Date of concert: Sunday July 18, 2010
The show was actually just Eef Barzelay solo. I know it was probably very fun for huge devotees of the band who called out for songs all night long, to Eef's delight, but for a casual fan like me, it got a little sleepy.
The redeeming factor of the show was that Eef is a very funny and extremely sincere guy. I like a lot of the most recent Clem Snide album "The Meat Of Life", and it was interesting to hear those songs acoustically. Eef also threw in some cool covers, including Journey and Neil Young, as well as a Michael Jackson melody during the encore. "He died for your sins," joked Barzelay. Barzelay alternated between acoustic guitar and ukulele throughout the show.
Chris Otepka's band The Heligoats opened, but it was just Otepka playing acoustically. Otepka also sat in on a part of the Clem Snide show. Otepka is another funny guy, with the story/joke he told before "Fish Sticks" a highlight of the evening. By the way, "Fishsticks" is one of my favorite songs of 2010. No lie. Look it up.
Otepka is sitting in on this full band Clem Snide performance of "Wal-Mart Parking Lot", he's on the mini-acoustic guitar:
Local Northampton band Leisure Colony "opened" as well. I think they were gone and off before Barzelay and Otepka even arrived. As for them...well, if you can't say anything nice...
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