This year’s St. Patrick’s Day may have come and gone, but with Flogging Molly in the house the party never ends. So it was on a rainy Tuesday night that The Catalyst in Santa Cruz opened its doors for a rare 21 and over show that sold out the room, kept the beer flowing, and the pit circling.
Openers Scott Biram and Jon Snodgrass & Friends squeezed themselves into the spare space on the small Catalyst stage and whipped the crowd into a celebratory mode. But when The Who’s “Baba O’Riley” starting blasting over the PA, the room smooshed forward and cheered in anticipation of Flogging Molly. And then it was on.
It didn’t really matter to the crowd as they raged through the hits, a new tune (“The Days We’ve Yet To Meet” with bassist Nathan Maxwell on vocals) as well as a ripping guitar solo by Dennis Casey for “Black Friday Rule” which found him alone on stage bathed in red. Truly epic.
The band soaked it all in, frontman Dave King frequently tipping his can of Guinness (aka “mothers milk”) to the crowd in thanks. While a smaller venue than their typical Bay Area show, the band left it all on the stage. No doubt those extended St. Patrick’s Day hangovers were going to be felt the next day.
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JON SNODGRASS
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SCOTT BIRAM
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SETLIST
The Hand of John L. Sullivan
Swagger
Selfish Man
Drunken Lullabies
The Days We’ve Yet to Meet
Requiem for a Dying Song
Saints & Sinners
Life in a Tenement Square
Float
Black Friday Rule
Life Is Good
Rebels of the Sacred Heart
Devil’s Dance Floor
If I Ever Leave This World Alive
What’s Left of the Flag
Salty Dog
ENCORE
Crushed (Hostile Nations)
The Seven Deadly Sins
