Picture Show: moe. @ Vasa Park
Words: Carla Danca
Images: Jeremy Gordon
It has been over 6 years since moe. played the water-logged field at Waterloo Village in Stanhope, NJ. With that venue now all but closed to concerts, bands had to find some new places to play outdoors in Dirty Jerz. Luckily, Create a Vibe has again stepped up, establishing a great new spot at beautiful Vasa Park in Budd Lake, NJ. For the second year in a row, day long events are being held in this Northern NJ park, a quick ride from the City, but far enough to leave all the congestion behind.
Fresh off of their 2nd annual July 4th weekend stint at the Stone Pony in Asbury Park, moe. had fun with their Sunday setlist. Jimmy Cliff’s The Harder They Come – which they haven’t played in over 2 years – was resurrected when Ryan Montbleau and Yahuba Garcia of the Ryan Montbleau Band sat in during the first set, followed by Wicked Awesome. The second set jammed with some great segues, and finished strong with Al rocking his tele-mando/double neck guitar for a Rebubula that really got the crowd dancing!
It was great to enjoy a sunny day out in the park with so many moe.rons and their kids, as this was definitely a family-friendly event. moe. was even kind enough to encore with two requests from creative kid-fans in the audience, though Rob declared it would never happen again “even if you’re my kid.” They repeated BJP and Spine from the previous two shows, what other band does that for even their littlest fans?
07/05/09 Vasa Park, Mt. Olive, NJ
Set I: Crab Eyes, All Roads Lead to Home, The Harder They Come1 2, Wicked Awesome> Wormwood> Okayalright, The Road> Tubing The River Styx> The Pit
Set II: Moth> Jazz Wank> Yodelittle> Moth, Rebubula> Cathedral> Rebubula
Encore: Blue Jeans Pizza, Spine Of A Dog, Wind it up
1 Last time played 01/13/07 (199 shows)
2 w/ Ryan Montbleau (vocals) & Yahuba Garcia (percussion)[via PT moe.]
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