Our roving North Carolina reporter, Adam Fenwick, is back with another show report from another tour skipping Florida:
THE ROCK REPORT: Drive-By Truckers @ The Neighborhood Theater in Charlotte, N.C. (Feb. 25, 2010)
When I heard that the Drive-By Truckers would be playing within 30 minutes of my current home in Concord, N.C., at the ever-popular Neighborhood Theater, I knew right away I couldn’t miss the show.
I ordered a ticket the day they became available and that ticket found its way to my fridge, stuck there via magnet to remind me of the fun that was to come Feb. 25, 2010.
And have fun I did.
I arrived early alongside my partner in crime for the evening, a dear friend of mine named Danelle who graciously agreed to come to the show with me despite not having a clue whom the Drive-By Truckers were.
Once parked, we strolled to the front and found the line to get in the door almost around the corner. I wasn’t overly surprised by this, the Neighborhood Theater is a fairly small venue and I fully expected the place to be packed. I was surely right.
The opening act, Sons of Bill, took the stage around 9 p.m. and served as an outstanding prelude to the forthcoming Rock Show. While not like DBT in terms of sound, they rocked the early goers with their own brand of country rock that resulted in me purchasing their latest CD, titled “One Town Away.”
About 30 minutes after Sons of Bill finished up, the Drive-By Truckers hit the stage with an awesome version of “This Fucking Job,” kicking off another great Rock Show.
I got to hear a number of songs I’ve somehow never heard live Thursday night, including Cooley’s “Uncle Frank” and the always classic “Buttholeville” (one of my personal favorites). Of course they also pulled out a number of new classics, including Cooley’s “Birthday Boy,” Shonna’s “I Told You So,” and Patterson’s “Daddy Learned To Fly.”
Once again I had to call it a night a bit early, after having gone to Atlanta last weekend then attended two concerts in one week I was all but spent. I left just as the band was starting “Zip City,” but just after “Daddy Learned To Fly.”
A side note, somehow I always end up near the idiots in the crowd. For some reason one gentleman (the term used loosely) decided to make the area we were standing his personal mosh pit. While he didn’t get decked, I thought Patterson was going to break his middle finger during an exchange shortly before I left.
During “Hell No, I Ain’t Happy” Patterson got on his knees to perform a solo right in front of me. This moron decided he would give Patterson the bird RIGHT IN HIS FACE. Patterson almost seemed to feed off of it, I could tell he was pissed by simply looking at his face. When he finished his solo he simply reached out and grabbed the guys finger and gave it one good yank.
I don’t know if he actually tried to break it or not, but regardless it was a slightly tense moment during an otherwise excellent Rock Show. At least there wasn’t a fight right in front of me like the last two times I’ve seen DBT.
Drive-By Truckers – Zip City (Live at Pine Hill, 2002)
P.S.: Watch what Patterson does when this dumbass starts making a scene in Raleigh, N.C., just a few days before DBT stopped in Charlotte.
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