The state for lovers welcomes the dirtiest mind in Texas
For a good while now, one of my coworkers, Steve, has told me how he loves Austin, Texas based singer-songwriter Bob Schneider and that I should come to a show with him sometime. Though he came to Houston several times while I was there, it was always out of the way and difficult for me to get there, so I couldn’t make it happen. Besides, I was much more looking forward to getting to see Bob with Steve. Strangely, in my several years of living in Arlington and attending as many shows as I do, Bob Schneider would also be my first time at the State Theater in Falls Church, a mostly seated venue with a capacity of a few hundred.
I ended up enjoying the show a lot, as despite not knowing many of the songs that well, Bob is a great performer who really engages his audience, inserting lots of humor into both his songs and his crowd banter. His backing band of a 4 is often also in on his jokes. Bob cycled through a number of his supposedly more famous songs and mixed in a few that Steve was surprised to get to hear. His mix of pop, rock, a little bit of blues and world music worked well with the crowd, of which it was clear that most were already big fans. I would definitely be happy to check out another Bob show sometime soon, especially if I could see him down in Texas if I get down there again.
Setlist:
The Way Life Is Supposed To Be
Til Somebody Catches A Feeling
Please Ask For Help
Trash
Blue Mountain
Cheaper
The Californian
Bullets
Let The Light In
Big Blue Sea
Bombanaza
I Got Some Pants On
Penelope Cruz
Running From The Rain
Ollies's Musical Garage
Round And Round
King Of The World
Hard Rock Artist Menu
40 Dogs (Like Romeo and Juliet)
Ready, Let's Roll
Tarantula
Slower Dear
Captain Kirk
2002
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