{"id":4432,"date":"2018-10-21T10:21:08","date_gmt":"2018-10-21T14:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/?p=4432"},"modified":"2018-10-21T18:45:19","modified_gmt":"2018-10-21T22:45:19","slug":"i-saw-ween","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/i-saw-ween\/","title":{"rendered":"I Saw Ween"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Thanks to a good buddy of mine, I got to see Ween at the Tabernacle. (Those are some other guys’ heads blocking the shot, though.)<\/p>\n

During one of the most stressful moving experiences of my existence on this planet (and I’ve had some doozies), I got to see\u00a0Ween,<\/em> after being a fan of them for\u00a027 years.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Think about that. There was a very cute girl usher at the Tabernacle who more than likely has been on Earth for fewer years than I’ve been into Ween. There were probably a\u00a0lot\u00a0<\/em>of girls there who were younger than my like of the band. And yet, in all that time, I never saw Ween in concert.<\/p>\n

Now at last I have, and it was the “immortal” Ween lineup; Dean and Gene, Dave Dreiwitz (bass), Claude Coleman Jr. (drums), and Glenn McClelland (!!!!!, keyboards). All five members were in top form, particularly Coleman and Deaner. Dean played the entire show barefoot. He apparently has not aged in the past two decades. Papa Gene’s struggles over the years are more visible.<\/p>\n

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You can just make out Gene Ween with the guitar. I don’t have a good phone camera, and tall people like to fucking stand in front of me. I took the pictures for this page during the brief periods that one particularly tall balloon-head went to the bathroom.<\/p><\/div>\n

They played “Pork Roll Egg and Cheese” and “The Stallion (Pt. 2)” from\u00a0The Pod,\u00a0<\/em>my personal favorite Ween album. During the latter, Gene did the whole “Deaner, where can you be, come hither” bit, and I realized I was witnessing a performance of a song that I had been listening to for\u00a027 years, performed by the guys who originally made it.\u00a0<\/em>I know, right?!?\u00a0WHOO!!!<\/em><\/p>\n

We had pizza and a few beers, and during “Reggaejunkiejew”, a\u00a0Pure Guava\u00a0<\/em>track I’ve always loved, I had to make a break for the restroom. While waiting to piss out several Yuenglings, I overheard other dudes lamenting that they\u00a0couldn’t believe\u00a0<\/em>the band was playing a song they came to hear, and they had to go take a whiz. Exactly<\/em> what I was thinking.<\/p>\n

I got to hear this live, and the band absolutely tore it up.\u00a0<\/em>Dreiwitz\u00a0kills<\/em> the bassline.<\/p>\n