Couldn't get a damn beer at My Morning Jacket
Trampled by Turtles, Band of Horses and My Morning Jacket each offered up a somewhat unusual mix of songs last Friday night at Somerset Amphitheater. Most of the quibbling over the show, though, will be over that just plain idiotic beer-line debacle. I heard solid reports of hourlong waits for a beer (including the wait also required at the damn food/drink ticket line). Considering that concert venues make most of their money off beer sales -- and Somerset Amphitheater certainly could use a cash injection after SoundTown's cancellation last month-- the problem will no doubt be remedied next time. Beyond that, I'll take a long beer line at a scenic outdoor venue over an instantaneous Budweiser at Roy Wilkins Auditorium any time of the year, and I side with Current jockey Jill Riley's candid assessment of the matter: "This should not go down as the night you couldn't get a beer. It should go down as the night you saw My Fucking Morning Jacket!" Obviously, the Current won't be rebroadcasting the show like it did MMJ's last time in the area (Rock the Garden 2011).
CHRIS RIEMENSCHNEIDER