What a weekend!!! Jenny Crank invaded the great city of PHILADELPHIAAA this past Friday and Saturday. Friday night we were at the most awesome venue there is: a scummy basement with a ceiling so low you could hardly stand up. It doesn't get more rock and roll than that. Needless to say, in that kind of atmosphere, we were in rare form and ready to ROCK!!! And that is just what we did. We started up around midnight with Ready to Go/I've Seen the Way. That was as much as we planned for the entire evening, though. We decided to take a new approach and plan the setlist as it happened; one song at a time. Interestingly enough, it was probably the best setlist we've ever put together. Too bad none of us remember it exactly. I'm pretty sure we played all our originals except for Never Be Together and Give Your Love Away (all to great audience reception). As far as covers go, we did some Hendrix, some Zep, Chili Peppers, and even some Green Day and Weezer. Around 1:30ish, we wrapped things up and handed the reigns over to Scott, Sean and Will, who kept the crowd entertained with some great punk cover songs. After they finished up, we were about to do an encore of Highway to Hell, By the Way, and possibly even an old original song called Shove It. Unfortunately, 5 cop cars showed up. Apparently, some people don't think 3am is a great time to play rock and roll at high volumes. We disagree. As a matter of fact, Mike didn't even know the cops were there. One of the best scenes of the evening: Mike drinking a beer says "What cops? There's no cops here!" Police officer comes out of nowhere and knocks Mike's beer out of his hand with a nightstick. Needless to say, we didn't get to play our encore. Even still, it was the best show we've ever played. Great time, AWESOME crowd!!!!!!!!! Thanks to Sean and whoever else lives at that house for making it happen!!
So that was Friday night; actually Saturday morning if you want to get down to it. Fast forward about 7 hours and we were at our next gig. Slightly hungover? Possibly, but still ready to go for Philly Homebrew Club's Simply Succulent Swine Festival. Luckily we didn't go on until 3, so we had some time to chill out and enjoy some of the awesome homebrews beforehand. There was even a pumpkin beer in an actual pumpkin with a tap!!!!! AWESOME!!!! Of course, there was a hog roast too, which was excellent. The beerfest was definitely a different kind of crowd from the night before, though, so we adjusted the setlist accordingly. We actually planned it out this time. We focused mainly on classic rock covers and avoided some of our more intense originals like 206. Not that the people there wouldn't have enjoyed them, but we didn't want to make anyone get too rowdy and get kicked out. After all, people had to pay $25 to get in. We opened up with Rock and Roll by Zeppelin followed by our original All The Things You Do. We also did some Hendrix, AC/DC, and The Who. While, it may not have been as wild and insane as the night before, it was still a really solid set and everyone in attendance had a great time. Thanks to the Philly Homebrew Club for having us; any future events, feel free to contact us!!
