Tonight I'm going to the Bowery Ballroom to see Buffalo Tom live. I'm pretty excited about it. Despite being from Boston, the guys have been among my favorite bands for many years. I saw them live back in 2002 in Cambridge at TT the Bear, and they played their album Big Red Letter Day, in its entirety and played the songs in the order in which they appeared on the album. TT the Bear is a tiny venue, smaller even than the Bowery Ballroom, so I was about 10 feet from them.

Here's a clip of them on the old syndicated Jon Stewart Show playing "Summer" from their album Sleepy-Eyed:



As for Big Red Letter Day, the upcoming YPR book has an essay about this album. That should whet your appetite a little bit. But probably not.

Labels: Buffalo Tom, live music