The best live act that I have seen so far is, without a doubt, Fair to Midland. We have gone to the same bar to seem them perform two times in the last year and are looking forward to seeing them again in the coming months. The energy of their live show goes unrivaled. The whole club was thumping.
Here are a couple of pictures that I took from near the front of the crowd. This performance was only a couple of days after
Anchors & Arrows was officially released so it seemed like the whole band was full of energy and excitement. I have long been a huge fan of their CDs so seeing them live was a great moment.
I have seen a number of great bands perform (Seether, Staind, Stone Sour, Nonpoint, Papa Roach, Skillet, The Doobie Brothers, and Disturbed, to name a few). While I have yet to see a bad show, nobody has even come close to comparing to Fair to Midland. They have an incredible catalog of tracks and they executed them perfectly. If you ever get a chance to see these fellas put on a show, don't pass it up. They have also consistently had terrific opening acts (Scale the Summit stands out a great deal) so the entire evening is sure to be a blast.
Perhaps the best part of the night was getting to hang out in the loading area after most of the people left. We stood around with the band members, sharing stories and drinking some cold beers. For those of you that are familiar with Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job, you may remember a segment about business hugs. There is one hug in particular that my friends and I often pull out of the arsenal called
The Give and Take. Toward the end of the night, the lead singer of FtM joined us in a business hug. That was one heck of a memory!
They were all very cool and talented young men. They were also very humbled by our compliments. It would be hard to tell just from talking to them that they're in such a great band. Their talent never seemed to get to their head.
If anyone here is in the Cedar Falls/Waterloo area of Iowa (or willing to make a trip), they're scheduled to make another stop at The Wheelhouse on December 12th! It's a Monday night but it is definitely worth going to!