On Sun, 20 Aug 1995, shant pelley wrote:
> I was really getting sick of the three or four rednecks up front > wolf-wistling, sticking beer bottles in front of our camera and falling > around. general annoyance. ther WERE people on the floor, but everyone > was just standing there for the most part until the encore set. > > shant:) > > ..They came up to the stage during some rock 'n' roll cover song and started doing the old "nod & shuffle" and the "beer wave". These guys (and to be fair there was a woman as well) really stood out with their distinctive style of artist appreciation. The funniest part of thrush hermit's stage banter was Ian saying "first time at the birdland" after their grand entrance onto the dancefloor. To their credit, the "rednecks" didn't flee from the stage as soon as the boys started playing their own compositions, and in fact they seemed to enjoy it. Should this fact speak to the awesome power of rock and roll to unite the masses? Or perhaps some of us die-hard hermit fans should take a step back and take another look at the score. Thrush and others did play in windsor on sunday night. I missed it because of my radio show. Anybody go to see it? Reviews? Mike " keep on dancin' " N.
