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I missed the first ten minutes of The Ducky Boys because I was interviewing Catch 22. I'm sure I missed some pretty great stuff because the rest of their set was fantastic. We got back from the interview as they were playing "Alone Tonight," my favorite song of theirs. They played about another 15 minutes of street punk bliss, including their cover of "Stand by Me." Mark Lind has such an honest tone coming out of his voice that it makes this band so easy to like. I enjoyed them immensely.
Catch 22 started with a very horn filled intro, which was pretty good. The horn players really know how to wail. The crowd was fairly into them, with die hards getting as close as they could. They played such great songs as "Point the Blame," On and On and On," "9mm and a Three Piece Suit," and "Keasbey Nights." They played the tracks from Keasbey Nights incredibly fast, which took away some of the catchiness that the recorded versions had, but they were good none-the-less. I found the other songs to be a bit boring, but I enjoyed their set overall.
Flogging Molly came on stage and totally tore shit up. They played an hour and a half of Irish punk without the chessiness that the Dropkick Murphys can have (both bands put on a hell of a live show), which the crowd spent the majority of that time dancing and doing Irish jigs. the majority of the songs they played were from Within a Mile From Home and Drunken Lullabies, which is good because I knew most of the songs they played. They were a lot of fun to watch, especially drummer George Schwindt, who barely stopped playing during their set. he wasn't even playing straight time, instead he constantly played all sorts of crazy and interesting beats. That dude must do hours of cardio a day (pre show), because he didn't even seem tired and his arms and legs seemed to constantly be moving.
Written by: RF