Hey folks! Just wanted to post about an unusual Wednesday night show. I had a great time at a cool, new show place in Kingsport. The food from the Bone Fire Smokehouse was OUTSTANDING!!! If you are in the Tri Cities area and haven't eaten there, do yourself a favor and go!

The Bus Pit is a brand new venue that used to be the Kingsport city bus garage. I think they have a bright future there after they overcome some growing pains with the sound. A bus garage isn't the most acoustically pleasing place, but I think they will work that out.

It was great to see Webb, Tom, Bob, and Jimmy Lester's stunt double Marshall Richardson. According to Webb, Jimmy has some sick horses, and nothing comes between a man and his horse when it is ailing. Hope all is well Jimmy!! Marshall did a fantastic job in your absence.

It was also great to hang out with the Tri-Cities chapter of the Rock-N-Roll Justice League also known as my gal Susan, Eric, Frank, Yardmaster Randy, Ginger and company, Greg King, and other folks that I recognized but can't remember names.

The setlist:

Big Time
The Only One
Human Cannonball
Rough Rider
Come Around
Stay Out of Automobiles
Honky Tonkin' (in Mississippi)
Too Cool For Love
Sudden Stop
Changing Colors
Ju Ju Man
Don't Slander Me
Loud Music

Slow Death
She's Not Romantic
Sputnik
Pretty Is
Just Had To Laugh
Still Water Runs Deep
The Rest Will Take Care Of Itself
Hoodoo Witch
Ain't That Lovin' You, Baby
Bob Williams...I mean...Jimmy Reed (is the king of rock and roll)
Baby, Please Don't Go
Tough It Out

Encore:

Devil's Right Hand
JUMPIN' JACK FLASH!!

Thanks again to Webb Wilder and the Beatneck Mountain Boys for a great night of music and fun. Y'all are the best!

Tony I think you need to have your own Roots Rock TV show, or better yet a restaurant/night club-music venue. You do have quite the artistic flair in describing these events. Sounds like the Webb Board was well respresented in Kingsport!
I definitely like the current set lists the guys are using. I look forward to seeing them in KY and St. Louis next week.

Yup, ol' Tone is the bomb diggity!!
Susan

P.S. And in his case, no one comes between a man and his cats! (Especially the ones who end up needing expensive outpatient treatments with IVs at the vet's.)

Well, I'm only going to agree with about half of what Tony said ... 'cause I could only hang around for the first set ... :-)

With my Far Better Half out of town, I felt I shouldn't abuse the generosity of the friend at our house watching the grandbaby for a little while so Pappaw could go get his WW fix (and less than 10 minutes from home ... sweet!)

At any rate, sounds like I missed a killer second set and encore ... crud ... oh well, I guess I'm living down to that derisive "lightweight" name with which I've allegedly been saddled ... oh, and speaking of saddles, I believe it was MINIATURE horses :-) ... yeah, I can just see that .....

But yes, Marshall did a super job ... and you're right, Tony ... I think the Bus Pit is gonna be an interesting little music venue here in town.

Thanks for a great ("partial") show, guys !!!

Awesome show last night!! Great way to begin the summer.. thanks Webb!

The show was great!!! Webb and the boys did an amazing job as usual. Schools out for summer and Webb...does life get any better than that????? It was great to have some friends with me who hadn't seen Webb in several years and some who had never had the pleasure. I count it as one of my missions in life to expose all those that I can to the musical geniuses known as Webb Wilder and the Beatnecks. Jimmy's presence was missed for sure, but the show rocked! Can't wait for Knoxville now!

I had a great time at the Pit.. Webb sounded great on all the old favorites and the new ones. I enjoyed visting with Eric, Susan & Tony and Frank. I wonder how many guitar jacks and plugs Bob wears out each year with all the swapping he does...Marshall did a great job filling in on the drums..he didn't answer a cell phone once. Tom sure has a lot of sparkle in that bass...and that's was just his playing.

and at this place, you can be out on the sidewalk and listen and watch through these big winders ... I know, 'cause I tried to come inside, but they said somethin' about shoes and a shirt

I would have loaned you my extra shirt I had with me...It might of had a few bbq sauce stains on it ...

