Kentucky Headhunters Gallipolis, Ohio 8/5/2006

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> > Hey Y'All,
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> > Well, here I am stuck in Athens, Ohio until I find a General Manager for my
new account. A very nice college town I must say. Last year at this time I was
seeing Panic in Portsmouth. I was hoping to be there this weekend also. Thanks
for letting me listen to Parsons Karen! I enjoyed it. So, I check out the music
scene for a 2 hour radius. I see the Kentucky Headhunters are in a small Ohio
town about 45 minutes away, southeast of here. They were playing a county fair
in Gallipolis. I haven't seen these guys in at least 10 years. I try to talk
Nate into going, he is staying home. I decide to go solo, so I leave work at
about 6:15.
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> > An interesting thing happened around 2:45 this afternoon. I left the stadium
to grab a bite, then purchase an all in one fax/copier/printer/scanner at
Staples. It is so %&%#$% hot, I decide to swing by the hotel and jump in the
pool for a quick break. The hotel, the University Inn, is beautiful. I put on my
swim shorts and jump in. I sit on the lounge chair, ane suddenly, I hear some
beautiful classical flute music. Next to the pool is a gazebo, and in front of
that, about 150 chairs all set in neat rows. People all dressed up are gathering
for .......... a wedding. I was talking to Hubie and was tempted to grab my rig,
and stealth the wedding music through the pool fence. He actually encouraged me
as he loves classical music. I ran footage of our bowling expedition at the
Lucky Strike in Louisville the other night, so.....yea, you guessed it. i run up
to my room, and in 5 minutes I am rolling. Very windy. I set up right next to
the fence above the gazebo. Not the greatest of spots to pick up the sound. The
ceremony was only about 15 minutes, and the heat was baking everyone all dressed
up. After they filed toward a reception line, I grabbed my gear and go out the
back of the pool area and set up 10 feet from the 4 women playing the flutes. I
was not dressed for the occasion so I stayed out of the way. When everyone moved
off to the reception, I spoke to the 4 women playing flute. They are called the
"Shimmering Silver Q-Tet". They work at the Ohio University and I introduced
myself. Super nice. I asked them for their setlist and I got the wedding
program. I saw Erica Schwarztrauber marry Christopher Powers. The Felix
Mendelssohn Wedding March from Midsummer Night's Dream was sweet! I know what
y'all are thinkin', this boy needs some counseling!(You're probably right)
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> > When you are in Athens, and head 45 minutes southeast, it can only mean one
thing, you are headed close to the United States border, as West Virginia is
just across the river! Scary thought getting out in that part of Ohio. When I
hit the town of Cheshire, I drove within 200 yards of some nuclear towers. That
may explain why the people are what they are. I had put on a Budweiser holy
t-shirt, and a bandana around my head. I wanted to feel part of the crowd, only
I probably had about 11 more teeth than the average demolition fan.I get there
just after 7, as that was my goal. I wanted to see the demolition derby! The
admission was only $7.00 and included rides! Such a deal. It was hilarious as 12
cars are put in a muddy track, lined with large dead trees laying all the way
around the circumfrence as a barrier. The stands all the way around were packed
and I stood and watched. Mad Dog 77, Wagon Slayer was tearing up the
competition. I hadn't seen a demolition derby in at least 35 years. It was
hilarious as I found myself cheering for "Mad Dod as he almost rolled a car!
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> > I had to leave as the KHH started at 8:30. They were set up on a large
outdoor stage. The stone/grass lot was filled with locals all lined up in lawn
chairs. I had to find a spot, and a chair. I went into the livestock building
and found a folding metal chair sitting with nobody around at a booth. I grabbed
it and meddled through the crowd. I found a spot I squoze into. The lady next to
me was in a wheelchair and actually moved over 6 inches to accomodate me. I
thanked her. It was 8:25 and I set up. I put up the stand about 2 feet and was
ready to roll.
