No bout of fog was going to stop me from making it Downtown last night for The Trews at The Horseshoe Tavern. The fog was pretty cool. I haven’t seen soupy fog like that in years. But onto the show.
Last night was an evening of pure, raw, Rock N’ Roll. The evening began at 10:30 with a fine 3 piece band RocketFace. You gotta love a band that has the drums front and centre, and the drummer as the lead singer so he has to wear the pop star head-mounted microphone. These boys were loud. I’m talking painful loud. Your entire body shakes and your ears threaten to bleed. I think a saw a few heads explode during the drum solos.
The Trews graced the stage promptly at midnight, launched into Every Inambition, and didn’t stop rocking until 1:45am. Having seen these guys numerous times now, I have to say this was, by far, their best show. Breaking into Beatles, Stones and Zeppelin covers in the middle of their songs, everyone taking an extended solo at some point during the show, as well as a few new songs kept the energy palpable. I still love the Tired of Waiting / Hey Jude medley. They were into it, and picking up the vibe the audience was throwing down. I’d venture to say they have finally found their rock star groove.
I found some online LIVE Trews shows. It doesn’t work so well with firefox, so you’ll have to boot up IE. They say it is shutting down February 15th due to money problems, so check it out while you can. There is also a live show in full at spin45.net. The date on the show is 2003, so they are still finding their groove, but it’s a good study in progress.
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