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      CommentAuthorhoppedup
    • CommentTimeJan 4th 2012
     
    Saw 19 Yarn shows at 17 venues in 15 cities in 2 states with 3206 miles on the odometer, starting February 17th and finishing December 31st.

    Favorite show: 2011-04-16 House Concert - loved this acoustic set
    Least favorite:2011-02-17 Boone Saloon - chatty frat douches, short set
    Favorite guest:2011-06-26 Rooster's Wife - Nolan Murray "The Fiddlin' Fury" from Tiller's Folly
    Drunkest show:2011-06-24 The Place - I taped it so I must have been there
    Soberest show:2011-12-30 Clementine - First water-only Yarn night. Definitely more fun than the drunkest show
    Favorite recording (mine): 2011-04-16 House concert
    Favorite recording (other):2011-11-17 Red Square by RC
    Most likely Partner in Crime: Brouche (at all 19 shows), honorable mention to badlab (at 10 shows I attended)

    Overall, I saw 139 unique shows. 155 unique bands. 61 venues. 30 cities, 5 states, $557 in cover. 8447 miles on the odometer. Will probably be scaling back a bit in 2012.

    Had a great time seeing the best damn band in the land and meeting several folks from here on 5G. Hope to meet many more this year.
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      CommentAuthorbadlab
    • CommentTimeJan 4th 2012
     
    Good Gracious... that is simply amazing.... I enjoyed hanging with you and Brouche and the other 5gers this year... I will have to do a similar year in review when I have a few minutes.
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    My stats aren't anywhere close, but I'm SO glad you were able to tape all those shows for us, hopped! I think I finished out at 7 or 8 for the year, with the Yarn Ball as my first road trip! :)
    • CommentAuthorBrouche
    • CommentTimeJan 4th 2012
     
    Hopped, I think you mean 3 different states: NC, VA, WV. Never kept up with it but I think the Mrs. might be around 10 shows for the year.
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      CommentAuthorhoppedup
    • CommentTimeJan 4th 2012
     
    WV is actually another country
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    Awesome stats hopped. You beat me by two shows!

    I got to 17 and I think they were all in NY and CT. I also got to Ryan Adams at Carnegie and Train at Tanglewood (took my son.....cripes) I think that's all the music I attended in 2011.
    • CommentAuthorearlbny
    • CommentTimeJan 5th 2012
     
    My year in review. I saw every single NYC Yarn show. Don't know how many that was. I bet it was not even close to 19. However I have 60 Yarn albums on my Ipod.
    • CommentAuthorsuemck2
    • CommentTimeJan 5th 2012
     
    Y'all are making me homesick! I caught 'em at FloydFest and at the BBQ joint in NYC in August, then in Charlotte for the Yarn Ball - not bad for someone living on the other side of the Pond I guess. If it wasn't for you wonderful tapers I'd really be hating life so I'll say it one more time. THANK YOU one and all ;) Wonder if they'll be at FloydFest this year cos I'm hoping to be there. I'll be in NC for MerleFest again this year so maybe if I'm lucky Yarn'll be in the area in April
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    (((Sue)))!

    I continue to be amazed at how good these cats are and how good Blake's songs are. During the spring of '09 I was SO into this new band that I feared putting them on my ipod 'cause I was afraid that I'd get sick of them for listening too much. Well going on three years later and there's no sign of that!

    Last night I pulled out the DVD of 4/3/09 Manchester and watched my first show again while drinking.......epic stuff. I remember so vividly that at about 4 songs in they did a Music's Only Outlaw and that was the one that really hooked me. Holy shit Andrew smoked that one. It was fun to look back and to consider ALL the songs that Blake hadn't even crafted yet.
    • CommentAuthorearlbny
    • CommentTimeJan 5th 2012
     
