This was my first time back since the Music Farm renovation and the improvements were due and appreciated but it is still a tough room for managing sound. Unless you already know the lyrics you won’t hear them here. The artists were enthusiastic but hampered in connecting with the audience as they sounded like Charlie Brown’s teacher. Hope they can get some help to tame that lofty ceiling and all that brick.
G love rocked it go see him live. Best part of show when all of them played guitar man
Great show, lots of energy, awesome music! House of Blues is such a fun venue to see bands.
Best show I’ve seen in Madison in a long time!! Not that many people showed up and I think that helped make it feel like a private show.
Great mix of music between two artists! Fun energy and great venue
I went to this concert for Donovan Frankenreiter. I did not have any experience with G.Love. It occurs to me now that he was the bigger draw. And, he was an impressive musician. His guitar work, vocals and harmonica were amazing. I was also highly impressed with how seamlessly he and Frankenreiter meshed. I saw them at The Sylvee (Madison, WI) (which is a great venue) and had a hard time not going again the following Sunday in Chicago (House of Blues). Next time either of these gentlemen roll through my neck of the woods I will definitely be there.
It's always interesting going to see a band that you want to dance your *ss off to but the entire venue is seated. The seats are portable chairs. The stage is considerably low. The seats are not on a gradual incline like a movie theater and even the different "tiers" are only a foot higher? I sat in section D, maybe 20 rows back from the stage on the second "tier". People showed up late and periodically would go and get drinks (which is totally normal). However ANYONE that stood up in front of us (while seated) blocked our view of the stage. Once any row in front of us stood up we all had to stand up. On top of awkwardly dancing around our surrounding chairs, we had 3 slightly taller people in front of us about 5 rows up (I'm 5'10") In normal general admission shows, you just move around and go somewhere else where you can see the stage better. Having assigned seats is laaaaammmmeeee when anyone standing up in front of you blocks your view of the stage for the entire evening. Having a "general admission" section in the front of the venue wouldn't solve this issue either because like I said, that general admission floor would block the view for the rest of the venue. The South Shore Room needs to be updated. They just celebrated 50 years of entertainment and I'm pretty sure that's the last time it was updated
Love G.LOVE to death but the sound quality was very subpar at this show. Could not make out the vocals. Possibly owing to the fact that they were recording live shows?
Due to weather etc a less full show than I am used to seeing at HoB. We were front row! G Love played an awesome set, sang “Sarah’s got sauce” to my girl and handed me the set list. What a glorious evening! I always have a great time seeing G Love there.
Awesome show! Great 2 sets! The opening act was very good also!
