Setlist:
Everything to Everyone
Heroin Girl
Volvo Driving Soccer Mom
Fire Maple Song
Almost Instant Karma
Heartspark Dollarsign
Wonderful
Song from an American Movie, Part 1
Brown Eyed Girl (Van Morrison)
Strawberry
Father of Mine
Glorious
I Will Buy You a New Life
Encore:
Beautiful Dream
Santa Monica
867-5309/Jenny (Tommy Tutone)
were found in the Flickr stream of Dennis Reed Jr.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/agenbyte/sets/72157604860051304/page2/
There was a favorable review in The Buffalo News (see below) about this show, but I can tell you that it was pretty shitty... the bass-heavy mix was very bad and the performance was below-average. Some idiot decided to crowd-surf and managed to kick Chelsea in the head, which didn't exactly make either of us very happy.
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Everclear Gives Crowd a Shot of the Strong Stuff
By Mike Regan
News Contributing Reviewer
Published 8/14/2005
Concert review
Everclear and Last Conservative
Saturday night at the Molson Canal Concert Series, Gateway Park, Tonawanda.
Some moments are worth waiting for.
That could have been the theme Saturday night at North Tonawanda's Molson Canal Series in Gateway Park. After taking the stage more than an hour after its scheduled time, Everclear made up for hurt feelings and rocked the crowd.
"How are you guys doing tonight? We're Everclear. We're from Portland, Oregon," said lead singer Art Alexakis as the band burrowed into the beginning of its set.
Labeled post-grunge, alternative, punk and pop, Everclear began a quick rise up the ladder of musical triumph after it formed in 1991. By the mid-'90s the band was practically a household name.
With hits like "Father of Mine" and "Fire Maple Song," Everclear translated Alexakis' difficult upbringing to its audience though its reverberations. Everclear did dip into its bag of mainstream hits Saturday, but was avoided the somewhat brooding overtones of a few of its songs.
From the opening "Everything to Everyone," onlookers were ready for more. And Everclear didn't disappoint them. Alexakis came off as a veteran musician, prodding the gatherers to move as he barked at them to "jump."
And the masses gladly complied.
The evening began on the right note with the passionate Middleman. The four-piece band from England is touring the States and brought its mildly distinctive pop-hop style to the canal with a combined style of live and electronic music.
Buffalo's own Last Conservative showed why it is one of the more popular performers in the area. Its new CD, "On to the Next One," was recently released and the group didn't hesitate to introduce it to the audience.
During its 45-minute set, Last Conservative drilled home a few new songs like "The Answer" from the new CD. The group's rocking style came across with such vivaciousness that members may have influenced the crowd to sweat right along with them.
http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20050814/1067227.asp
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