Hellyeah, All That Remains, Nonpoint, Sunflower Dead concert report

Hellyeah
All That Remains
Nonpoint
Sunflower Dead
At
Club Fever, South Bend, Indiana
04-09-2013


This show had a great line-up worth seeing live.  The line outside Club Fever reflected that as it went half a block or more outside and kept getting longer.  The line was packed full of loyal hard rock and metal fans.

Each person had their own story to tell about seeing concerts like the legendary Pantera all the way to Metallica.  While you wait in line most of the people in line enjoy passing the time talking about music or playing guitar.  It was a pleasant 79 degrees in South Bend, Indiana which was perfect for waiting in line.

The temperature difference was a pleasant surprise because in Michigan it was mid-50 and raining where we came from.  You could feel the excitement growing in line as it started to move.  There were many diehard fans of metal in line that showed up on a work day including myself.

Dead Sara at Warped Tour in Los Angeles

Dead Sara is a rock band from Los Angeles, consisting of Emily Armstrong (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Sean Friday (drums, backing vocals), Siouxsie Medley (lead guitar, backing vocals) and Chris Null (bass, backing voclas) best known for their current single "Weatherman" of their debut album Dead Sara (2012). Dead Sara received the "Best New Rock Group" award at the “3rd annual Vegas Rocks! Magazine Awards 2012." They were also nominated for a RadioContraband Rock Radio Award as "Indie Artist of the Year" 2012  and were crowned the 98.7 FM 2012 Close to Home Artist of the Year by defeating No Doubt in the final round of fan voting in the greater Los Angeles market group. The band is currently on tour in the U.S. and U.K. with Muse. More at deadsara.com


Images by Doug Siegel

The Wood Brothers at All Good Festival

The Wood Brothers

Friday afternoon at All Good Music Festival and Campout 2012 emphasized a variety of musical
genres. You had reggae and funk, and then you had some deep folky Americana music performed by three piece band called The Wood Brothers. Two brothers, Chris and Oliver, came together to
collaborate after each had already established their own music career. Chris Wood is a founding
member of Medeski, Martin, and Wood, and Oliver co-founded the band King Johnson.

Tea Leaf Green at 20th Century Theater w Minus the Bear

Tea Leaf Green is a five-piece jam band from San Francisco, comprising Josh Clark (guitar and vocals), Trevor Garrod (keyboards, vocals, guitar, and harmonica), Reed Mathis (bass guitar and vocals), Scott Rager (drums and percussion), and Cochrane McMillan (percussion). TLG is currently on a national tour and playing several festivals this summer including Allgood and High Sierra. Last two photos are Minus the Bear from Seattle. 

Images by Doug Siegel

Frightened Rabbit at Bogart's with The Twilight Sad

Frightened Rabbit is an indie rock band from Selkirk, Scotland. The band recently released it's fourth album, Pedestrian Verse, in February of 2013 and has gotten great reviews and lots of air time with independent radio such as David Dye's World Cafe. The lineup consists of Scott Hutchison on vocals and rhythm guitar, Grant Hutchison on percussion, Billy Kennedy on lead guitar, Andy Monaghan on bass and keyboards and Gordon Skene on guitar and keyboards. The band is currently on tour in the United States and selling out many venues. Please visit the band's website for more information on this band on the rise at www.frightenedrabbit.com.

Images by Doug Siegel

Doobie Brothers

The Doobie Brothers headlined the 60th "Moondog Coronation Ball" that dates back to March 21st 1952.  The show that generally is considered the first major "Rock and Roll" concert. The Temptations opened followed by Three Dog Night.

  Alan Freed the disc jockey first used the term Rock and Roll  Due to ticketing and sales errors the show in 1952 sold more than 20,000 tickets to a venue that help only 10,000. The show was shut down by the fire department.

Sam Glass Band getting some sand on it!

By Butchie (Butch Worrell)
 Nashville, TN

 Down on that part of the Gulf Coast called Florabama there is a Band, The Sam Glass Band, that is kicking up the sand with their music!!