JUNE 26th, 1997
BLACK 47
21 & Over @ Safari Nite Club
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I felt that I needed a follow up to SD. So we did this show. It was the biggest money loser I've ever been involved with.That's the chance you take when you're trying to bring music to a town that no one else would bother with. For those of you that don't know who they are, they're a Irish Pub rock band from NYC that has been on the edge of breaking forever. So why do it? Well the Chieftans can sell out 1000+ seaters here and I thought this may bring in a different crowd. I was wrong.
They did play a great set mixing Irish folk with pop and rock. They seem like kinda a bunch of studio musicians that need a hobby between gigs but they pull it together at times. The thing with Irish music is the stories you tell and Black 47 has mastered that. Just too bad no one bothered to show up.