    I love discovering new music so when a friend of mine told me to check out this band from Brooklyn I did just that. I was not that impressed the 1st go around. Where’s the electric guitar, Organ, Piano and so on? At the time my friend moved from NM to NYC. Looking for things to do in NYC she discovered this band at a free concert in Brooklyn. She bought me a copy of the 1st Yarn album. I gave it a few spins. I even put it on my iPod. I never listened to the album that much. I did not get it just yet. Plus I am a live music junkie. I then saw them in concert for the 1st time at Hill Country BBQ in NYC. When they had a residency and played there once a week. That was also before Rod was an official member of the band. At that time I did not know all the names of the Yarn songs. I only knew the cover songs they played that night. I liked what I heard but was not completely hooked. Not like I am now. That all changed when I DL my 1st show. I analyzed it note for note word for word. It just clicked and from that moment on they were all I listened to. Still till this day 9 times out of 10 I am listening to Yarn. Over the years I enjoyed listening/watching this band morph and change in front of my eyes. When I saw my 1st show it did not have many epic jams. I think the 1st time I heard them play Don’t Break My heart Again in concert it clocked in at about 5 minutes. Now it can go on forever. The 1st time I heard Abilene goes past 5 minutes was in the supermarket. My jaw hit the floor and I just froze. Then I started to dance in the aisle while people laughed at me and gave me dirty looks. Once the song came to an end I hit play and listened to it again. I did not know that was coming. That was the 1st time I had my face melted off in a supermarket. LOL Like a fine wine these cats seem to get better with age.
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    Sue, your "miles traveled" blows us all out of the water!

    Yarn is pretty infectious isn't it?! I dug them the first time, but it was the second show, two months later, that got me hooked! Ate up all the albums, joined the Yarmy, found my enablers here as 5Gs, and I've not been the same since :)
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      CommentAuthorbadlab
    • CommentTimeJan 5th 2012 edited
     
    My Year in Review....

    I saw 13 Yarn shows in 2011, all in the great state of NC and logged 2,138 miles while doing so. So I guess my goal for 2012 is to see a show in another state this year... maybe that CD Release in March? I Saw my first two shows in 2010 and was hooked. Glad my wife, my neighbor Rick and buddy Chewy were able to make many shows with me as well. Met Barry and Dale at The Evening Muse show in March and so glad I did. Couldn't have met a nicer bunch of guys who love music and beer. Glad to have met up with them outside of Yarn events as well. Saw a few other bands this year, highlights were Big Daddy Love and Chris Robinson Brotherhood. The common thread is that I saw them all play Grateful Dead songs! Gotta love the Grateful Dead.

    Favorite Show: 2011-06-24 Yarn Plays on my deck. Nice acoustic set, Jay Frederick with the band, the start of a long night of 3 Yarn shows.
    Favorite Show Not at My House: 2011-07-15 Pour House 3 Sets w/ a Dead Set, Very Intense show. "We got Weird"
    Drunkest Show: 2011-08-18 Chapel Hill and it wasn't even close. Rum, IPA's, Moonshine, Knob Creek, "I got Weird", Thanks for driving chewy.
    Soberest Show: 2011-06-25 Double Door Inn after the night before at my house and Morganton, I offered to drive home.
    Favorite Recording by hopped: 2011-04-16 Should have went, THanks for streaming, this never leaves the iPod.
    Favorite Recording not by hopped: 2011-02-19 (BGreen Outer) Banks Brewing Station great song selection, awesome sound.
    Most Surprising show: 2011-04-26 Backstreet's Pub Didn't know what to expect without Andrew. Wow! The rest of the band kicked it into top gear and tore that place up. Each person in this band is an amazing talent.

    Song of the Year: The Dirt Road. Love the slow versions that were played in the summer, but this song is amazing and played the most in my car and while running this year.

    Website I much check daily: 5guitars, love this site and the conversation about this great band. Nice meeting some members this year and look forward to meeting more this year.
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    I had to laugh when I saw your note about the Chapel Hill show, badlab! Being somewhat more sober than you, I do remember something to that effect! ;)

    Nice to read everyone's recaps of the year; looking forward to more Yarn in 2012!
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      CommentAuthorbadlab
    • CommentTimeJan 5th 2012
     
    Yeah, how many times did I call you the wrong name? I remember that!
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    Oh just a couple! ;)

    And [not to be ratting you out, but...] there was that little incident with the stage and Bobby's drums! But I'm sure that was my fault for crowding you!!!
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      CommentAuthorbadlab
    • CommentTimeJan 5th 2012
     
    No I am aware of my little fall, ha. They told my neighor about it the next night in Tennessee.
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      CommentAuthorhoppedup
    • CommentTimeJan 5th 2012
     
