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The Capitol Theater in Moncton, New-Brunswick. March 20th, 2006
Well, after a near panic attack while waiting for the doors to open, me and my good friend Danika went in for a short chat with Glenn McCann, and an insane amount of this year's beautiful Merch. Glenn was incredibly nice, I have to say, so thanks, buddy!
After about fifteen minutes of hysterics in our seats, the curtains opened to Great Big Sea Hove In Long Beach, which quickly sprung into Captain Kidd. The b'ys were looking prime, and their voices were nothing short of incredible. I also must comment on the fact that we loved Alan's new shirt. :P Alan was looking absolutely gorgeous, and my Bobite of a friend said so too! Must be true, then!!
The traditional run was very smoooth, and I particulary loved Alan's "Shave" and "Shave" comment for Concerning Charlie Horse.
Alan - So it's not like 'Shave' (imitates shaving of the face) 'or shave' (Lowers invisible razor to his crotch *lol*)
Also had a good laugh at "Max the Waster".
Alan - Well, it's not a verb like 'Wax'. Like, "Here's to Charlie Horse, here's to Max that waster" '
He errupted into laughter when he realized his mistake, and near whispered 'Brazilian' just before the song.
Alan had a new accent tonight, for one or two phrases. A Boston accent. Which I'll indeed say was rather sexy. He began with 'Let's get this pah-tee stah-ted', and imitated Chris Trapper with it later.
The River Driver was very intense. The harmonies were on perfect pitch, and Alan did a marvelous job on the verses.
I'm A Rover was amazing, no doubt, and the lyric changes to suit conversation were hilarious! Kudos goes to Séan McCann for that, no doubt. When Alan dedicated the song to all the ladies in the audience, we cheered, accompanied by one man. Alan raised an eyebrow, approached the mic, and said 'yeah!' in an ironically deep voice.
Séan - The Rover didn't want to do anything dirty with the girl. Just spoon on the couch, and watch Law and Order.
*Into the song*
"She opened the door with the greates pleasure,
opened the door and she let Bob in!
They both shook hands, and watched Law and Order
'till the mornin', they lay as one.'
Séan had us all laughing with The Mermaid, and Alan was in stitches at the end when a woman shoted 'Here, fishy fishy fishy fishy!'
Séan pointed to her and said, 'You don't know how close that resembles the after party for this show!
I must also say that we were very impressed by Murray's voice during The Scolding Wife. The song itself was a wonderful surprise.
I do believe I used the 27 shots in my camera for the first two songs. This resulted to a wink and smile from Alan. Heavenly!
I rather enjoyed Johnny Cash's Ring of Fire as being the last song in the set break. When Alan almost litterally crashed into When I Am King halfway through, I was amazed. His solo in the middle was absolutely incredible! Oh yes, we screamed.
I was also particularly impressed by the lovely 80s medley they played. The moment was absolutely incredible when Alan had us sing Summer of 69' to their guitars. Incredible.
Kris seemed rather evil as well. He was prancing around, switching off ear-pieces, microphones, and stepping on Bob's heels. I do believe he hit Murray in the back of the head. Great fun.
I swear that Alan singing Excursion Around the Bay made my year! I've been wanting to hear him sing it live forever now, and this was absulutely incredible! He easily got the crowd going on uncountable songs.
Bob surprised us with Helmethead. His voice was absolutely amazing! He was on marvelous tone, and the crowd's "Fare Thee Well"s were an added genius.
The living room version of Sea of No Cares had us all swaying. It was marvelously beautiful. I enjoyed the "There's a beagle by your side" joke on the end.
Mari-Mac went by incredibly. The speed was intense, and Bob was absolutely marvelous on violin. Alan played guitar like a demon! It was mad, but perfect!
The first encore was Come and I Will Sing you, which was tearfully beautiful. The crowd participated incredibly well, and Bob was amazing. The harmonies near the end were breathtaking.
The band pranced off stage again, Alan with the same insane amount of energy he always seems to elude. The crowd, still roaring, began to chant 'Great Big Sea!!' until the band came out once more, quieted us down, and belted out Old Brown's Daughter. I do believe I was the only woman in the crowd who quietly sang along, but the b'ys came through marveously. A thumb down to the guy who shouted 'The Old Black Rum' during the song!!
We completely hated to see them leave, but we were still entranced by the show's initial beauty. Great work, b'ys.
My fourth meet-up with Glenn had me giving him a picture I lately drew of Bob. He complemented me on it, and said he'd see if he could get it to the band. Thank you SO much, Glenn.
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