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Flogging the Fillmore

Despite the world telling me that I was more or less insane for going to a concert 48 hours after having knee surgery, I went anyways. It turned out to be a complete blast and I’m so glad that we ended up going. We got there about 15 minutes before the doors opened, so I was envisioning a night of standing outside and praying that I get a seat on the balcony right up front so I wouldn’t be standing the entire time.

As luck would have it, that wasn’t to be the case. As we were walking in front of the building to get to the back of the line the guy doing security out front told us we could go inside and wait in the entrance way there until they started letting people in. So we got to be the first ones into the venue for the show — no waiting in the cold! A lady from guest services came out, told them to scan our tickets, and brought us down to the main floor next to the soundboard where there was a roped off handicapped area with seats. I was thrilled, not only did I not have to struggle for a seat, worry about falling down stairs and killing myself OR freeze in the process, but we got planted in the center of the house (best sound seat, of course) with a perfect view of the stage.

So mucho thank yous to the people at guest services at the Fillmore Detroit, you guys are amazing and it really made my night.

I had been looking forward to seeing Flogging Molly again since last year’s show, and it was all pretty spectacular. They played most of the stuff that’s going to be on the new album that hits in a few weeks, all the new cuts sounded great. I was able to take a lot of pictures as well, since I didn’t have to fight off an angry mob just to defend myself and stay on my feet. Once Picasa decides it will allot me to connect to their server and upload them to my web album I’ll post them all online, but for now the one pic will do. The set was awesome, and other than the encore being a little short (3 songs) it was all pretty perfect.

I don’t remember the first opening act, but they don’t really matter. The 2nd opener kicked ass, Rev. Peyton’s Big Damn Band was who they were. Not at all what you would expect out of a band in any way shape or form. Rev. Josh Peyton looks like a lumberjack and plays a steel gui-tar. His old lady plays the washboard and his brother bangs on the drums.  It’s really badass stuff, and Rev’s style is very unique and very, very good. Not your typical cup of tea, but I wouldn’t hesitate to go see a show that they were headlining.

I found this on youtube, it’s not from yesterday but a good example of what you missed if you weren’t there.

Jenn was able to grab me some stuff from the main area since I wasn’t able to really walk around, so I got a poster, a few promo cards for the new album and a Toledo Mudhen’s hat that someone left behind. Score one for me (I got my CKY hat the same way at the Cradle of Filth show).My next concert isn’t planned yet (there’s talk of a show for something or other in Toledo on March 8th, but I’ll have to check my schedule on that one. Don’t think i’ll be making it.), but I’m already looking forward to Dave King and the rest of Flogging Molly comeing through next year.