Sometimes even your friendly music blogger gets tired of going out to shows. The driving home at all hours, the cigarette smoke, the standing around waiting for the band to go on, the inevitable drunken jerks in the crowd… and these days a lot of bands out there just don’t know what to do with an audience, anyway. But every once in a while something comes along to remind me of the joys of *being* there, live, for a genuine, unpredictable concert experience.

So I was just looking at the Seacrets calendar for this spring to see what kind of live acts they had coming up, and a listing jumped out at me. March 23rd — The Amish Outlaws.

Naturally, I had to google “Amish Outlaws” (wouldn’t you?), and the search engine turned uptheir website, which you absolutely have to go to, and when you’re there you have to read the “about” section. Even if you are at work. ESPECIALLY if you are at work. This is probably the best band bio I have ever read, including such turns of phrase as “a voice and energy that could stop a train from gorging itself on pastries and salty snack foods.”

I admit that I haven’t actually heard this band’s songs, so I can’t vouch for whether they’re any good. I can’t imagine that they are a *great* band by any stretch of the word. But if I get a chance to be anywhere near Seacrets on the 23rd, I know what I’ll be doing with my evening, and I sincerely believe that you should do the same. These guys could be a total joke surviving on one priceless gimmick, but their website shows a kind of energy and spirit that, in my opinion, are necessary for anyone trying to make a career out of performing. And that nutty, irrepressible energy is what makes it worth it to go to live shows.

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