Dulcinea Tour Mar 30, 1995 (29 years ago) Murat Egyptian Room Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
Two bands mix it up, set fans to dancing SUSAN SCHRAMM Indianapolis Star 31 Mar 1995
Toad the Wet Sprocket 3 STARS Opening band: Hootie and the Blowfish. Where: The Murat Theatre. When: Thursday. Star ratings: 4 excellent, 3 good, 2 fair, 1 poor.
Lead singer Glen Phillips termed it "the Toad the Wet Sprocket/Hootie and the Blowfish Mouthful of Rock Tour."
Try saying that quickly.
Phillips had his sense of humor going during Thursday's three-hour concert, which marked the bands' first trip to Indianapolis.
The singer had fun with the crowd, despite Toad's mostly haunting, depressing lyrics. The two bands mixed their groups occasionally and sparked the mostly 20-something crowd of 1200 set to dance.
"Feel free to move your body anyway you see fit," Phillips told the crowd. "Elvis is good."
Toad mixed up songs from their four CDs, mostly playing off their latest disc, Dulcinea.
Toad started off with perhaps the closest song to pop/rock the alternative group sings, All I Want.
What got the crowd going was the upbeat tempo of Something's Always Wrong, off their newest disc. The song is indicative of the group's lyrics about lost love and miscommunication.
The percussion and rhythm of the Nightingale Song thundered to open the first encore, followed by a near-perfect cover of Neil Young's Cinnamon Girl.
Again showing his humor, Phillips said, "Just pretend we're Crazy Horse, and everything will be OK."
Toad's lead guitarist, Todd Nichols, led the band with an intense drive especially notable on Stories to Tell.
Hootie (2 1/2 STARS) mixed well with Toad, though their style is more of a slower pop/rock. The group was carried by Darius Rucker's deep, resonating voice that has sparked this group into widespread popularity. The band is seeing phenonemal success off their only CD, Cracked Rear View. In concert, the band sounds much like the disc. Just coming off the college bar crowd, this Columbia, S.C., band can only get better.
Rucker's standout was Motherless Child, which he sang a capella to introduce I'm Goin' Home, a song about his mother's death.
The bands showed their camaraderie when Phillips and Rucker ended the concert, jointly singing a Toad the Wet Sprocket ballad.
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