Live Shows: Sapling and Gretchen Shae & The Middle Eight, Exhibit 'A' Brewing Company, Framingham, MA 12/31/22
I'm not the type of person that needs to go out on New Year's Eve. Everything is usually overpriced, goes well after midnight, everyone is overdrinking, you're more likely to get pulled over, etc. I have to really, really want to go to an event to go out on NYE. But when Sapling and Gretchen Shae & The Middle Eight announced a New Year's Eve show, I knew I had to go, especially when it's at the wonderfully early time of 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm, and it was free! Gretchen Shae & The Middle Eight opened the very early evening show. Their blend of glammed up hard rock isn't exactly what I'd expect to be playing at a brewery, but apparently Exhibit 'A' has great and unexpected taste in music. This is the type of music that might be more at home in a dimly lit club at a much later hour, but the brightly lit brewery and early time gave the show a much more laid back feel. A song like "Skeleton Closet" is meant to be heard live. The recorded ver...