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We were lucky to be in the packed house greeting Brendan Benson for his second Chicago show of the night last evening. Benson and his band played a set that never lacked for energy, and he proved that he is still one of the masters of that brand of furiously buzzing power pop. (Word is his early show had so much energy it knocked the power out on the whole dang block!) His set took material from his entire solo oeuvre, along with a playful cover of Superdrag's "Sucked Out."
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Awww pretty pictures!
I like it when we have pretty pictures. They're great for procrastinating. :)
oh man! I wish I had heard him do the Superdrag cover. One of my favorites covering another of my favorites? awesome.
I was at the earlier show and despite a slow start and many apologies - "we're getting our shit together" it was a great show!
'Twas a great set! You would have loved the Superdrag cover too...
it would be far too much to ask if someone was recording, wouldn't it?
Bummer. I had a ticket for the late show, but I had to go out of town on business. Would have loved to have heard 'Sucked Out'.
You know, we went to the first show and witnessed the power go out. We left, since it was his last song anyway, and went outside. The power on the block was not out, despite what Schuba's twitter said. It was the only place that was dark. I think they blew a fuse.
actually it was out. I parked down on Southport right before Lincoln and it was out on east side of the block.