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> > The promoter made a couple of announcements, including video and recording
policy. They used to allow audio years ago. The KHH came on just after 8:30.
After about 3 songs, the husband of the lady next to me gets up and comes back
in about 2 minutes. A minute later, the promoter taps me on the shoulder and
asks me to take it down. He watched as I hit the light button and the lights
went off. It was in stealth mode! He also watched me take the makes down off the
stand and left. I layed them on my bag which was on the ground. The sound could
not have been that great down there. I could not hand hold them as I had a
snitch next to me. I did recognize several tunes from their past repatoire. They
have sold 6 million albums/cds over the years. Greg Martin had some great guitar
leads. Martin and Anthony Kenney, along with their cousins drummer Fred Young
and brother Richard, began playing together eons ago. They played a nice little
medley that started out with Norman Greenbaum's Spirit in the
Sky>Crossroads>Jam>Spirit in the Sky that segued into their biggest hit Dumas
Walker. Fred played a long drum solo in which for part of it, he put down his
sticks and used his hands and feet only. The second song of the encore was a
good cover of the Stones Honky Tonk Woman. Doesn't every band know this one? The
Louisiana Coco and Dumas Walker were inevibitly going to be played. I must say
they put on quite a show.
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> > After they stopped playing, you could hear the roar coming from the
Demolition Derby. It was still going on 3 hours later, the finals. I raced over
and snuck into the area where the wristbands only folks were. A car caught on
fire and about 10 fire fighters were on it like white on rice in a matter of
seconds. The announcer was calling the play by play as all cars were stopped.
The fuel pump kept doing it's job as the fire re-emerged a couple of times. A
cloud of white engulfed the fairgrounds from the extinguisher's spray. The crowd
was going nuts! They had some of the usually country fair food. Very good pizza
and strombolis, a nice surprise. The kettle corn was also very tasty. The
sausage and onions looked very good as well, but it was time to go and finally,
I headed back to my Jeep.
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> > I was talking to Nate as he was giving me the WSP setlist from Portsmouth. I
made a wrong turn and was heading over the river into, WEST VIRGINIA. Oh no! It
took me about 30 minutes to find my way back into the United States. I was never
so happy. Sorry Kate about the WV remarks. I do have some friendes from WV and
they know what I mean. All I can say is, rent the movie "Wrong Road" and you
will get a feel for my comments. I listened to my recording. The first 15:33
sounds so pristine, but after that, only fair. Oh well. For the first time in
eons, I attended a show where I did not no a single soul. That in itself was
different.
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> > Here is how it went down:
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> > Kentucky Head Hunters
> > Junior Gallia County Fair
> > Gallipolis, Ohio
> > 8/5/2006
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> > 8:31
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> > INTRO MUSIC 1:30
> > LITTLE GIRL OF MINE > 3:58
> > SHE'S MY KENTUCKY WOMAN 3:45
> > GOIN BACK TO MEMPHIS 5:12
> > RAG TOP AUTOMOBILE 3:08
> > ONLY HEART OF MINE 4:00
> > ROCK ME BABY > 5:30
> > FARMER'S DAUGHTER 5:12
> > ARE YOU LONELY, LIKE ME > 4:45
> > MY DADDY WAS A MILKMAN (With Old Kentucky Home ending) > 4:40
> > LONESOME DAY > 3:20
> > DRUM SOLO 13:00
> > JESSICO 4:55
> > ? > 3:13
> > SPIRIT IN THE SKY > 2:40
> > CROSSROADS > 1:40
> > JAM > 2:40
> > SPIRIT IN THE SKY > 3:15
> > DUMAS WALKER 3:26
> > LOUISIANA COCO 4:10
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> > 9:56
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> > 9:58
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> > COUNTRY LIFE 6:23
> > *HONKY TONK WOMAN 4:40
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> > 10:07
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> > *With Paul ? on guitar
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