Brace yourself people...I have seen the Gin Blossoms in concert. The loveable bar band from Tempe, AZ( as the lead singer mentioned after every song) played at The House Of Blues Atlantic City last night. The thing that surprised me the most about the show, aside from the fact that a place called the house of blues never has any acvtual blues performers, was how tight the Gin Blossoms actually sounded. They knew how to play to a crowd and their entire set was incredible. After nearly two decades performing in front of mid level/smallish crowds, the Gin Blossoms knew exactly what to play, say and do on stage to get the crowd going. They played a fair amount of new material, which wasn't half bad, before launching into the big 3: Hey Jealousy, Til I Hear it From You and Follow You Down. The three biggest hits of their 90's career and the three songs I am sure they are really tired of playing by this point in their lives. They still approached the songs with energy and the crowd ate it up,though it was kind of surreal to see a whole crowd of people rocking out to songs made at least 10 years ago. The encore was intriguing as an acoustic cover of "Rocketman" was played to a slightly confused yet appreciative crowd. Oh, I have to note that half the crowd left before the encore because they just really didn't understand the "If the lights are still off, they are coming back for an encore" rule. Rookie/drunken mistakes on their part. They closed out the show with a new song no one had ever heard before, which was a little weird. Overall good show though and it was incredibly nice to see Deanna again, rocking out 90's style the whole show.
I officially hate croc shoes and anyone who wears them immediately will be put on my "Not getting a Christmas present" list.
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