Fantastic Show in Atlanta

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Monday night,My husband and I went to See Flogging Molly at the Roxy in Atlanta. My daughter and her husband went as well. I actually introduced my daughter to Flogging Molly; I love Irish punk music and Flogging Molly is my favorite band! The Roxy was covered with people; you could not see an inch of floor. We sat in the balcony with the "older, saner" crowd, as I heard a kid say sardonically. The show started on time! Unheard of for rock and roll! The opening acts were eclectic and very entertaining. There was Rev. Clayton and his Big Damn Band, consisting of the Rev., his wife, and his cousin on drums; a Swedish punk band, and the Street Dogs, whose lead singer, I discovered, used to be with another favorite Irish punk band of mine, Dropkick Murphys. They were fantastic! But then, Flogging Molly hit the stage, and for the next two hours I was on my feet and dancing. And I am a woman of mature years; trust me on this, not everything gets me up and moving. But I forgot my years, and I was moving like a twenty-year-old again. Flogging Molly did all my favorite songs, and the packed audience sang along with every one. Dave King is such a dramatic, poetic, thoroughly Irish writer. His words tear at my heart at the same time they tug at my feet. "What's Left of the Flag," "Factory Girls," (my current favorite,) "If I Ever Leave This World Alive,"...every one was stellar and the crowd was loving it. "If this is what it's like on a Monday," Dave yelled, "what the --- is it like on a Saturday?" I don't know, but I'll tell you this..Flogging Molly gave me the best musical Monday I ever remember! Erin go braugh and Flogging Molly forver!