Lonelyland

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Tonight (Monday Feb 12) we caught Bob Schneider Music at the The Saxon Pub. We've been here a few times over the years for the Lonelyland show and keep coming back for more. It's a regular Monday evening residency that we quite enjoy. Others seem to know every song, we're not that fanatic.

Lonelyland (2001) was Bob Schneider's first album. The show isn't a rendition of that album.  He has a back catalogue of about 20 albums to draw from but I think most of his stuff at this show is now material he's working on.

We got tickets a while ago and made sure we had good seats rather than standing room. One of our new colleagues at the table has been here many times, for his friend it's the first. As we were leaving we talked briefly with Bob, he asked about photos and I promised to share these on Facebook and tag his page.

The audience was largely women. It's odd as his ribald tunes and stories often venture into queasy areas — like playing around the butt-hole (and I liked it), or farting chunks. One tune had the audience hollering out his name for the chorus. Our waitress had a T-shirt with "Bob Schneider adult music for adult children" so I guess it's all part of "keeping Austin weird". There was a couple at a table next to us who left early. I wonder if they were offended? Here's a sample (from another night, July 2021) of "Cheese Cake Factory Bar" which everyone sang along to; it's a good representation of what the show is like.

He has a big show on Valentine's Day at the ACL/Moody Theatre. I wonder if the set list and song patter are adjusted for that audience.

The musicians are quite accomplished. The bass player pictured we've seen on the ACL/Moody stage several times. Along with the usual drums, guitar and bass he has a fellow on stage left with a keyboard, violin and cello (sic!) who performs from sheet music (sic! again!).

We'll be back, next year when we return to Austin we'll drop in again. Until then ...

Ps. the show immediately before this one is "Happyland". The pair of them are regular events at the Saxon on Monday nights.

See also Lonelyland (2020) posting in this blog and Bob Schneider on Wikipedia.