Bob Schneider - HOB Dallas July 31st

So for the first time in probably 3 or 4 years I ventured out to see Bob Schneider play a live set. The back story on my addiction to Bob Schneider goes back to my college roommate Cody. He was a rabid fan of Bob and he started playing his music around the apartment and I started to like him. Once I saw him live the first time at RBar in Denton, it was ON! I have driven to Austin once or twice to see him, I have been to HOB at least 4 times to see him and I have seen him in 5 or 6 other venues. His shows are always upbeat, random and fun. So I decided to take the girlfriend out and introduce her to the greatness of Bob Live. We were joined by 2 good friends from the church.

So after some great food and a REALLY spicy margarita at the Iron Cactus, we walked over to HOB and settled in on the front row railing of general admission. Quiet Company took the stage as the secondary opening band. The first guy I can't remember his name, obviously he was memorable. Quiet Company was like a cool mix of Maroon 5 and Kings of Leon in my opinion. I rarely pay attention to the opening acts at concerts like this, but these dudes ripped the stage up. I can't find these guys on the internet anywhere. Their stage presence was off the charts. I am a new fan.... if I can find them anywhere. Not on iTunes either, sucks.

So once they got the stage set up, Bob took the stage with authority. I forgot my camera so please enjoy these wonderful iPhone pics. My bad. Mr. Bob rocked a lot of newer stuff that I wasn't 100% familiar with but it was definitely needs to be put into the rotation on the iPod. The crowd was very interesting and different from most of the crowds I am used to at a Schneider show. The concerts I frequented of his back in college were full of drunk college students, and a few of his biggest fans. This concert was pretty close to Douche Central. Alot of 30 thousand dollar millionaires and fake looking women. From the beginning I was wondering just how involved the crowd would get in this concert. It definitely wasn't your usual raucous Bob crowd but ah well. Bob did his thing, he brought his 'A' game. He brought a new addition I hadn't seen before into this concert. He had a hat one at the beginning of the show, just a normal looking top hat. Whenever he wanted to do a sing a long with the crowd, he would put on a PIRATE hat. Yes a PIRATE hat. It was hilarious. Like I mentioned earlier, I heard quite a few new songs I hadn't heard but the best new song of the night was definitely the Pants Song. Bob jumped back into the rap game on this one and brought the house down. '40 dogs', his current radio release, of course, brought the crowd alive and then his usual set closing rendition of 'Tarantula' was a festive as ever.

This concert from my personal standpoint wasn't the best one of his I have been to, but it definitely was not the worst. There is no concert that can top that first one at RBar in Denton, Texas. We were there with Bruce Hughes', Bob's bass player, daughter... did that compute? Anyways, we were front row and center, and Bob and Bruce both were interacting with our group the entire concert. This concert at HOB was very upbeat and fun but it definitely was missing that hardcore college feel of old. Overall, it was well worth the cost of tickets and the 3 miles we walked through downtown Dallas to get to dinner and then to HOB. Next concert is looking to be Kings of Leon in September!