Sometimes you just wind up at a show. I was in Lawrence, KS for a few days for some time off and visiting Seth Jones and his merry band of brigands and we looked around for shows going on that weekend. Not much going on in town, or even in Kansas City, but we were in Lawrence during the day at a football game and drinking the entire time and we probably would have wound up at the Bottleneck anyway, despite who was playing that night. It just so happened to be Brendan Benson, someone we knew of, at least from being part of the Raconteurs. But let me emphasize again that we had been drinking all day and generally hanging out with each other and playing pool and I was hitting on a chick and drinking more was more of a consideration than seeing the show, which would have been a spectacular performance if it had been an ordinary bar-band, but we were hoping for some Raconteurs tunes, and I wouldn't hold it against him that he didn't play any, but there wasn't much to engage us more than what just a good local band would do. However, he ended on a cover of Tom Petty's "American Girl" which was enough to have us dancing. It was a good night. I even remember a lot of it.
(Alternate review including set-list and photos.)
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