May 17 2003 @ The Abbey Pub Chicago, IL

Yes tha ABBEY wuz hhaahhht Saturday as wuz Fishbone! My luv dropped me off 'bout 9:30 aftah a smooth 5 hour roadtrip. No sooner had I stepped into tha club I ran right up into two wuvwee Fishbone Soldierettes,Tina and Keisha! That in and of itself wuz wurth tha trip! Tha opener wuz forgetable but thier two guitar attack did tha job. Spoke to'em after tha show and they said that half of them...

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I was waiting for Jeff to be our spokesperson but as I seem to be at home right now with some unusually free time, I will write a brief review....

Apparently the show was sold out so that explains why it was packed. I am not sure what explains the lack of fans or air conditioning or open doors so that we wouldnt all be quite so hot. Aside from that slight grumble, and yeah the stage there was quite small, it was a fun show. Cant think of any songs aside from the ones Simon2 already listed. We didnt meet any other list members which was a shame, but after an occasion or two where you go up to several people fitting a given description and its not the person you kind of give-up or get shy or something. Spacey T was quite animated during the show, and Norwood was wearing that "thing" that other people have mentioned (the one which has bare sides and you can see, well, his "thing" if he turns and walks), and Walt was a doing the "happy people" dedication that some others have also mentioned. Angelo had people getting up on stage then getting them to dive off which was fun - I had left the front and gone up into the 'oldies' section on the balcony-type-thing by that time so I had a cool view. Some guy up there was video taping the show but, no, I didnt talk to him so sorry for those who are about to write in and ask where they can get a copy! Besides he seemed to be filming it through the manky plexi-glass instead of a bit further over where it would be just between the railings -- guess that makes it artsy?? Its a shame they started late and so the club was eager for them to finish up and ended up turning off the lights and mikes etc on them. No-one wanted to leave but atleast it was still a full set and longer than a time the other year at the Cubby Bear where they were only allowed to play for maybe half an hour; or the time at Navy Pier where too many people got on stage to dance and the venue called the police and shut the show down -- apparently Jeff, Keisha and I were all at that show but we didnt know each other then, hurrah for the list!!

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Wow!! I don't know if the Chicago soldiers just got lucky, but the Bone rocked my ass on Saturday night. I don't remember the openers name, but they were forgettable at best. King's X put on a solid show and seemed to be in excellent spirits as it was a semi-homecoming for them.. The lead singer was born just outside of Chicago and they put in a bit of time on the Chicago scene before relocating...

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Full video of the show https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4CjHlQLRoA p { margin-bottom: 0.25cm; line-height: 120% }a:link { so-language: zxx }