October 28 2006: Gandalf Murphy and the Slambovian Circus of Dreams – Center for the Arts, Northampton MA

Adam talks this band up like they’re fucking Jesus on stage. So I figured I’d give them a whirl, even at $15 a ticket. And thank goodness I’m a student, because the full-price ticket was $25.

And it was fun. It was a big Halloween party show and everyone was dressed up. The band played two sets, very competently, but it really wasn’t my style nor scene. I mean, the band played well, but it seemed like a lot of gimmick and a singer who talks too much (and a folk-crowd audience who absolutely LOVE it when the singer talks too much) and a good lead guitar player who’s been listening to Dave Gilmore solo records a little too often.

So yeah. I won’t be paying good money to see Gandalf Murphy again, but it was fun for what it was.