So I saw that Hootie and the Blowfish was playing at Gruene Hall next month and thought it would be a nice river-dinner-cheap concert day...I check the Gruene Hall website, and tickets are $90 a pop. Can somebody please explain that to me?
Supply and demand... ..which, in this case, means that there must be a lot of generic white guys willing to pay excessive ducats for those tickets.
Black people don't like hootie? Evidently true. I had no idea they were racially divisive. The Link The Link
I'd go see them at Gruene Hall for $90 ... wait, I'd have to pay them $90, not the other way around? Screw that.
My Momma lives in Charleston, SC, which is where Hootie calls home. I saw him at the airport and talked to him. It was cool and he was nice. I saw the guitarist at Hedwig and the Angry Itch play. I didnt talk to him. I drank 2 Pabst Blue Ribbons and had the worst hangover ever. 2 PBR's! They had a radio contest called "Hold it for Hootie" and like 100 people showed up and drank glasses of water until the last person who didnt pee won. The winner... you guessed it. Front row seats and backstage passes baby. I did not participate. I just heard about it on the radio.
Yeah, I'm not surprised. Gruene Hall holds ~500 people? They probably are used to performing at much larger venues... Hey, I ain't buying tickets. Honestly, one of my favorite concerts ever was Robert Earl Keen at Gruene Hall back in 1998. I have seen REK about 20-30 times and it was the only time I have ever heard him do "Armadillo Jackal" live. Rich Brotherton did a 5 minute guitar solo during that song that was amazing. A good friend of mine is a very good guitarist. Halfway through his jaw was almost on the ground.
wow, so it is hootie, huh? i heard about that and I thought it was a mistake and that they meant it was a darius solo show b/che is putting out a country album. 90 dollars in either case is outrageous.
The ONLY was I would pay $90 is if the band was playing in my living room with about 10 of my friends in attendance.
