December Radio
Concert Review
Cup ‘O Joy Concert Venue
Saturday, July 25, 2010
Green Bay, WI
A long, meandering line of concert goers stretched across the Cup parking lot as DecembeRadio fans patiently waited on a hot and humid July night for the sound check to complete. The doors flew open at 6:30 pm to a capacity crowd revving up for an evening of high energy southern rock.
DecembeRadio is a Grammy and Dove award winning rocker from the deep the south. From their first LP, they hit the ground running and never locked back adding hit after hit. Surpassing their string of hits is their live performance - this band is pure energy. The minute they step on stage lead singer and bassist Josh Reedy taps the NOS and this band flies taking all in the audience with them. If you’re not pumped after a DecembeRadio concert you’re not among the living.
With few breaks between songs and most songs blending together the pace was fast and furious. The set list hit hard from the onset with “Believer” blending into the crowd favorite “Love Found Me”, which cut into a short cover of “Wayward Son” by Kansas.
The melodic “Find You Waiting” broke into the classic “Saving Grace’ with the audience providing vocals, then into an extended lead guitar jam reminiscent of the early '70s Allman Brothers’ Duane Allman and Dickey Betts. With lead guitarist Brian Bunn switching to banjo, “Drifter” provided a heart felt moment. “Give Me Wings” introduced a new tune in a country vain. Though out the set, band members were introduced, each performing unique solos adding to the night’s performance, including Hammond organ, awesome bass slapping, soaring guitar solos by both the lead and rhythm guitarists, and the popping fireworks of an awesome drum solo.
By the end of their set, the audience was too charged to let the band go for the evening. With the entire audience on its feet, collectively stomping amid high volume chants for more, DecembeRadio returned for “Mighty to Save”. Again the audience was not to be denied. With a few young members of the audience asked to join the band on cow bell and tambourine, the rocker “Satisfy Me” gave the audience something to recall long after the night’s excitement subsided.
This hard driving rock group is indeed a crowd favorite, leaving an audience reeling and rocking. DecembeRadio is the quintessential southern rock group with hot rocks, moving ballads, a little blues, a lot rock, and southern hospitality mixed in a molotov cocktail of a live performance. The audience was lucky to have an internationally acclaimed band provide an up close and personal performance the likes of which can only be had at Green Bay’s Cup ‘O Joy.
http://www.decemberadio.com/
Concert Review
Cup ‘O Joy Concert Venue
Saturday, July 25, 2010
Green Bay, WI
A long, meandering line of concert goers stretched across the Cup parking lot as DecembeRadio fans patiently waited on a hot and humid July night for the sound check to complete. The doors flew open at 6:30 pm to a capacity crowd revving up for an evening of high energy southern rock.
DecembeRadio is a Grammy and Dove award winning rocker from the deep the south. From their first LP, they hit the ground running and never locked back adding hit after hit. Surpassing their string of hits is their live performance - this band is pure energy. The minute they step on stage lead singer and bassist Josh Reedy taps the NOS and this band flies taking all in the audience with them. If you’re not pumped after a DecembeRadio concert you’re not among the living.
With few breaks between songs and most songs blending together the pace was fast and furious. The set list hit hard from the onset with “Believer” blending into the crowd favorite “Love Found Me”, which cut into a short cover of “Wayward Son” by Kansas.
The melodic “Find You Waiting” broke into the classic “Saving Grace’ with the audience providing vocals, then into an extended lead guitar jam reminiscent of the early '70s Allman Brothers’ Duane Allman and Dickey Betts. With lead guitarist Brian Bunn switching to banjo, “Drifter” provided a heart felt moment. “Give Me Wings” introduced a new tune in a country vain. Though out the set, band members were introduced, each performing unique solos adding to the night’s performance, including Hammond organ, awesome bass slapping, soaring guitar solos by both the lead and rhythm guitarists, and the popping fireworks of an awesome drum solo.
By the end of their set, the audience was too charged to let the band go for the evening. With the entire audience on its feet, collectively stomping amid high volume chants for more, DecembeRadio returned for “Mighty to Save”. Again the audience was not to be denied. With a few young members of the audience asked to join the band on cow bell and tambourine, the rocker “Satisfy Me” gave the audience something to recall long after the night’s excitement subsided.
This hard driving rock group is indeed a crowd favorite, leaving an audience reeling and rocking. DecembeRadio is the quintessential southern rock group with hot rocks, moving ballads, a little blues, a lot rock, and southern hospitality mixed in a molotov cocktail of a live performance. The audience was lucky to have an internationally acclaimed band provide an up close and personal performance the likes of which can only be had at Green Bay’s Cup ‘O Joy.
http://www.decemberadio.com/
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