Of course the band played was obviously Railroad Earth. This was my 34th show on the Railroad so you can understand how pumped I was and the energy level that I had flowed or flew through the band and my ears and eyes into the crowd like a white hot burst of raging level energy and stuff.
The earthicans started the show with an unconventional choice: "Tuning". This lyricless masterpiece is often played by the EARTH a lot and they play it all the time. I dont thinks that others bands do this because it is in the unique EARTH style as they have musicians in their band Railroad Earth playing it.
They moved from a heady Tuning into a jazzy Where Songs Begin which I thought was cool because this was where the song began at the beginning. So most of the 15 people at the show so far really got into it. There was this one guy raging next to me in some sort of sweet hippie concert chair. He was so into it that his eyes were closed and he wasn't breathing a lot or at all really. I was going to help him but fortunately the song 420 began after that which was intimate and epic and talks about how much Railroad Earth supports Hitler as he was born on 420 in some year before Railroad Earth began so it doesn't matter rock on Railroad drivers!
Next was the heady power pack combo of Bird In a House -> Colorado. This was appropriate for a few reasons because people from Minnesota are like birds trapped in their homes as they dont really know how doors work yet. Also Colorado is a state just like Minnesota. Next I got distracted as the Jonas Brothers were posting naked pictures on Twitter so I stopped paying attention and somehow got beaten over the head by some guy who said I cut in line! I interviewed Billy Kruetzman from the Dead 2009 so who cares right?!!
Railroad next played the song Seven Story Mountain which was awesome because it was played by Railroad Earth and Todd's lines cut through the crowd (which was now doubled from 15 to 7) like a butter knife through jelly. Next was an intense Storms -> Bread and Water -> Black Elk Speaks suite which is probably better than China-Rider or Scarlet-Fire or Help-Slip-Franklins after all Ive never been backstage when that was played so the first songs must be better right? Long live Railroad!
Though we all know how sweet Railroad Earth is the band Railroad Earth who rocks and they're awesome sometimes you have to be serious. I saw this one girl who was 23 getting really drunk and drinking too much. I managed to snap a picture of her so that you guys can know I made the right decision right??
Railroad ended their legendary set with Elko -> Peace on Earth which made sense because Earth is a word that means something I don't know but it's in Railroad Earth and that always means it's the best music out there and Minneapolis will never be the sames!
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