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Fun Saturday Night

By Ed Brayton

Well this was a fun night all the way around. Went with a couple friends to go see the Verve Pipe in Grand Rapids. Verve Pipe is a local band who became a one-hit wonder in the 90s with the song Freshmen. But they've long been one of my favorites and they have a lot of great material other than that song (which was better in the original acoustic version they put out locally than the one that ended up being a hit).

Brian Vander Ark, the singer and leader of the band, is really a great songwriter. And they have guitarist AJ Dunning back in the group after a few years away. But now they're using an expanded lineup, with a harmonica player and a horn line. They just put out an album of mostly songs for kids, a few of which they did at this show. They weren't bad, though a bit silly.

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on December 20, 2009 (boomark / email).