Got Live if you want it

Last Wednesday was my first visit to a new venue, Live! On Elgin. It's a nice space, just upstairs from Dunn's, that seems well intended to also work well as a venue for theater productions, standup comedy, film presentations and the like. It's obvious some thought has gone into the arrangement of the seating, and it's well-suited for sit-down shows - the sort of show with moshers and slam-dancers, maybe not so much. My Live! baptism came courtesy of Mississippi Grover, Mere Humans and The Ven Dreddies - starting of with the man whose tonic is sonic.



Percussive action!



Gripping action!



On to The Ven Dreddies, a.k.a. Jim, Tyler and Ike's excuse to rock and goof around at the same time.



Tyler frets!



Ike hits!



More guitar!



Jim sings!



Extra Ike!



Tyler sings!



The whole lot!



The Mere Humans released their debut album on Bandcamp at the beginning of the month (appropriately titled This Is Rock'N'Roll), and promise a vinyl version if enough folks pick up the digital version. Here's Dave rocking out some tunes from said album.



Janice handles the low end.



More guitar!



Grimacing action!



The whole lot!



Dave sings!



Janice sings!



And so on!



Chris hits!



And a better view of the space itself ...



Definitely a show that deserved a wider audience.