Cracker/Camper Van Beethoven
With the Hackensaw Boys. Monday, April 4, at House of Blues.
by D.X. Ferris"I'm not sure why poppies come up," Lowery explains. "Other than it's just sort of a classical, romantic-poet image. And it's in The Wizard of Oz. And 'Hello, Cleveland' is from Spinal Tap. We just needed to call a double-live record that, even though it was recorded in Chicago."
The phrase also closes the first disc of Camper Van Beethoven's bent-Americana cover of Fleetwood Mac's entire Tusk double LP, most of which the band recorded in 1987, abandoned, then later finished for a 2002 release. For this tour, Lowery is breaking out material from both groups, but leaving most of the band at home. He and Cracker/Camper guitarist-singer Johnny Hickman are playing unplugged, with opening act the Hackensaw Boys backing them for much of the Camper material. This'll be one sincere "Hello, Cleveland."
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