| Local H was formed in 1987 by Zion, IL high school friends
Scott Lucas
and
Joe Daniels. The band, originally a foursome, got their start playing small clubs in the Chicago area. As the years went on, members quit and were never replaced until Daniels quit in the summer of 1999 and was replaced by drummer
Brian St. Claire.
Out touring to promote their most recent EP No Fun, Local H played outdoors at Schubas' Summer On Southport Friday August 1st. As the crowd awaited the band, the energy was high.
Scott Lucas came onstage wearing a Chicago Police
Officer’s shirt.
The first song was Static Age then they quickly went right into a
cover of
The Ramones'
Just Want Something To Do. By the time they got to Fritz’s Corner, a mosh pit had broken out. As Lucas straddled the amps at the front of the stage, the
band jammed to High Fiving (MF). Obviously loving center stage,
Lucas is almost as entertaining when dealing with the hecklers in the crowd as he is at playing guitar. After
Heavy Metal someone in the crowd shouts out “Don’t play any Metallica” and Lucas quickly
replied “Good advice for any band!"
With his toes at the very tip of the
stage, Lucas teases through Carlos Santana’s riffs from the cover of
Fleetwood Mac's Black Magic Woman before gradually working his way
into Cooler Heads and then Half Life. Of
course, someone had to shout out a request for Freebird,
prompting Lucas to call us a clever crowd! Instead, they cruised
through All Right, Mellowed and another crowd pleaser
Eddie Vedder. After ripping on American Idol, and asking out loud why anyone would watch that show while
Southpark is on, they went into a totally rocking |
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Hands On The Bible. Not wanting to disappoint anyone
who might be at their first Local H performance, Bound For The Floor (aka
the “copacetic song”), probably the tune with the most radio air play, was
next.
They ended the show with Yeah That
Wide in dramatic fashion as Lucas had everyone clapping and
singing as he jumped off the stage and walked off thru the crowd, thus
leaving most fans wishing for a slightly longer show, or at least an
encore. Their performance had all the raw energy you would expect but also
had more Q101 hits than most of the die hard Local H fans probably wanted
to hear. Still, it was an awesome, abbreviated performance by one of Chicago's
most notable bands.
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