a bit before heading back to the Launchpad. We went up to the upper level and sat and waited for the show to begin. It was scheduled to start at 8, but it was after 830 when it started. I had never heard of the opening act, Brett Detar, of Juliana Theory. We went downstairs to check him out. He looked the villain from my asthma workbooks I got as a child. The small crowd was pretty receptive of Brett. He seemed like a pretty sad man, like Steven Wright with a guitar. I dug his style though, he played acoustic and banjo on a few tunes. Watching him made me wan to see Dax Riggs live. Dax has been doing solo stuff lately. Brett was giving away his cd for free after the show, he should sell zoloft. I think he was a great opening act for Nick 13, a nice change of pace. It always sucks when you go to a show and every act sounds the same. That's one thing I love about comedy, I rarely get booked with similar acts.

After Brett finished we stood around waiting for Nick 13. Caitlin kept talking about how handsome he was and how it seemed like he was singing to you. She's funny, she has a huge crush on him. I've listened to Tiger Army before and I really dig their style. Great song writing, too. Finally, the band, sans Nick took the stage. The drummer was an older guy, looked to be in his 50's. Looked like a cool old man. I noticed he had a wedding band, too, probably had a cute old lady at home. The guy on stand up bass was from England, you could feel the sound on every song. The guy on steel guitar seemed like a pretty old fella as well. The steel guitar sounds awesome! Guitar player was Dave Gleason, I only remember his name because it was on his guitar strap. He was a pretty impressive player. At times he had a Chuck Berry sound. Nick 13 took the stage a few minutes later with his acoustic, the least impressive of the instruments that night, but very solid. I could almost hear Caitlin's pants getting moist when he took the stage. She wasn't lying, he is a pretty handsome sumbitch, and very charasmatic. I recognized most of the songs that they played from the new album, and a few Tiger Army songs as well. People kept shouting out Tiger Army songs. Most singers probably would have been a little pissed about it, but Nick just smiled and said he'd play them next time Tiger Army was in town. He was very appreciative of the crowd, I can't imagine how difficult that transition is going from Tiger Army to Americana. But the fans seemed to enjoy it and even sang along. Can't wait to seee him next time through Albuquerque!