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Anyone who's
ever been to an Alabama Three concert will tell you that sometimes a
band don't need to have deep meaningful songs to capture an audience. If
you can show them a good time, manage to play a half decent tune and
litter the contents of your songs with sexual innuendo's then you'll
either be glassed right there and then, or else hailed as heroes.
Before this tour with the Backyard Babies I doubt whether many people
over here in the UK will have heard of this band before. However they
have stormed the UK and rather surprisingly won a large following.
The songs are skilfully crafted although they are at times rather
catchy. The band although good musicians are that and only that …
good. Nothing outstanding other than they have a lead singer called …
go on have a guess … Danko Jones! A man who although shy off-stage;
once he hits the boards and the bright lights he becomes a sex machine.
Well that's what he kept telling us all night, not quite sure if he was
trying to convince us or himself more but he chanted on about it to the
extent that it had us all in stitches of laughter. Not many could get
away with such blatant sexual discussions, but this guy managed to pull
it off rather remarkably. Thus ensuring a lot of CD sales and most
likely a large press coverage for the part they played on this
prestigious tour.
The music was catchy, the songs were cheerfully cheeky and a total
wonderment to hear performed live. Here before us was a man who claimed
quite openly to be every woman's dream. He told us we were hot for him
and that we'd need to form an orderly queue! One thing you could never
deny, Danko Jones are one of the funniest, but at the same time
enjoyable, bands we've seen in a long time. Their bravado knows no end.
The songs they played were actually quite tuneful and sounded reasonably
good. Damon Richardson played along on a very sparse drum kit (it looked
like someone had run off with the other 2/3 rd's), while John Calabrese
did the deep and moody bass man thing while being careful not to smile
throughout the outrageous banter of their lead singer.
Even the security guards were laughing out loud at what he said, tears
flooded down their cheeks as he went on and on and got wilder and wilder
with his claims of being the ultimate sex object of our desire. It's the
first time I've ever witnessed the security guards smile at a show, let
alone laugh out loud to one. It really was a first.
Danko Jones really is a hugely funny person who has fallen lucky by
finding a couple of likeminded musicians willing to play along with some
great tunes while he sings his outrageous tales of sex, lust and raw
passion. Quite where they can go from here is anyone's guess …
Setlist included: Rock Shit Hot, Bounce, Samuel Sin, Sugar
Chocolate, I'm Alive & On Fire, Mango Kid, Cadillac, Dr. Evening, My
Love Is Bold
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