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[rdcf.livejournal.com]

Okay, who did I see at the Davis Square T station this evening around 8:10 with a button on her backpack that said "Livejournal Addict"? I had to do a double take!

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[cos]

Wait, I just came back to this, and realized you might have been serious - I read it as joking at first :) Were you living in Boston in the mid/late 90's when fruvous was touring a lot? They always came to Boston and always filled their venues.

[othniel77.livejournal.com]

I moved to Boston in 2001. Before that, I lived in Portland, ME, for 6-7 years, and saw Fruvous there every time they were in town - and prior to that, I saw them in my hometown of Rochester, NY. But no, I have never seen them at a Boston venue.

Where did they used to play, The Middle East?

fruvous shows in Boston

[cos]

Ahh, by 2001, you'd pretty much missed them. They only played in Boston twice in 2001, once at TT's and once at House of Blues. They didn't play the Middle East very often as far as I recall, though they did a few times. Actually, the first time they were in Boston when I knew of them, they did a Middle East show. I first saw them live at Falcon Ridge 1996, that July, and loved them. I got them to come play my live music series at WBRS at the end of the summer, and on that same swing into Boston they also did shows at Wellesley College and the Middle East. That Middle East show is actually one that I remember as one of the weakest fruvous shows I ever saw :) But, it was also the show I dragged a reluctant safetybitch to, and she immediately bought a CD and started following them around on tour. Even at their weakest, they did great shows :)

That 1996 show is the only time I remember seeing them at the Middle East. Several of their best shows ever were the two at MIT in 1997 and 1998, and some of the shows they did in the other side of our state, at the Iron Horse in Northampton. In Boston they also played the aforementioned TT's and several times at House of Blues and the Paradise, as well as Club Passim, Sanders Theatre and Somerville Theatre, several colleges, and some outdoor shows, including Harvard Square and Quincy Market. They loved the Iron Horse and almost always played there when they toured the northeastern US - I think they may have played there more often than any other venue. I certainly saw them there more often than anywhere else.