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Mike Doughty at First Ave
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Mike Doughty’s sold out Ruby Vroom 25th Anniversary show at First Avenue, in Minneapolis, took place on Saturday. To please fans of Soul Coughing, Doughty added a second Ruby Vroom show on Sunday. Since setlist is the same for both nights (with the exception of Wheatus, who plays different sets), we only caught Doughty on Saturday night.
New York’s Wheatus opened the show... with their first electric show on this tour. This is a large band, featuring Brendan B. Brown on vocals/guitars, Matthew Milligan on bass, Brandon Ticer on keys, Madden Klass (although their wikipedia entry lists Leo Freire) on drums, and on backing vocals: Joey Slater, Gabrielle Aimée Sterbenz, and Karlie Bruce.
Although Saturday’s evening in Minneapolis was getting about a foot of snow, no thanks to the never-ending winter in the area, the band was pleased to make it and ready to rock the stage.
You can tell that the band is very good. They play a different set every night on tour and Brown proudly announced on stage that they don’t have a setlist and would be happy to play any requests. They had prepared two cover songs, a Rush cover (“Time Stand Still”) and a Tragically Hip cover (“My Music at Work”), but found out they only had enough time to play only one of them. When the audience “voted” for Rush (louder cheers), they proceeded to play the song, but in a last-minute decision, decided to play the ‘Hip song back to back.
Wheatus’ best known song, “Teenage Dirtbag” was played near the end of the set, complete with unconventionally long break before the final chorus. Personally speaking, I felt like they should have ended their set with “Dirtbag”, because of the false ending, but their finale song was actually “Valentine”, the title track from their 2016 album.
Mike Doughty took the main stage at First Avenue after a short break. At first, it’s just Doughty, playing “Super Bon Bon”. The song is actually not part of Ruby Vroom (it’s from 1996’s Irresistible Bliss), but according to Doughty, it’s his warm-up song for the tour.
Doughty is eventually joined on stage by upright bassist Andrew Livingston, and with partial Wheatus band: Madden Klass on drums, Matthew Milligan on sampler/keys/programming, and Brendan B. Brown on guitars (usually hiding in the background).
Apparently singing his heart out at the Sleeping Village in Chicago on March 7th blew out Doughty’s vocals. His voice was clearly cracking and Doughty even admitted that he “destroyed” his vocals. I can only imagine what it was like to hear “Is Chicago, Is Not Chicago” in Chicago, as, even in Minneapolis, that song had a huge response from the audience. It’s always fun to hear the audience drowning out the band.
It’s hard to believe that it’s been 25 years since Soul Coughing released Ruby Vroom. Based on hearing the audience singing along and knowing the album front to back, the album is beloved and hearing the entire album played live is a sight to behold... especially experiencing it with fan’s feedback. You can always tell which songs there the favorites, even for the more obscure tracks.
If you love Soul Coughing and their debut album, you definitely need to see Mike Doughty’s on this tour. The Ruby Vroom continues tonight and runs until the end of March.
Remaining Tour Dates:
New York’s Wheatus opened the show... with their first electric show on this tour. This is a large band, featuring Brendan B. Brown on vocals/guitars, Matthew Milligan on bass, Brandon Ticer on keys, Madden Klass (although their wikipedia entry lists Leo Freire) on drums, and on backing vocals: Joey Slater, Gabrielle Aimée Sterbenz, and Karlie Bruce.
Although Saturday’s evening in Minneapolis was getting about a foot of snow, no thanks to the never-ending winter in the area, the band was pleased to make it and ready to rock the stage.
You can tell that the band is very good. They play a different set every night on tour and Brown proudly announced on stage that they don’t have a setlist and would be happy to play any requests. They had prepared two cover songs, a Rush cover (“Time Stand Still”) and a Tragically Hip cover (“My Music at Work”), but found out they only had enough time to play only one of them. When the audience “voted” for Rush (louder cheers), they proceeded to play the song, but in a last-minute decision, decided to play the ‘Hip song back to back.
Wheatus’ best known song, “Teenage Dirtbag” was played near the end of the set, complete with unconventionally long break before the final chorus. Personally speaking, I felt like they should have ended their set with “Dirtbag”, because of the false ending, but their finale song was actually “Valentine”, the title track from their 2016 album.
Mike Doughty took the main stage at First Avenue after a short break. At first, it’s just Doughty, playing “Super Bon Bon”. The song is actually not part of Ruby Vroom (it’s from 1996’s Irresistible Bliss), but according to Doughty, it’s his warm-up song for the tour.
Doughty is eventually joined on stage by upright bassist Andrew Livingston, and with partial Wheatus band: Madden Klass on drums, Matthew Milligan on sampler/keys/programming, and Brendan B. Brown on guitars (usually hiding in the background).
Apparently singing his heart out at the Sleeping Village in Chicago on March 7th blew out Doughty’s vocals. His voice was clearly cracking and Doughty even admitted that he “destroyed” his vocals. I can only imagine what it was like to hear “Is Chicago, Is Not Chicago” in Chicago, as, even in Minneapolis, that song had a huge response from the audience. It’s always fun to hear the audience drowning out the band.
It’s hard to believe that it’s been 25 years since Soul Coughing released Ruby Vroom. Based on hearing the audience singing along and knowing the album front to back, the album is beloved and hearing the entire album played live is a sight to behold... especially experiencing it with fan’s feedback. You can always tell which songs there the favorites, even for the more obscure tracks.
If you love Soul Coughing and their debut album, you definitely need to see Mike Doughty’s on this tour. The Ruby Vroom continues tonight and runs until the end of March.
Remaining Tour Dates:
03/10/2019
First Avenue
Minneapolis, MN
03/12/2019 Bluebird Theater Denver, CO
03/13/2019 The State Room Salt Lake City, UT
03/15/2019 The Crocodile Seattle, WA
03/16/2019 Aladdin Theater Portland, OR
03/20/2019 Great American Music Hall San Francisco, CA
03/24/2019 The Crescent Ballroom Phoenix, AZ
11/01/2019 Rough Trade Brooklyn, NY
03/12/2019 Bluebird Theater Denver, CO
03/13/2019 The State Room Salt Lake City, UT
03/15/2019 The Crocodile Seattle, WA
03/16/2019 Aladdin Theater Portland, OR
03/20/2019 Great American Music Hall San Francisco, CA
03/24/2019 The Crescent Ballroom Phoenix, AZ
11/01/2019 Rough Trade Brooklyn, NY
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