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This was a sturdy step in the right direction. Sioux Falls had been gaining some serious momentum as a live music destination before the pandemic, and the process of getting back to that point is still ongoing, particularly for non-arena acts.

#The cactus album full#

They solved that in the encore, thankfully, closing out the show with 'Monday' and 'Outtasite (Outtamind).' It had taken two full hours to get to 'Being There,' or to hear a true rocker, but it was worth the wait. 58 Vinyl 2 offers from 49.99 Bigger & Deffer LL Cool J 265 Audio CD 12 offers from 4.75 Bigger And Deffer LP Explicit LL Cool J 265 Vinyl 9 offers from 24.

It was at this point I realized they hadn’t played a single song from 1996’s breakthrough 'Being There.' Cactus Cee/D THIRD BASS 15 Audio CD 1 offer from 13.66 Mama Said Knock You Out LL Cool J 235 Audio CD 27 offers from 3.06 Mr. “That’s not very nice,” he said, before (sensing that chatting with the crowd on this night was perhaps not worth the effort) adding, “Thank you for participating in the performance.”Īfter closing the set with fan-favorite 'Heavy Metal Drummer' and 'I'm the Man Who Loves You' – with Tweedy on lead guitar, they exited the stage. Then the band took its first break to interact with the crowd.Īfter what appeared to be a couple of Star Wars jokes (that was the title of the band’s 2015 album), someone (pretty sure it was the Son Volt guy, actually), called out to Tweedy 'You’re the GOAT.' I’m assuming Tweedy knew what that meant (greatest of all time), but he pretended not to.

It’s been awhile since I’ve been to an indoor show in Sioux Falls where I didn’t eventually have to sit back down because everyone else was.Īfter opening with 'Handshake Drugs' from 2004’s 'A Ghost is Born,' they cut to 'I Am My Mother' and the title track from their new record, the warmly enjoyable double-album 'Cruel Country,' before turning to the show-stopping 'I Am Trying to Break Your Heart' from their 2001 masterpiece 'Yankee Hotel Foxtrot,' which elicited the night’s first fan sing-along.Īfter a few more new and old songs that lost some momentum, the band delivered an energetic take of 'Hummingbird,' which Tweedy revealed in his 2018 memoir 'Let’s Go (So We Can Get Back)' was his late father’s favorite song of his. Crowd stays on their feetĪfter a pleasant warm-up set from Minneapolis’ the Cactus Blossoms (whose soft southwestern-tinged rock channeled the Everly Brothers and the BoDeans), the crowd rose to its feet as soon as Tweedy and company appeared, giving the band a wild welcome and staying on their feet for the duration. Sioux Falls music fans have been known to sit on their hands and clap politely no matter how much they are implored to get up and shake it, but Monday’s generational melting pot was surprisingly spry. If you’ve been to any show in Sioux Falls over the years, you know we don’t exactly have a reputation for being the liveliest of audiences (maybe the bro-country shows are different, I wouldn’t know). Monday’s show was populated by anyone in Sioux Falls who would qualify as a gray-haired hipster, but the couple in front of me that held hands and sung along to each song to each other couldn’t have been in their 30s yet, and there were plenty of folks there like them.