On February 26 I had the opportunity to see my favorite band play at one of my favorite bars. Specifically I saw Reckless Kelly play at George's Majestic Lounge in Fayetteville, AR. I was really excited about the show for a couple reasons. The first being that i have never seen Reckless play at George's. Apparently they use to, but they hadn't been to town since 2005 or 2006, before i started following them. The other reason being that the band recently released a new album, Somewhere In Time. The project is a departure from RK's previous albums because it's actually a tribute album to Pinto Bennett, who is one of the Braun brothers biggest influences. In many ways it's a return to the bands roots, but its definitely different than the more rock-n-roll RK that i've grown use to. I was very interested in seeing how the new material would be presented and received in concert.
The show started with "The Ballad of Elano Deleon," the second track from the new album. It was followed by a pair of Reckless stables in "Baby's Gone" and "Motel Cowboy Show." Next up was the title cut from the new album. I think "Somewhere In Time" is probably my favorite of all the new songs, and i hope it stays in live show for years to come. RK followed it with a handful of well known tunes before featuring Cody Braun on "I've Done Everything That I Can Do Wrong."
It was then that Reckless really found their stride as the they tore through a 5 song mini set. “Nobody's Baby,” got everyone's adrenaline following before the band jumped right into “Vancouver. ” RK then fired off "Love In Her Eyes," "Wiggles & Ritilan," and "Castanets" without pausing between songs. Only then did things slow down as the band played three more songs from Somewhere In Time before closing with the crowd pleasing "Crazy Eddie's Last Hurrah"
The encore started with Willy Braun alone onstage alone as he sang the first verse of “Wicked Twisted Road” His brother Cody joined him for the second verse, and guitarsit David Abeyta joined them for the third. Finally drummer Jay Nazz and Bassist Chris Schelske took the stage for the songs outro. RK then closed the show with full band versions of "Somewhere In Time" and "Guy Like Me"
In the end the show was everything I hoped it would be. George's was packed, and the crowd seemed to know the words to all of the bands older songs, plus many of the new ones. The setlist only contained 2 songs from Bullettproof, focusing on Somewhere in Time and older albums. I think it's safe to say that it won't take Reckless 3 years to come back to Fayetteville and George's. Also please check out the picture below, its a scan of the setlist, signed by all the RK guys. Pretty damn cool!
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