Mr. Doughty and his crew get on stage half an hour early, disguised as a noise jam band. They wear beards and funny hats, but the crowd is not fooled.
The Panderers pander and we accept.
Mr. Doughty returns. His voice is indeed golden and delicious. New tracks and Soul Coughing throwbacks. The crowd enjoys.
Mr. Doughty denounces the use of pot. It being 4/20, the audience misunderstands, screaming with joy.
Circles!
Mr. Doughty explains that he is going to throw the bridge out and replace it with “half-mumbled half-words”. The crowd accepts this proposition.
Mr. Doughty plays the best cover of Kenny Rogers’ The Gambler ever performed.
Mr. Doughty plays a fake last song, asks us to pretend he has left the stage when he in fact is just turning to face the back of the stage, turns back around to play the real last song.
Crowd spills out of Antone’s.