XTC Tribute Show at Eddie’s Attic
August 12, 2009, Decatur, Georgia
Mini-mini-review.
Fantastic show. Great players. Just as importantly, very great listeners.
The arranger(s) obviously basted in XTC records for years. The set was energetic and loaded with the savory details that make these songs and arrangements so vital to fans – the push/pull/stab/jab interplay of the guitars, the layered harmonies and counter melodies, the drum fills we’ve all been pounding on our steering wheels on car forever.
On a couple occasions, they apologized for getting some of the details wrong. Totally unnecessary. It was beautifully, lovingly done. What the Dukes of Stratosphear are 60s English psychedelia, this band is to XTC.
They said they intend to play again. Not sure if they mean another XTC show, or another show with the same group of musicians. Either way, I’ll be sure to go.
Set list
Respectable Street
Generals and Majors
Making Plans For Nigel
Ball and Chain
Senses Working Overtime
Vanishing Girl
Season Cycle
Love on a Farmboy’s Wages
Mayor of Simpleton
Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead
That’s Really Super, Supergirl
No Thugs in Our House
No Language in Our Lungs
Earn Enough For Us
Funk Pop a Roll
(Encore)
Life Begins at the Hop
