And Stache's back in the day was like home.īest show I ever saw: SeeingNick Cave at Stache's, right in front of the stage, was amazing. It's got a great stage - horrible parking, but it sounds really good on that stage when you're playing. And I always liked playing at Ruby's in Columbus. We always liked playing at Sudsy's in Cincinnati. It's weird how they come and go, they fade in an out, just the various phases that a lot of clubs go through. We played at Maxwell's in Hoboken a lot, and we always liked playing there. Good sound, good people.Ī lot of Midwestern places where we played were really awesome. It was owned by Sue Miller, who's married to Jeff Tweedy. Lounge Ax was always one of the best for us. It was horrible.įavorite place to perform: Every now and then when you're on tour there's these clubs that everybody loves. But I think we were booked in the wrong place. We probably played for 40 or 45 minutes, but it was relentless. And a guy stood like four feet from me the entire show and just made fun of my guitar playing and yelled at his friends about "Come and watch this guitar player," and "She's like the worst guitar player I've ever seen," and "Play lead! You need to listen to Hendrix," and on and on. Maybe it's like playing at Put-In Bay or something. It's on this island across from Vancouver. It was rough.Īnother horrible show for me was, I think it's called Victoria. We took eight people with us in the van to New York, like, "Woo!" And then we played for 20 minutes, maybe made it through four songs. He had reviewed our record that we put out. It was the longest 20 minutes of my life. And we ended up getting a record deal with Rough Trade from that show. However, Rough Trade was there, Twin/Tone was there, and Homestead, which was before Matador, was there. We had 20 minutes, and I broke two strings. Worst show I ever played: Our very first show at CBGB was one of the worst. Usually when we played Minneapolis we would play with bands that were pretty well known there, and some guys from Soul Asylum and The Replacements would show up. A lot of it was that so many of the bands that I worshipped back in the day were from Minneapolis, so it was really fun to play there. We always had really good shows in Minneapolis, like at First Avenue or Seventh Street Entry. Most of the really good shows we had were not in cities where it probably mattered. I mean, just from the first note it was like really, really fun. That was in the top five of all the shows I've ever done. I'd say for sure when we played at the Parking Lot Blowout a couple years ago. The trio plays Saturday at singer-guitarist Marcy Mays' bar Ace of Cups alongside old friends Cobra Verde and the Tim Lee 3.īest show I ever played: Probably a couple of them. Columbus indie-rock pioneers Scrawl have revved up activity lately, highlighted by an appearance at Afghan Whigs' New York edition of the All Tomorrow's Parties festival.
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