10.5.17 - Toadies with Local H - Gothic Theatre - Denver, CO
A night of some good ol’ rock-n-roll started off with the duo Local H, who being the only support got to play for good 45 minutes or so, and I enjoyed every minute of it.
Singer Scott Lucas and drummer Ryan Harding hit us rapid fire for the whole set. Lucas would affect his guitar with different petals and the result would dramatically change the sound of his guitar adding some grit to match his rockin voice. Harding was a lot of fun to watch on drums as he pounded away.
I think it was a medley of a few songs but one definitely was a rocked out version of Chicago’s 25 or 6 to 4. At one point Scott Lucas yelled out to us “Come on it’s fucking rock show! You deserve it!” Damn straight
A lot of good shit happened in this set... one things that drives me a little crazy is when bands wait for a long time or until the end of their set to announce who they are. Vaden Todd Lewis however, walked out on stage and said to us “We’re a band called the Toadies we’ve got a new record out, we’re gonna sprinkle in some of that with old and hopefully have a good time.” I know I did.
Lewis still sounds EXACTLY the same as the first time I heard “Possum Kingdom” his voice really got to shine in a incredible cover of “I Put a Spell on You” in which Lewis stepped away from the guitar and brought Scott Lucas back up on stage.
Periodically throughout the performance I noticed guitarist Clark Vogeler staring at somebody in the crowd and telling them something or talking to their stage hand emphatically. Which I can only assume were the two idiots up front that tried to pick a fight with someone (anyone) around them. During the encore, this resulted in Lewis saying “dude if you guys are gonna be assholes then just leave” They of course didn’t leave on their own omission, but were escorted out, prompting him to say “They’re gonna miss this... so I’m gonna wait a second” and after they were gone “alright here we go”
It was Awesome!