Monday shows can be hit or miss. Econoline Crush’s Oct. 1 show was a little of both. While Average Joes wasn’t packed by any means, the enthusiasm in the air on both the part of the band and the audience more than made up for lack of numbers.
Econoline Crush’s bespectacled lead singer T
revor Hurst couldn’t have been happier. He grinned ear to ear throughout the set.
“I can’t believe this is a Monday night. Don’t you people have jobs,” he exclaimed as he stuck his tongue out at the crowd and leaped about the stage. The trimmed down band dug in through a set of solid, upbeat ’90s/ ’00s hits full of big riffs and gro
ove.
One of their best known hits ,“ Sparkle and Shine,” was near the beginning of an energetic set. Hurst thanked the crowd for coming out on a Monday and told them the song was about Blind Melon lead singer Shannon Hoon, who passed away from a drug overdose in 1995. There were a lot of hits in the set and the audience shouted the lyrics with many of them. Hurst still has an impressive voice and the band,as expected, was tight.
They wound things down with their big hit “You Don’t Know What It’s Like.”
The opening act, the Jesse Roads Band were impressive. The trio, who have southern Albertan roots, had an appealing classic rock sound combining elements of Neil Young and Crazy Horse and ZZ Top. So there were plenty of big, dirty riffs and some excellent vocal harmonies. The bassist sat back grooving and grinning, and the drummer, who’s kit was at the front of the stage, stood up for extra percussion while singing extra vocal harmonies.
They played several originals and an excellent, amped up cover of Pink Floyd’s “Another Brick in The Wall Part 2”
