At 8:21 PM -0500 on 2/16/99, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>np. The Mary Janes. All of you must get this record. Must. Except
>for Jon
>who can sell his back if he wants. I can't remember ever being so
>bowled over
>by a first record. I must say the first time I saw the band, maybe 3 years
>ago, now, at Schubas, they were a mess. But I'd have stuck with them
>through
>thick and thin just cuz of the Vulgar Boatmen bloodlines. Making a record
>this spectacularly good is far more that what would have been necessary to
>keep my interest. Can't wait to see them again!
I can't believe they're this much better on CD than in person. They did
an OK set opening for Robbie Fulks this past weekend -- I liked the
lead singer better than Tracy, who as I remember was pretty
underwhelmed by them in general. 'Course, I haven't been listening to
them for three years, so I don't know how much they've improved. But
just walking into their set the other night, I didn't feel interested
in spending money on 'em. I wouldn't avoid them as an opening act, but
I wouldn't see them as a headliner, and I wouldn't buy the CD.
Bob
