Oct 17 2000 @ 328 Performance Hall Nashville, TN

What up sword fish, nice meetin you tonight. You gotta tell me what songs were played before one planet people cause I missed them with the dummest excuse ever. I was down the street eating. Fishbone finished tonight at 11:30 which is when I figured they'd Fucking START! I went last night in Ciccinati too. I was on the street team for both shows but Mickey Mouse didn't get my the material untill...

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Hey Mega - It was cool to meet you too. I was happy to meet somebody from the list last night. Poor attendance to say the least. I am sad to say that Nashville is a town of no-shows. Anyway, Fishbone tore it up. It was an all ages show (which might have added to the low attendace) and there was no bar. The only good thing about that, was I remember most of the set-list. Not in th...

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This was my 2nd Fishbone show.  My first show was in May of '96 in Birmingham, AL, right before they released Chim Chim's Badass Revenge.  So, I never got to see Chris Dowd or Kendall Jones since they had split by that time.  I only got to see Fish & John Bigham the one time in Birmingham and I hate that b/c I'm a big fan of Fish and his drumming.  Anyway, before they started this show I saw John Steward standing toward the back of the big room.  I recognized him from the pics in the liner notes of the Psychotic Friends Nuttwerx cd.  I went up to him and wished him a "good gig" and I think I may have said something about how he had some big shoes to fill.  In hindsight I hope I didn't come across as rude, like, "So, new drummer. Are you gonna be able to nail those beats in Servitude, Alcoholic, Rockstar, etc."  I don't think I came across like that.  I can't help it if Fish rocks. 

As for the show, they busted into Party At Ground Zero, which I had never heard them play since this was just the 2nd time for me.  It was like I had been waiting forever to hear them play that song.  Well, I had been waiting almost 12 yrs, considering I was turned onto Fishbone in late '88/early '89.  I was right in front of Norwood.  It was great!  I really liked Spacey-T's vibe.  He used a lot of effects which I liked.  John McKnight held down the keys, the trombone, and I think he even played a little guitar.  Most of the time I just kept my eyes on Steward.  Being a drummer myself, I have a tendency to watch the drummer a lot, but at a Fishbone show it's hard not to focus on Angelo.  I spoke to Angelo during the break or maybe it was before the show.  He was wearing this super-cool black denim jacket with the Truth And Soul logo on the back.  It may have been after the gig because I remember him telling me, "Man, you knew all the licks!"  I'm pretty sure he was referring to my air-drumming, singing, and cuing all the horn parts.  I get a little carried away.  What can I say? 

I could write 10 pages on just this one show, but I'll wrap it up because I've got a couple more reviews to write.  Why?  Because I've seen them three times since this show.  Keep up the jams fellas!!

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