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When you pack in three of Little Rock's favorite musical acts at White Water in one night, something explosive is bound to happen.  White Water was slow to fill up last night, but by 11:30 or so the place was sold out (hopefully the proceeds put a small dent in to the total cost of a new PA for .  The See opened the night with a rowdy set and even handed out tambourines for audience participation during their song "Storytelling."  People were dancing and generally behaving themselves as much as they can when they're playing. 

Jonathan Wilkins came up next as the lone solo act of the night.  He played a several new songs interchanged with older songs.  It's so neat to see die hard fans, along with myself, singing along to his songs.  That being said, I love the honesty in his songs.  Sometimes they are so truthful it's almost like an imaginary kick in the stomach.  Nonetheless, the crowds and anyone who has listened to him can clearly see the emotion and time he's put in to his music.  I've seen him perform more times than I can count, but yet he still keeps wowing me.

Arguably one of the best band of bar rockers in town, Smoke Up Johnny, played the last set of the night.  They're loud, full of life, and apparently bring out an odd demographic at White Water.  There were more non-regulars at WW than I've seen in a while.  Either way, they're fun and if you like to dance around and scream, then catch them sometime.

However, all of this goes back to my original crazy point.  Weird things happen when non-regulars and WW sell out.  T mentioned this to me before, and I never put two and two together.  A fight always breaks out on sold out nights.  I can't for sure say why, but a few song in to SUJ's set, a massive fight broke out near the bathrooms.  It resulted in one of the doormen having his shirt almost completely ripped off.  Another doorman unfortunately lost his glasses on the floor and had them returned to him with a bent frame and a missing lens.  I can sympathize on that front because I've damaged glasses in a similar way, and well we all know glasses aren't cheap.  Either way, I'd never seen the bar owner that upset during a fight, and within minutes of the troublemaker being thrown out, two cop cars showed up.  Of course curiosity got the best of me, but I decided to leave as opposed to snooping around to figure out what the hell just happened. 


To sum all these things up, the local music scene is going strong.  White Water is always an amusing source of entertainment.  You never know what's going to happen on a given night, and who knows what will happen the next night out. 

--L

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