Soul Asylum @ "Kruger Aid" - 6/9/07 - Waseca, MN

A few pictures from Soul Asylum's surprise appearance at the Kruger Aid benefit last Saturday in Waseca. Since Pirner was booked for an appearance later in the evening in Minneapolis (about 90m away) with his "Band of Volunteers," Soul Asylum was relegated to "Special Guests" status for all of the Waseca benefit advertising. They also went on fairly early (4:15) so Pirner could get to the Cabooze for his advertised 9pm set. The "secret" became fairly common knowledge the week before the gig; those of us heading south out of the Twin Cities adjusted our travel plans accordingly.

SA played about an hour in Waseca and rocked the asses off of the modest afternoon crowd sweltering in the rodeo pit. Like Golden Smog later in the evening, they were in top fighting trim -- they sounded great and were clearly enjoying the hell out of playing in this fairly strange situation. The recent touring line-up with Michael Bland and George McKelvey was used, with Chief Utility Player Jim Boquist popping up at the end as well. Pirner's little boy bopped on and off the stage throughout the set, planting himself next to his dad like it was no big thing. Watching Dave and his undeniably cute kid rocking out on stage, i couldn't help but think of how far Soul Asylum/Loud Fast Rules have come from the days of being superloud, semi-bratty punks playing the 7th St. Entry 25 years ago...


Setlist (courtesy of CZ)

Somebody To Shove
All Is Well
Misery
Lately
Black Gold
Without A Trace
Cartoon
Runaway Train
Bus Named Desire
Just Like Anyone
Stand Up And Be Strong (w/ Jim Boquist and one of the roadies on guitars; Dave's kid did some vocals)