Venue: Malone’s
City: Santa Ana, CA
Set length: About 35 minutes
Tonight’s Lineup:
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Hour of Trower 8:15 PM
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Downheaval 9:00 PM
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Resistance 9:30 PM
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Augmented 10:00 PM
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Masters of Reality 11:00 PM
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Allison Chains 12:30 PM
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Snew 1:30 PM
Pre-show banter…
Felicia contacted me once again and let me know that there is a cancer benefit being held at Malone’s. I believe it was something like Rockers Against Cancer… Something like that. Apologies if I didn’t get it right – I am writing this MANY years after the event. Not only did I want to come out and support the cause, but I also wanted to get the chance to photograph a bunch of bands, most of whom I had never heard of.
Venue Review…
I was just there recently and my only gripe was the lack of stage lighting knowledge this venue had. Well, if we are being honest here, most small venues just throw up a couple of lights and call it a day. This place however, spent some money on more than just a few lights and kind of overdid it. On top of that, the Saturation levels of reds and blues are set to a gazillion so even the naked eye picks up on the issue. But hey, at least their stages are lit. Other than my OCD rant on lighting, this venue is pretty okay for a few drinks and a place to catch some live rock-n-roll. Go support live music!
Reviews, comments, and possible putdowns for Hour of Trower…
I can’t remember much of this particular performance but I’m sure they were spot-on with delivering a great Robin Trower experience. These guys are extremely professional and their musicianship is top-notch. Rick (the guitar player) also plays guitar in a bunch of other tributes like Lynyrd Skynyrd and Ronnie James Dio so his guitar playing chops need to be up to par to be covering guitar-gods like Robin Trower, Richie Blackmore, Vivian Campbell, Tony Iommi, etc. – nice guy too!
Check out an older video of the band here
