tolcher @ the roxy

lisa and i saw tolcher on thursday at the roxy...and like i said before, it was definitely the best we've seen from him.

that week was a long week, and the thursday we went was no exception. after a long day at school, i went to get reprints of my picture with tolcher only to forget it in the car (cursed parking people for making us rush!). anyway, it started at around 8pm...but it was the longest show ever because we had to stand through 3 acts to see him. booo...

the 1st act...i don't even remember her name. she was ok, but she was slow and mostly acoustic, playing with a guy with a weird hat. next was a band named the J band...they were really weird. it was a mix of jamaican music, guitar and dj club mixes. it seemed to work and it got people moving...but you couldn't understand the singer. i will say that the mixing of just the jamaican instruments and club-like beats were surprisingly good. next up was carbon leaf...most people came to see them. they were good...co-headliners with tolcher. there's only a few songs i like from them, but the crowd was very into it...i bought the album and played it yesterday in class. my kids thought it was weird hillbilly music.

finally, just past 11pm...tolcher plays! it was late...i could barely stand. i really like the roxy...it's like the troubadour & the cane's...the stage is low and you can stand really close. but there's more room and it's cleaner than the troubadour. we were right in front...and it was odd to have him right in front of us. the place was only half full, which was nice...no terrible pushing. he played a couple of new songs which was awesome. everything was fine, turning out to be a normal performance...then he ordered a jager bomb for him and william. that must have definitely loosened him up...because towards the end of the show, he started talking about how he had his dancing shoes on and he can't let them go to waste. so he started singing a song about shaking your booty....jumped off the stage and started dancing with girls in the crowd, asking everyone to shake their booty. omg, for a second it kind of freaked me out to see him getting down with this statue of a girl (who was the standard pretty of skinny & blonde) but he moved through the crowd and danced with people randomly...it turned out to be a lot of fun and it was nice to see him so energetic. the show ended with him, tiny and william dancing again...by that time, it was past 1230. we bought some merchandise and saw tolcher in the corner...got him to sign and took pictures. everyone was having fun so all in all, twas a good night. can't wait for the next time... =)