Once I found out Wolfmother was playing the House of BIues I quickly recruited Bob to go with me to see our old friends because I had not seen Wolfmother in nearly 10 years, back when the only album in their catalog was their debut eponymous album. Since then they released another three albums with the newest offering being the album Victorious, which had been out over three years at this point. It turns out they were feeling nostalgic on this particular night as the set skewed heavily towards the first album.

As per usual we decided to forego the opening band The Soft White Sixties in favor of throwing more beer down our throats. Once we became part of a full but not sold-out overly full crowd I immediately noticed that the stage was just the stark default House of Blues stage with no backdrop. The only thing that indicated who we were about to watch was a simple “WM” on the kick drum.

Andrew Stockdale held down guitar and vocal duties flanked by a gentleman playing some sort of Moog keyboard to his right, bass player to his left and drummer behind him. The keyboard helped to fill out the sound and they sounded fantastic. Unfortunately about halfway through the set Bob’s consumption of strong IPA’s caught up to him and influenced “our” decision to leave early. He kept flipping people off and rhythmically moving his arms about as close to people as he could without actually touching them. It was funny to me because I know he is harmless but not everyone in the immediate area felt the same way. Oh well. Shit happens.

SETLIST: Victorious, White Unicorn, Colossal, Woman, New Moon Rising, Apple Tree, Mind’s Eye, Dimension, Vagabond, California Queen, Pyramid, Gypsy Caravan, Chase The Feeling, Joker & The Thief

Pictures and write up from a more sober individual that stayed the whole time