Average Joes took a step back into the ’90s, Friday, June 22 with Blind Melon and Eve 6 playing to an enthusiastic crowd.
Blind Melon, are best know for their hit “No Rain showed they are much more then their best known hit. I arrived a little late and missed founding member Chris Thorn playing banjo in between playing groovy riffs and fitting solos on guitar. But I arrived in time to see him break out the mandolin for a song.
Their set was all about jamming, big grooves and guitar solos.
Their lead singer Travis Warren sounded uncannily like heir original singer Shannon Hoon, who passed away from a drug overdose in 1995.
They had a lot of die hard fans in the audience, who were surprised Blind Melon was the opening act, yet they sang along with almost every word including and most prevalently “No Rain” which came near the end of the set.
I wasn’t as familiar with the music as most of the audience were, but I enjoyed the experimentation and jamming, though not so much the eye blinding strobes and lasers shooting into the audience.
Warren also showed he was a pretty talented guitarist as well, plucking an acoustic in between scampering and writhing all over the stage.
Long, mellow jams were the order of the set, though they picked up the pace on “Galaxie,” near the end of the set.
After a break, Eve 6, played an energetic, hit heavy set of late ’90s/ early 2000s pop punk music. Bassist Max Collins, wearing dark sunglasses, ran back and forth across the stage, traded mics with guitarist Jim Siebels.
“Open Road” and “Think Twice” came early in the set.
Collins joked one of their big hits “Here’s to the night,” had become to go to prom song in the 2000s, but he rededicated as a tribute to Eve 6’s 
audiences. They played one of my favourites “Amphetamines” and I had to leave for another gig.
