Yes, we were amazed at the number of people who came out for the show. We got there 45 minutes early, and joined the long queue to get in. One can either assume: 1. Nickel Creek is very popular and/or 2. there are lots of lurkers on the board who read this thread. The Grand Foyer was completely filled from front to back, and much of the main hallway was filled as well. We watched the show on a small screen in the middle fo the Foyer. Many others had to watch it on a large screen in the back.
I actually have never heard Nickel Creek before, but their fans seem to be very young and clean cut, sort of like they are all coming from Sunday school class somewhere out in Virginia.
Rhett played for about 40 minutes. The speaker we listened to him on was not turned up loud enough, and the guitar was barely audible. He played a couple of Old 97's favorites (Doreen, Salome, Question...hmmm, pandering to all the young women?), made the teen girls laugh with his paen to his wife "Erika the Beautiful" , did a bunch of tunes off of his growing old solo album, and did a version of Bowie's "ziggy played guitar"...sorry if that's not actually the title...that proved that that song should never be done acoustically, and that his voice was ill suited for.
We left right as Rhett went off. I'm sure Nickel Creek's fans ate them (Nickel Creek)right up. Not sure if they cared much for Rhett. I had to shhhhsh a few teens around us. The seven year old boy who was seated next to us commented on Rhett, "This guy stinks." and I said, "Fuck you bucko, Rhett doesn't need you anyway, he's got some of the stars of the 9:30 chatboard right here to cheer him on."
Originally posted by allmy$to930:
How was the show?...I got to the Kennedy Center, paid for parking, saw the crowd (and even the top of the stage) and turned around, got my parking fee refunded and left.
I have been to three other shows at the Millenium Stage and there were about fifty people at each.
