Cracker live | Rockpalast | 2008

Cracker live | Rockpalast | 2008 | Setlist
01. Teen Angst (What The World Needs Now) 00:00:00
02. 100 Flower Power Maximum 00:04:13
03. The World Is Mine 00:06:57
04. Turn On Tune In Drop Out With Me 00:10:47
05. Sunrise 00:14:59
06. Show Me How This Thing Works 00:18:31
07. Eurotrash Girl 00:21:27
08. Interview 00:29:56
09. Mr. Wrong 00:32:06
10. Waiting For You Girl 00:36:41
11. Big Dipper 00:40:53
12. One Fine Day 00:46:39
13. Interview 00:53:33
14. Gimme One More Chance 00:55:22
15. The Riverside 00:59:42
16. Low 01:03:59
17. Interview 01:08:28
18. Seven Days 01:09:41
19. Another Song About The Rain 01:14:18
20. St. Cajetan 01:22:24

Besetzung:
David Lowery - vocals, guitar
Johnny Hickman - lead guitar, vocals
Sal Maida - bass
Frank Funaro - drums

Die Aufzeichnung des Konzerts fand am 23.10.2008 beim Crossroads Festival in Bonn statt.

Man könnte Cracker als zwar originelle, jedoch vergleichsweise traditionell rockende Band abtun. Was ihrer Musik und ihrer Haltung nicht gerecht würde. Sänger und Gitarrist David Lowery, der mit Johnny Hickman seit 1990 den Kern Crackers bildet und zuvor der amerikanischen Indie-Legende Camper Van Beethoven vorstand, versteht sich auf Songs, die zwischen Roots-Rock, Alternative und Country munter hin- und herpendeln und allen Versuchen, sie musikalisch zu kategorisieren, munter auf der Nase herumtanzen.

In oft satirischer Überhöhung betrachtet er die Welt abgeklärt, jedoch nie zynisch. Trotz seiner musikalischen Reife versteht es das Quintett aus Virginia mit einer unverhohlenen "uns kann keiner!"-Einstellung, sich weder musikalischen Moden, noch wohlfeiler Anbiederung an das Mainstream-Publikum hinzugeben.
Hier rocken lebenserfahrene Gentlemen fernab von jeglichem Befindlichkeits-Pathos. Ein Klassiker der Moderne, wenn man so will. Und live ein wuchtiges, stets unterhaltsames Statement wider die Gleichförmigkeit und Gleichgültigkeit Amerikas.

Mehr zu Crossroads 2008:

[Thorney]

This has been one of my top 3 Favorite Bands since I was 13 years old. The older I get, the more I understand what they were talking about and it makes me appreciate it even more. I miss the 90’s and the great music. Every decade is really a feeling that can only be understood if you were there for it. Luckily I was in my teens in the 90’s so I have a lot to be thankful for.

[richarddavis]

Always a fantastic band. Dave and Johnny are simply brilliant

[voiceguy]

These guys filled my car speakers with all of these songs for many a drive.Thank you for the fantastic music.

[OaktownBman]

"I'm sitting on the Cafe Xenio steps." - Big Dipper. 
Cafe Xenio was this amazing courtyard cafe in Santa Cruz, CA behind the old Bookshop Santa Cruz. It was destroyed in the Loma Prieta earthquake in 1989. It is were college students got "coffees of shame" with whoever they slept with the night before. It was a magic space and moment. In the quake, a girl we all loved was killed next door while roasting coffee on that fateful day. A brick wall fell on her. This song is sentimental about a very real scene that once existed.

[Sprogster]

Amazing - I've watched dozens of Cracker gigs but never noticed how absolutely on point Johnny's backing vocals are on every song. Crazy skills.

[dougsmith]

Johnny Hickman is so great
His little fills and fingerpicking etc during Eurotrash Girl are as epic and integral to the composition as David's fantastic lyrics

[rickypalmer]

Such an underrated band. My favorite by far from the 90s.

[chrisk]

this stuff actually gets better with age

[RobCummings]

Tight outfit! In case the European kids were wondering what a first-rate American band sounds like: This is it.

[ShootByDaylight]

Great stuff. This should have a lot more views!

[chrisk]

100 flower is so awesome on so many levels

[Kahona]

Great band that i only recently discovered. Another great 90s one to add to my list :-)

[goratgo]

Great that they're still Crackin' and a treat that this has no ads! Perfect cranked on my Logitech speakers

[jlarquero]

Nothing can go wrong when you have Tony Stark at the guitar... Now seriously, that guys are awesome. I was lucky to see them live recently, and their shows are first class

[VintageGuitarOldenburg]

Unglaublich, dass eine so geile Band anscheinend keiner kennt... die punkigen Songs sind zwar nicht so mein Geschmack, aber die ruhigen Nummern sind gradios: 21:30 "Eurotrash Girl" oder 40:45 "Big Dipper"...oder 46:40 "One Fine Day", das hätte Tom Petty auch nicht besser hinbekommen...und:bei 1:14:04 "Annother Song about the Rain", was für ein geiler Song! Dieser Rockpalst Mitschnitt ist übrigens das Beste, was es sound- und Video-mäßig von Craker gibt, vielen Dank an die Rockpalast Crew von ihrem anscheinend einzigen Fan in Deutschland!

[timmckay]

I love that they have range, but I gotta admit when they pull out a more rock-oriented show they play with fire. Practically EVERY live version is better than the studio version, which goes without saying isn't easy.

[davidcheca]

They look younger than before . Bravo Cracker.

[sneezedoc]

Hey Dr. Lowry, still luvin' you. Dr. Bailey Oh yes, I'm a Crackerhead fo' sho'.

[abrahamvargas]

Que recuerdos con Sta b anda me teletransporta a mi juventud

[voiceguy]

For some reason I got the thought that Johnny Hickman could have played lead guitar with Arthur Lee's Glastonbury Love concert--he and Lee's guitarist, at the time, are superb.