Rusted Root

I remember Rusted Root being a really popular band back in
Highschool so I was interested in seeing them with my friend
at the Nokia Center a couple of days ago. Many times in Highschool,
I could remember driving around and listening to "Send me on my way".
I ran with more of the goths or the punk ( or myself really
but the music I listened to was pretty mopey) but I still liked it.

I never really got into a lot of the neo hippy bands and successors to
the Grateful Dead because I felt like a lot of the potential of the 1960s
has vanished. If anything the rapes and debacle of the really corporate
Woodstock 2 should indicate that. But getting older I also find that not
being jaded is also a form of bravery. Still trying to access the idealism
and innocence of the sixties is something really just a relevant and
powerful as the late seventies swagger of the Strokes for example. Granola
can be crunchy but if you eat some you life longer and probably happier too.
They might be a little cheesy but they scare me a little less
than Lightening Bolt.

I think a lot of their appeal is the way in which their music takes you
on a journey. They also seem to embody a lot of the innocence and optimism
of the 1990s. Which was so post modern so end of history, the Berlin wall
down, the market strong it seemed totally possible that you could tour
around the country with you crazy dance band,and live the hippy dream forever.

I had a really good time at the concert.... two block from Times Square is
probably as far as you can get from the woods, but still, but still there
was an innocence. Of all the dreams to hold onto, despite the somewhat Bro-sh connotations, it doesn't seem like a bad one.