Great show, view from the Pit really good, NMO too short
by Jim Blackwood on 7/15/19Penn's Peak - Jim ThorpeRating: 5 out of 5What a great night of music. Good weather outside. We arrived right at 6:30. Briefly chatted with a few other couples int he parking lot. One told us that North Mississippi Allstars would open and they would open on time. We hustled in and sure enough, NMO was jamming away. The sad thing was they were done by 7:00 PM. What scheduler on Earth has NMO open a show and has them only play 30 minutes??!?!??!
Crowd was mostly couples, about our age, beteen 40 and 60. Everyone was friendly.
Johnny Lang started about 25 minutes later and he played a full set of high energy, high emotion music. This was our first time seeing him and we would go see him again in a heart beat.
JJ Grey and Mofro opened about 30 minutes after Johnn Lang. JJ Grey opened with a rousing harmonica solo and launched into a full show of love, lyrics, emotion, sweet singing, great playing, and just all around good music. Mofro did an excellent job of backing JJ Grey, especially the lead guitarist. They are all were good.
The show ended early, around 11:30?
We were glad we went (90 minute drive from King of Prussia) and we would happily go see any of these bands again soon.
We already have tickets to see North Mississippi Allstars at the World Cafe in Philadelphia in November.