Saw the band at the Variety Playhouse in Atlanta last night. Great show, as always. Good crowd, good sound, and I got there early enough to be sitting front and center. The set was mostly from _Trumpet Child_ and _Drunkard's Prayer_, with a couple from _Ohio_ for good measure. Nothing older than that, that I can remember. Nothing too surprising, but a nice, solid set that lasted a bit over an hour and a half.

Just Karin, Linford, Jake, and Mickey - there had been some speculation that Kenny Hudson was going to be playing with the band, but it appears (as I figured) that he was just brought in to fill out the sound for the _Ohio_ show.

A few photos that I managed to get despite my camera apparently going into death throes are here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/vapspwi/sets/72157605369464110/

JRjr

well JRjr, based on your pics, looks like we were sittin' pretty close to each other.

it was a sweet, sweet show, i love that little theatre. plus i used to live about 5 miles from there (in grant park) and have great memories of the little five points area, i always love visiting there whenever i get the chance.

the show wasn't quite sold out but it was very close, there was only a handful of the 425+ seats left by the time OtR took the stage.

great setlist, a little bit different that the pre-"ohio show" shows, "motherless child" just keeps getting more and more beautiful, she making it her own more and more every night. it was nice to see "pro daydreamer," "B.P.D." and "cruel & pretty" stay in. and the jake and mickey solos have returned to "kiddin,'" and they seemed to enjoy having them back.

they were having a great time playing, lots of smiles all around + a nice little story and hymnal recitation from linford. the crowd was great, quiet, respectful and just playful enough to crack karin up a couple of times and the sound in this room is amazing and juicy had it dialed in perfectly and turned up to eleven.

damn near a perfect saturday night back in my old hometown, hotlanta, those allman boys named it right...

here's the setlist and a few pics...








i caught mickey twirlin'









as always, it was great to see russ again and a joy to meet his 85 year old (and very cool) father (and w/him and my older sister and her husband there, i was sure i wasn't the oldest one there... )

oh, and as always, mary gauthier delivered a killer opening set. i got to talk to her quite a bit before the show and just love her attitude (mg - "my job on it's worst day is better than any other job in the world on it's best day") she has a great sense of humor about herself and her music. her story about her first "co-writing" experience was a gem. glad she decided not to throw herself of that third floor window...


and as always, if you wanna see more pics, just click on the link in my signature...

I haa teh envy.
I fell for 5 points when we visited the ATL a few months back.

Wow. What a spectacular show! So many THIS IS IT moments for me. Sometimes it's hard to comprehend how amazing the show was. I think the highlight for me was BPD. Killed me. My dad loved it and kept talking about all the talent that was on stage. He is correct. I was pretty happy to be a t the show, seeing my favorite band, my dad next to me and my sister next to him. That was pretty dang cool, too. Always good to see Bill, and other fans from over the years. Can't wait to do it all over again.

Russ

Russ!!! Come back! ...to teh orchard! Loong time, buddy. How's it going?

yeah russ, i agree w/mark...and mark and i rarely agree on anything.