Yukon Kornelius debuts in Vermont
Yukon Kornelius — the band made up of Dave Matthews Band’s Stefan Lessard, Guster’s Adam Gardner and Barenaked Ladies’ Ed Robertson — played its first concert last night at the Pickle Barrel Nightclub in Killington, Vt.
Here’s the setlist:
“(Don’t Fear) The Reaper” (Blue Oyster Cult) *
“Low Rider” (War) * –>
“Word Up” (Cameo)
“Sympathy for the Devil” (Rolling Stones)
“Psycho Killer” (Talking Heads)
“Careless Whisper” (George Michael)
“White Room” (Cream)
“Center of Attention” (Guster)
“Pinch Me” (Barenaked Ladies)
“Lost In The Supermarket” (The Clash)
“Superman” (The Clique)
Bass solo
“Rockin’ in the Free World” (Neil Young) –>
“(Don’t Fear) The Reaper” (reprise)
“We’re Not Gonna Take It” (Twisted Sister) **
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“Highway to Hell” (AC/DC) ***
* with Jason Biggs on cowbell
** with Jason Biggs on cowbell and Dee Snider on vocals
*** with Dee Snider on vocals
Eric Fawcett of N.E.R.D. also played on every song, although he is considered a “special guest.” Biggs, an actor most famous for the “American Pie” movies, and the members of Yukon Kornelius are filming a snowboarding movie, and the Pickle Barrel is at Okemo Mountain Resort. It’s unclear how they got matched up with Snider, the lead singer of Twisted Sister.
It’s interesting that Yukon Kornelius played a song each by Guster and Barenaked Ladies, but not Dave Matthews Band. Although the band did play two songs that DMB has covered: “Sympathy for the Devil” and “Rockin’ in the Free World.”
GREAT SHOW! The only drawback was that most of the people who were on the floor in front of the stage didn’t have great energy, until Dee came out. Those of us fighting for a view of the show were all pumped up.
Minor bummer: Those of us on the 2nd floor behind the band could see the teleprompter and both before and after they finished with Highway to Hell, they had Come on Feel the Noise by Quiet Riot teed up. Dee Snider singing Quiet Riot? Some supernatural power would have surely imploded the place…
Glad you enjoyed the show. Did you take any pictures?
That was the most fun I’ve had in years..world class musicians playing classic rock, obviously having fun, small venue, no smoke…hard to believe I was in Vermont for a couple of hours there!
My friend took loads of videos on his cell phone but sound quality is poor. Still, it captured the hilarious evening!
Maybe he’ll post on DMB fan site.
My only complaint…MORE cowbell!
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Unbelievable! Great show! Dee Snider was a nice surprise. I drove all the way out from Portland, ME to see it, and I’m very glad I did.
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http://www.987fm.com/pages/artistpages/davematthewsband.html