By Brody Vercher
Miles From Nowhere finished setting up around 8:30 and began their high energy set. These guys are actually signed to Shiner Records, a sub-label of Palo Duro Records (somebody correct me if I’m wrong). The lead singer talked with a heavy Texas twang, and was quite humorous. The band leaned towards rock and had a ton of energy. I only recall two of the songs they performed, “Mona Sue,” a tune the lead singer informed us was about his wife. He was writing a love song for her, then they began to go through a breakup so he wanted to turn it into a breakup song. In the song he kills his wife and buries her in the backyard: “Well no one’s seen her since / I put her in the backyard by the fence / sometimes late at night / when that moon is shinin’ bright / I go out and I talk too / Mona Sue.” In real life they stayed together and she was at the show last night. The only qualm I had with the band was their rendition of “Folsom Prison Blues.” I enjoyed how they made the song their own and didn’t try to copy Cash, but at the same time it was more screaming than singing.
March 15th, 2007