    Best Fall of 2011: badlab's neighbor at Pour House 2011-07-15 - like a boxer KO'd on the canvas
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      CommentAuthorbadlab
    • CommentTimeJan 5th 2012
     
    On the way down Rickmtold me he was going to drink until he couldn't drink anymore. He accomplished his goal. The funniest thing was folding his legs up so he could fit in the cab in the same position he was on the floor.
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    KIds. Can't even drink without having a good time.
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    Too funny! He must have felt like absolute dog crap the next day!
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      CommentAuthorhoppedup
    • CommentTimeJan 6th 2012
     
    Badlab, when we dropped you off at your hotel, I think you walked away from the hotel. And I thought you walked Rick back to the hotel. It's like three or four blocks. A cab? Really? Cabbie probably went around the belt line a couple of times if Rick was passed out.
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      CommentAuthorbadlab
    • CommentTimeJan 6th 2012
     
    I took him back to hotel and then ran back to the pour house just in time for along the way. I probably did walk the wrong way after the show but I made it there. I did appreciate the ride though.
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      CommentAuthorhoppedup
    • CommentTimeJan 6th 2012
     
    Laid low this week. First show of 2012 (if you don't count Yarn after midnight NYE) is tonight. Cowpunk pioneers Jason & The Scorchers will be tearing up the Garage in Winston-Salem. I will be there to witness. No documentation tonight. Well, maybe not. May dust off the old stealth rig that hasn't been used since May '10.
    • CommentAuthorRicky B.
    • CommentTimeJan 6th 2012
     
    Ricky B.'s top three gigs of 2011-

    Hiro Ballroom 10-22-2011
    Blairstown Theather 6-11-2011
    last set at Floyd Fest on the hill holler stage-7-31-2011
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    Looking forward to your top three of 2012 Rick!
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    Hey, Ricky B! Happy New Year!

    I have to file those three under "shows I wish I was at" :) Particularly FloydFest - that whole weekend sounded awesome!

    I hear 2012 is going to be your year - looking forward to it!!!
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    2011 year in review from taperjeff

    Interesting fact: 2010 ten shows, 2011 eleven shows. Coincidence? and Rod played the Roswell Rhodes Guitar at a show I attended. mmm.......

    Overall 22 shows, 21 unique bands, 14 venues, 7 states, 5060.2 miles
    Yarn 11 shows, 7 venues, 5 states (VA, DE, MD, DC, WV), 1,814 miles.

    Favorite shows:
    9/23/11 Yarn with Dangermuffin at the Southern. Robby Carden of Funk Punch, Bailey Horsley of James Justin and Company, and Mike Sivilli of Dangermuffin played with Yarn
    2/26/11 Deer Park Tavern Johnny Cash covers night.

    Favorite collaboration: Bailey Horsley played banjo during I Wanted to Get High 9/23/11

    Favorite recordings of mine:
    3/2/11 Ashland Coffee and Tea House
    2/25/11 The Otterhouse (Worth checking out if you haven't heard it. Got uploaded with many shows during a busy tour and overlooked).
    3/12/11 The NightCat
    10/21/11 The NightCat
    8/16/11 Hill Country BBQ
    8/30/11 Hill Country BBQ

    Favorite recordings of others not mentioned in other posts:
    8/30/11 Hill Country BBQ by VMULE a beautiful matrix.
    9/24/11 French Creek SBD
    12/30/11 Clementines by hoppedup
    12/17/11 yarn ball by hoppedup

    Greatest crowd participation:
    woman yells "yeehaw" during Empty Pockets at 3/12/11 NightCat. Actually fits well with song.

    Funniest moment:
    10/21/11 NightCat During "When the Summer Ends," Ricky B does funny gestures along with song like flexing muscles and making some faces behind Blake. The crowd laughs. After the song, Blake thanks crowd for getting song and laughing at the right parts. Members of crowd inform Blake that they were actually laughing at Ricky B. LOL.

    Most daring moment:
    Trying to carry a hot bowl of chili through the NYE crowd at the Purple Fiddle. Luckily no one was hurt

    New Year's resolution:
    finally get the matrix creation down (between a sbd and audience). My New years attempt is perfect in some parts and off in others (did not post).

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