By: Sean Sauder
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Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers
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Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers put on more than just a rock show – they stage a celebration. A celebration of music, life, and friends. A celebration of Mexico and of the "dusty Mexican border lands" where they are from (Arizona). You could also say it's a celebration of beer and tequila. Lots of beer and tequila.
Thursday night at The Fine Line was no exception. The Peacemakers put on an emotional, high energy show, and gave die-hard fans their money's worth with a 22 song set and 4 song encore.
"Beautiful Disaster" got things off to a good start, and the show just got better from there, with a mix of songs from The Peacemakers three studio albums, and of course plenty of songs from lead vocalist/guitarist Roger Clyne and drummer P.H. Naffah's former band, The Refreshments. Roger let the audience take over lead vocals for "Mexico," always a crowd favorite.
well, the good guys and the bad guys,
they never work past noon around here
sit side by side in the cantinas
talk to senoritas and drink more beer.
An unexpected highlight for me was "Broken Record" - a Refreshments song that I had never heard the band play live (and I need all my fingers and toes, and someone else's fingers and toes to count how many times I've seen them). Other highlights included the closest thing The Refreshments ever had to a hit, "Banditos" ("everybody knows that the world is full of stupid people..."), as well as "Counterclockwise," "Switchblade," "Tell Yer Momma," "Honkey Tonk Union," "¡Americano!" and "Jack vs. Jose," a tale of the chaos that ensued one night when the band stopped into a bar in Memphis and ordered tequila, much to the chagrin of the southern boys in the bar who were drinking whiskey.
No Peacemakers show is complete without, "Mekong," the story of buying the stranger next to you at the bar ("what's his name - my new best friend") a drink – “HERE'S TO LIFE!”
As usual, Clyne thanked the fans, from the first-timers to the people who have been there from the beginning, and he made a special point to mention the great times at The 400 Bar, where they played their first shows in Minneapolis. The band draws too many people to play there anymore, but for those of us who were there, the 400 Bar shows hold a lot of great memories.
After finishing with "Nada," the band (which also includes the talented Steve Larson on guitar and bassist Nick Scropos) thanked the crowd and spent time after the show talking with fans. They are truly some of the most down to earth musicians you'll ever meet and are appreciative of the people that come to see them.
Set List:
Beautiful Disaster
Counterclockwise
Bury My Heart At The Trailer Park
Mexico
Leaky Little Boat
Love, Come Lighten My Load
Mexican Moonshine
Banditos
I Don't Need Another Thrill
Smaller and Better Things
Broken Record
Better Beautiful Than Perfect
Switchblade
Tell Yer Momma
European Swallow
Jack vs. Jose
King Of The Hill
Honkey Tonk Union
Girly
Baba O' Riley
¡Americano!
Mekong
Encore
Green & Dumb
A Little Hungover You
Blue Collar Suicide
Nada
Location Info:
Fine Line Music Café
Artist Info: Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers
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