Old Crow Medicine Show Tickets

Well. the "Big Surprise Tour" featuring Old Crow Medicine Show, The Felice Brothers, Justin Townes Earl, and The David Rawlings Machine w/ Gillian Welch kicked off last night at The Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom.(New Hampshire's premiere live music and entertainment venue)and i would say that the tour most definitely lived up to it's name. The show began with EVERYONE from all of the bands on stage playing a moody, almost haunting song that seemed to be written on the spot with repeating lyric "it was the day of the big surprise" there were two banjos an accordian, three or four guitars,a mandolin, a drummer, washboard, two fiddles, pedal steel,keyboards, stand up bass, etc...just beautiful man, 15 people on stage in all...then they all left the stage except for Justin townes Earl, his mandolin and pedal steel player, and the bass player from OCMS..they went on to play some of the purest,simple but sweet country music I've ever seen performed...three or four songs later my friend turned to me with a look of awe on his face and said "why does everyone wanna make songwriting so complicated?" I just shrugged my shoulders and kept on smiling...next Earl brought out the Felice Brothers...which included a drummer, accordian player, guitarist and a fiddle...the enerygy level was rising as the felice brothers' lead singer/guitarist was channeling early Dylan...they played a song or two with Earl, and then were left on their own for a few songs and they really got the crowd going...they were definitely the most "electric" band of the night as far as drums and electric guitars...they had a couple mellow numbers that were pale in comparison to their rocking songs, but that made for a perfect smoke break...to finish their set, a couple guys from OCMS came out and did two or three songs and it was time for a well deserved break (must have been 110 degrees in that place last night) A toke or two later the second set started up with just David Rawlings and Gillian Welch on stage. they did some incredible singing...one tune "I Hear Them All" was hilighted by a "This Land is Your Land" jam in the middle. I was beautiful to hear almost everyone there singing along with that one...They were also joined by a couple members of OCMS for a few tunes including an amazing version of Dylan's "Queen Jane Approximately"...it was a quiet set overall, but when everyone joined them at the end of their set it was really picking up speed..and i must say that i have never seen ANYONE play the EVERLOVING shit out of a little classical guitar like this David Rawlings did...finally it was Old Crow's turn to really own the stage...and when they did the crowd was in a foot-stomping frenzy! I mean during one tune "Hard to Tell" I have never seen so many white people dancing in my life! OCMS continued to blast though some crowd favorites like "Caroline" and "Down Home Girl" and by the end EVERYONE was back on stage to close it down with a rousing version of "Wagon Wheel" and a superb version of Dylan's "Lay Lady Lay".....I don't know what else to say about this incredible show except that i wish that everyone who ever told me they don't like country music was there to witness it.

We traveled with another couple from RI to see Old Crow and was very, very disappointed to find that they had their other bands playing with the them the WHOLE TIME. Old Crowe is an amazing band and we will go back to see them however they need to play their own music. I didn't pay to see a jam session with bands they like. I paid to hear Old Crow play Old Crow music. I think they played maybe 5 of their own songs. Again what a disappointed to travel all that way for that.

The entire "Surprise Tour" was unforgettable - amazing. The stage was filled with talented musicians and showmen (and woman) who more than gave us a night to remember. Remarkable.

David Rawlings, Gillian Welch and Old Crow were outstanding. They need to dump the rest of the show and do all of it themselves. The "youngsters" who opened for them and made a nuisance of them selves at times on the stage were not what I went to hear. The Old Crows and Welch/ Rawlings were wonderful. They did all the best songs and we could have listened to them all night! Lots of spontaneity - I highly recommend the second half of the evening.

It was a little slow in the beginning, but then after the first 90 minutes it rocked the house with awesome Americana and I think that OCMS is my fav. band ever. They are awesome.

this was all as expected and more. Go if you can. great time

the show was great! would definitely go see o.c.m.s., david rawlings, and gillian welch anytime. the opening band was good but their set should have been a lot shorter. they were a little out of place.

We have been fans of Old Crow Medicine Show for years, have been to see them several times and each time had an incredible experience, so you can imagine our surprise when we were accosted by the cacophony that emanated from the stage as the Felice Brothers held us hostage for almost two hours before Gillian Welch came on rescue us. Justin Townes Earl was very enjoyable and made the first half hour of the show the perfect segue for the same type of bluegrass melodies that we had come to expect from OCMS. Gillian Welch, with her beautiful voice, was also an act worth paying to see. However, the band that ruined the entire evening and seemed hellbent on not relinquishing the stage to the more talented musicians waiting in the wings were the questionably talented Felice Brothers. They didn't seem capable of being able to stick to a genre long enough to complete a song. One band member had all the makings of Jack Black's character in School of Rock, you know, the guy who kept jumping around the stage and bumping into his bandmates, much to their annoyance. I began anticipating him being thrown off the stage. MUCH TO OUR DISAPPOINTMENT, we left early, before OCMS even took the stage, we were beginning to doubt that they ever would. Again, we have been huge fans for years, have all the CDs, know all the lyrics, and have fond memories of watching these INCREDIBLY talented young men give a performance that left you feeling as though you had just witnessed the reason why these instruments were created. But not just that, you knew they truly loved to entertain, putting on a good show was what it was all about. I am happy I have those memories to keep with me, I hold out hope that next year they will tour alone.

As usual OCMS rocked it hard. Can't get enough of their new album. See you at the Beacon show too!