Happy The Man/Frogg Cafe

[VAXman(Admin)]

The New Jersey Prog House presents:

Happy The Man with special guests Frogg Cafe.

Saturday, November 13th, 2004
Forum Theater
314 Main Street
Metuchen, New Jersey

$30 in advance
$35 at the door

www.NJProgHouse.com

Come on out! I hate having to be the only one here that sees these great shows. (Not really, just looking for drinking buddies)

[Rick and Roll]

I was in on Happy the Man at the Birchmere in VA on 11/11. But they will be at Orion on 11/9, and that works better for me. Trying feverishly to get out of the 11/11.

When I saw them at Orion before it was so good. Like the NJ Proghouse, something to be said about seeing a band ten feet away.

[Rick and Roll]

just got back from Happy the Man at Orion. A sixteen song auralfest on the ears. This was a show they stuck in-between dates. $15 for a 1:50 show. Can't beat it. Played from 8PM till almost ten.

Played most of the new record - I had heard these before when they played about a year ago, but the new stuff is still great. The title track (Muse Awakens) is magnificent. There's a song "Lunch at the Psychedelicatessin" (sure I messed up the spelling blame the Guiness ) that was awesome.

After the show I went to the stage and gawked. Frank Wyatt's set up was really cool, from the laminated set list to the hand-written sheet music to the many instruments. He's just a lot of fun to watch - I think he makes the whole band go. He needed a helper to successfully switch instruments.

They finished wth Service with a Smile and Stumpy, and also hit Crafty Hands hard. From that record, Ibby It Is, Steaming Pipes, Wind Up Doll Day Wind, and especially I Forgot To Push It were so good. Did one off of Death's Crown also....name escapes me. I would have stolen the set list but I grew out of that a few years back

Off to bed.......

The combination of great friends, Orion Studios, and a legendary band is something I will never take for granted.

[VAXman(Admin)]

Sounds like I'm in for a great eve Saturday.

Thanks for the update Rick.

Make sure you tell those HTM guys to get over here to the UK for a few gigs.

Frogg Cafe too for that matter.