On Saturday night, I hung out with Jim and we checked out "Cashed Out" at the Ottobar, a Johnny Cash tribute night that was put together to promote the upcoming biopic Walk The Line. We were among the first x number of people to enter the club, so we got passes to the premiere of Walk The Line at the Senator the night before the national release next week, so I'm hyped about that. Like Jim said, there was a weird spectrum of local acts playing Cash favorites at the show, from the straightforward to the half-assed indie to the novelty ukelele/melodica duo. This one band The Expotentials rendered their selections unrecognizable in a big mess of fuzzy garage rock, but their drummer was so incredible that they were my favorite performance of the night. After that, there was Cash karaoke, and half the people sang stuff that Cash covered and didn't even really popularize, like "Hurt" or a Neil Diamond song, which was weird.

Labels: Baltimore music, concerts

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