Devolver's first show was at the York Fairgrounds at an event called “Scare at the Fair”, hosted by 98YCR. Part of the show was broadcast over the radio. Bootleggers, roll your tapes! We all met at WC's house. ( As usual, I've slightly changed the names to protect the identities of my friends that are now grown ups with kids, responsibilities and reputations.) We were chilling out and and pregaming and WC declined. I can still picture him playing Foosball and saying, “No thanks. I'm gonna take it easy tonight”. Famous last words.
You can stream the show here
**evening show
**portions of the performance were simulcast on 98.5 WYCR
Going Down The Road Feeling Bad, Waiting By the Sand, Cafe Latte, Strange Red Afternoon, An Old Man & His Beer, Looking Blind, Surprise Surprise, Surprise, Glass Hawk, Edge of Town
We set up, kicked ass and then split. We had a good amount of the family up there. Then we all headed back to Hanover to play my buddy Will's birthday party.
You
can stream the show here
And
yes, this show took place on the 20th, so it should be
2000-10-20b, but due to the naming matrix on Archive, I had to label
it the next night. There are a few other mislabeled shows. Bonus
points to anyone that can find them
**late evening show
**acoustic performance (Josh on a stripped-down set)
I: Soul Shakedown Party, Shakedown Street->El Nino->Shakedown Street, Turnaround, Highway 29
->Tangled Up In Blue->Highway 29
II: Golden Years*->Funk II->Psycho Killer->El Nino, Happy Birthday, Crosseyed & Painless->Bubble Speak
*First time played
Now
this show was quite a different scene than anything the boys had
played before. Evidently, Will's parents had a lot of money, because
a lot of wealthy people were at this party. I recognized a few,
because I travel in all the social circles of Hanover. It was catered
and had 2 bartenders. One was only making strawberry daiquiris.
Everyone there was dressed up rather nicely and this band of merry
pranksters roll up and are ready to freak people out.
They
had a 3 piece jazz combo playing upstairs and told us to go
downstairs and set up. It was a rather small space so only one
electric guitar and a stripped down kit for Josh. Jake comes up to me
and says “There is someone who wants to say Hi” It turned out to
be my old friend from the Weis days Andy Arigo. See I told you it was
a high class affair. I remember future restaurant mogul Melinda
slapping someone from our family and Bucket asking an older woman if
she wanted to puff. We also drank so much they ran out of strawberry
daiquiris. And WC? He ended up passing out in Will's front yard.
Sager had a great photo of what looked like Zach pissing over him,
but it was just an optical illusion.
But
Will had a great time and loved us, so that's what really matters.
Check out all the shows on the Archive. Its free and they will be
there as long as the Internet stands.
Dave
Kemp
BA
American Studies
PhD
Rock and Roll
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