As a fan of a wide variety of popular (and not-so-popular) music from the 1950s (and sometimes even earlier) up through the present, one of my bucket list projects for years has been to put together a list of my 100 favorite songs of all time. At some point I decided that, once I got around to figuring that out, I could put it out on a blog, for the infinitesimally small proportion of the Internet world that might be interested. So, here we are. While the Top 100 will be a major focus, I also plan to post on a variety of other musical (and occasionally non-musical) topics, in which you may or may not be interested. (If a particular posting doesn’t ring your bell, you’re only a few clicks away from a dancing cat video on YouTube.)

Friday, November 11, 2016

Straight No Chaser – Weinberg Center for the Arts (Frederick MD), 11/9/2016


Row O, seats 6 and 8 (right side)
 
It was almost exactly seven months since we last saw Straight No Chaser at the Weinberg in “Fredrick” (their spelling, not mine); this show was equally great, with a similarly enthusiastic crowd that mixed first-timers and veterans. This time they used their medley of “Thriller” and “Uptown Funk” to start the show with a bang, rather than saving it until the end of the second set as they did in April. The encore was also similar, beginning with their now-more-seasonal take on “The 12 Days of Christmas” and ending with “Make You Feel My Love”. They also used their opening set to repeat a number of other highlights from the previous show, such as “All About That Bass”, closing with “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay” morphing into “Proud Mary”. They did add some great material that they didn’t use in April, most notably a three-song Prince medley near the beginning and a hilarious medley of sitcom themes a little later.
 
The second set was almost entirely Christmas songs, most of which were from their just-released I’ll Have Another …Christmas Album, with “Feels Like Christmas” and “To Christmas! (The Drinking Song)” among the highlights. They got out of the holiday mold and ended the set with their must-see take on the Beyoncé hits “Crazy in Love” and “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)”. The whole show lasted just under two hours, with a 25-minute intermission.
 

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