It wasn’t the Tumbleweed in Stillwater, Okla., but Turnpike
Troubadours rocked the venue just as hard.
The Oklahoma red-dirt country band made its way to
Sturtevant’s Route 20 Outhouse on Tuesday night, filling that hardwood floor
with one heck of a two-stepping crowd. With a scuffed-boot-wearing audience,
the house was full of tapping toes, especially when the band played “Long
Hot Summer days” and “Gin, Smoke, Lies.”
Sturtevant’s Route 20 Outhouse on Tuesday night, filling that hardwood floor
with one heck of a two-stepping crowd. With a scuffed-boot-wearing audience,
the house was full of tapping toes, especially when the band played “Long
Hot Summer days” and “Gin, Smoke, Lies.”
Red-dirt country has that feeling of non-commercialism and spontaneity, and in mid-song, the group might start stomping their boots, break out a harmonica or take a gulp from a Gatorade bottle. (A gal next to us swore the contents of the bottle was straight Jim Beam. We couldn’t verify.)
It’s an experience that goes well with a whiskey and coke or a mechanical bull, but the band doesn’t make it to Wisconsin often. Luckily, Madison’s Majestic Theater is welcoming the bunch back to Wisco, along with American Aquarium on July 9.
