Caedmon’s Call put on a fun show in Suwanee, GA this past weekend. The show was part of a day-long festival for a cause called “Amigos for Christ” which ministers to Nicaragua. The show was held in a little open-air amphitheater right in downtown Suwanee which was very nice. I wish a town on this side of Atlanta had something like that. They were the headlining band, the last of the day.

It was a short show, about 90 mins. They hit most of their familiar songs. Judging from the reactions of the crowd, I don’t think they knew that CC had done any other songs other than “Hope To Carry On”, “This World”, “40 Acres”, and of course “God of Wonders” but they were appreciative. The band was everyone except for Danielle, still home and expecting an arrival any day now, and Jeff Miller, who was ably filled in by Aaron Sands. The girl filling in for Danielle was named (and I know I’m going to butcher this spelling) Sarah Fruse(?) (pronounced Fruh-Say) and she did a fine job. They did a couple songs off of Overdressed, “I Need Your Love” and “There Is A Reason” and Andy did “High School Band” solo.

The funniest moment of the show came when a couple kids at the front of the stage dressed in purple and gold got up to leave and Cliff stopped them

Cliff: “Where are you going?”
Kids: “To go see the LSU score…”
Cliff: “Go around the corner of the stage and go into our tour bus. The game is on the TV there. Then come back and tell us the score.”
Kids: ……
Cliff: “Seriously. Go!”
Cliff goes on rant about how weak the Pac 10 is, while Andrew and Josh look at him like he’s speaking Chinese.
Cliff (to Andrew and Josh): “That’s the game where you have the oblong ball and the big yellow posts.”
Andrew: “Why is it a ball? Even my two-year old knows that a ball is round.”
Josh: “Why don’t they call it foot-spheroid?”

After a couple songs, the kids haven’t returned…

Cliff: “I hope they didn’t steal anything from our tour bus, like our wallets…”
Andrew: “It’s ok. There’s nothing in them.”

Finally, near the end of the show, they return
Cliff: “What’s the score?”
Kids: “3-0”
Cliff: “Only a field goal?” (to Josh and Andrew) “that’s when they kick the ball through the posts.”
Cliff: “Was it worth missing half our show for only a field goal?”
Kids: “YES!”

Anyhow, if you made it down this far, you reward is pictures…. Pictures! Pictures!