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Wednesday, November 16, 2011
The Blue Moon
styles of music on the Blue Moon stage, the shows will always have a back bench of grizzled old timers who (in my experience) responded well, once, to a band that sounded kind of like Hendrix.My introduction to the Blue Moon was back when they had free shows... and that's a couple years gone now. Currently, it's usually $5 at the door, which is reasonable, but I do miss having a reliable free venue in town. The bar used to be cash-only back in the free show days, but has evolved to take credit/debit cards, which is an appreciated update for anyone wanting to start a tab at the beginning of their night.
The stage is decent, but the PA can't keep up with a loud band; turning up the vocals usually mean splatty distortion on the house speakers, and the monitor situation is just this side of a disaster. My best experiences with seeing bands at The Blue Moon are instrumental groups... maybe a little kick drum on the PA, but the sound is always better if the house doesn't have to cover vocals. The sound guy's disdain for the bands who play there used to be the main component of the Blue Moon's MySpace blog... but no one uses MySpace anymore.
The Blue Moon on Wordpress
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