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WKNC Benefit

with Spider Bags, Lonnie Walker, and Mac McCaughan

Lincoln Theatre
2/7/2015

Every year WKNC puts together a couple of shows full of great local talent that help raise funds for the NC State radio
station. This year they were holding one here in Raleigh (this one), and another over at the Cradle in Carrboro a week
later, giving at least two-thirds of the Triangle access to a great event. Sorry Durham, you gotta drive.

My most anticipated act of the night's bill was Mac McCaughan (of Superchunk) playing solo. Of course, as is my
way I got there way too late and only caught hi;s last three songs...what's worse is I was late because I got sucked into
watching an episode of "Cops"...seriously. Sometimes I'm stupid on a level others can't touch. Anyways, I walked in
to Mac saying "I wrote this song when 'Powerslave' was still on the charts" and then he banged out the great "Tie a
Rope to the Back of the Bus." That one and the next track "Skip Steps One & Three" were both probably older than
3/4ths of the audience. He closed the night with the Portastatic song "Noisy Night" - I suppose if you're going to be
stupid enough to arrive late, at least the three songs I did get were good ones.

I suspect most of the crowd was here for Lonnie Walker, though I didn't conduct a survey or anything - just the vibe
I got. It was my first time seeing them with the new line-up aka my friend Mike (formerly of the Annuals) now playing
bass for them. I'm not entirely sure how long this has been going on - I do vaguely recall Mike mentioning it in the past
but that could have been six months or two years ago with the way my memory works. They haven't lost a beat with
his addition and are still a fantastic live act, even if they are still playing (mostly) the same songs they have been play-
ing for the past half decade. Don't get me wrong, those are some good songs, but I think we're all ready for a new
record! There were a couple of songs I didn't know that I assume are new tracks, and they sounded great, so hopefully
something new is on the horizon.

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