Goob, I'd have bought you a shirt. I myself had to go shopping at Eric's Boutique and Webb Wilder Memorabilia Emporium to have something clean to wear after a run-in with some BBQ sauce last night. Eric might have given us a deal on a bulk purchase. :-)
Susan

HI, from the"newlyweds" When Webb played "The Rest", he dedicated it to us. We had our first dance at our wedding (5/15/2009) to it. It was the perfect end to our honeymoon. Thanks Again Webb!!
As for the Bus Pit, it is the best thing to happen to Kpt in the last few years. It is much needed. We plan to do everything we can to support it. We have already told all our friends how cool it is.
LOVE
MR & MRS SHAWN HURST!!!
KINGSPORT, TN

To Mr.and Mrs. Hurst:
Congrats on your recent nuptials!. You two looked so sweet dancing together at the show the other night. "The Rest Will Take Care of Itself" really is a great song; however, if Tony and I ever reach the nuptials phase, our first dance (yeah, right) will be to something even more romantic: "Hoo Doo Witch." Won't that be a sight to behold?

Susan

(Juanita, you know me as the person who nearly went over the table to shut somebody up during the Webb show at the Down Home on Valentine's Day.)

The Bus Pit was an enjoyable show to say the least - sure the sound there is a work in progress - but as always the true professionalism of Webb and the Gang - played through them and put on a great performance. Good to see everyone, Susan, Tony, Yard, Frank....etc. always fun to be with the Wilderian family members. Had a blast at the Swag table too... we sold tons of merch. especially new albums - nearly an entire box gone - sweet.

It was great meeting lots of other folks - like the newlywed Hursts.... y'all are a blast. Saw a few folks who said hello to me that were at the last Webb Fest in Asheville ... so, a fun time in the Model City on Wednesday.

By the way guys, loved hearing the new songs live - played nearly every new song off the album (see Tony's set list). Great hearing Hoodoo Witch ... sounds better and better the more it gets played live... glad it is back in the set list. Of course, "Big Bob" Williams really takes over on Jimmy Reed ... my goodness he can play - I find myself watching his guitar the entire song - just to see what will come out next.... fantastic. I only recall hearing She's not Romantic - live once before - and Wed. night it had this Buffettesque or beach feel to it... thought it was really cool. And in case you hadn't heard - Steve Mims was filming music videos for WW last week in GA. Guess what Romantic was one of the songs and they have made an awesome video - with a beach feel...!!!! Happy Summer -- check out the video here on youtube - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bb6rmP9-kbQ

Thanks to Webb and the Boys again - Marshall you did an awesome job as Jimmy's stunt double - Tom was the Fuzz box master again on a few tunes ... got the last word on one particular song using the fuzz tone.... cool.

Til the next live show -

E
"Swag Recruit"

I'll have to send my photos to Hunter but here is a link to some pics taken in Kingsport by one of the locals in the area - and a friend of mine who added to it... good shots.

http://picasaweb.google.com/shutterbugusa

When he took the pics of the audience behind the stage - he was up almost in the rafters looking back at us ... but you can see a good crowd - front row center - you see myself (in Webb Fest III shirt), Susan (in white ICFN t-shirt she bought to replace her BBQ stained shirt ...lol) , Tony (in his Train Engineer uniform) and the Yardmaster Randy beside him in the white WW Tee (also BBQ stained I think).... Notice the actual city bus that had been converted to a working bar... pretty neat little place - that was almost full to its capacity... we could have squeezed a few more in if need be...

E

Really nice photos. It looks like there were a lot of pretty girls there too. That's why Frank had to go home early! I do have one question that puzzles me though. How many gallons of gasoline does it take for the Beatnecks to put on a show now? It looked like Big Bob Williams had at least 15 gallons of high test in front of his guitars!

Do they allow smokin' there?
If I had been hangin' out in front of Bob there woulda been one Hell of an explosion!

I warned Webb before the show that if Bob got too many hot licks in, the BusPit may be an inferno...

Actually, I am in most of those crowd photos (and I didn't even notice those gals, Tater!) ... row 2, discreet shirt, hiding behind Tony ... well, behind Tony's gargantuan camera ....:-)

and that's me, out on the sidewalk

Did you get a discount for sro on the sidewalk Goob?

nope, without no shirt, I had to pay extra

Sorry Frank --- didn't mean to leave you out of the mention in the photos... he did shoot several in the second set up there too... you may have been gone by then. But ... I mean with that monster camera it was hard to see around it - and with that conservative shirt you were wearing - how could I miss you. Goober tried to sneak in when they raised the doors but since he was barefoot too - it just wasn't happening.

Fun night - good seeing all the Webb Heads !!

E