Freaker Scene: 3/31/09 Railroad Earth @ The Cabooze

3/31/09 Railroad Earth @ The Cabooze

RAILROAD EARTH

Ever since I heard my good friend Vince Herman (Leftover Salmon, Great American Taxi) ranting about 2008’s Railroad Earth release “Amen Corner”, I have been on a perpetual quest to see more of them live & learn more. Alas, I have been rewarded once again at the stoneder (not a typo) friendly Cabooze. Oh, how I love this life.

So this show was an epic very well attended (nearly sold out) blast out coming in with 2 huge sets & a manically charged encore for good measure. The flippantly fun friendly crowd ignitingly flailed with youthful flair all night raging inferno style bouncing throughout the dancefloor & all parts of the venue. RRE’s audiences keep growing.

I unfortunately missed some of the 1st set. The Earth was sounding delectable when I arrived imbibing me instantly with their mesmerizing vibe. This band has improved over their decade of playing exponentially. I actually saw them at High Sierra Music Fest on their 1st ever tour. RRE quaked like freakgrass should mightily high on the eccentric electro acoustic Richter scale with the epicenter somewhere between the band on stage & the heart of the excitable dancefloor. Some excelling tunes in the 1st set (which ran well over an hour) were the roots exuding “Been Down This Road” & “Hunting Song” > “Mountain Time”. Pure authentic music to the core.

The Earth rocks down to the roots :: foto: Timmy

The 2nd set roared open with stomp worthy “Cuckoo’s Medley” & voraciously continued with crowd pleasing combustible material like “Moonshiner” (a personal fave of mine), winsome “Peace on Earth”, deliciousadelic “Magic Foot” > “Luxury Liner”, “Old Man & the Land” & head rattling “Head” before striking out on a rampant throwdown encore of humongous swansong “Hard Livin’”. Hot damn!

Railroad Earth live @ the Cabooze :: foto: Timmy

I had the pleasure of chatting with the multitalented fiddler guitarslinger Timmy Carbone, who was as always truly down to earth & personable as can be. I have to say with wholeheartedness that this was one of the best shows of 2009 for me. A freaking scorcher & then some. Lots of musefully engaged young freaks & grassy heads digging on the sound everywhere. A cool scene to say the very least. What a fitting refreshing way to begin April. My unfiltered advice to the gracious band & the smiling adoring crowd is this “Please come back soon”! Pretty please..