By Tim Klingert
of the High-Ground Staff

April 21, 1997 -- On a Sunday in the first of two back-to-back shows, The Mighty, Mighty Bosstones and two other bands put on one of the best concerts that Mississippi Nights has hosted in a long time.Ska-Core The Bosstones And More (title of review)

Joined by opening acts, H20 and The Pie Tasters, The Bosstones unleashed an intense set with a heart-racing pace. The band played mostly new songs with a few old ones thrown in for good measure.

"1-2-8," one of the new songs, was a highlights of the show. Almost the entire crowd followed the lyrics, counting aloud and with fingers.

"That Bug Bit Me" really got the crowd moving. With its screamed vocals and fast pace, how could it not?

"Rascal King" got the crowd's attention. Although it's a newer songs, it seemed that everyone knew the lyrics; so when the band told the crowd to take over the lead vocals it was not a problem.

Of course The Bosstones played "The Impression That I Get," a song that sounds better live than on the CD.I

Even through the majority of the set was new songs, The Bosstones had to throw in some of the old school crowd favorites, including great versions of "Simmer Down" and "Holy Smoke."

"Simmer Down" is the band's unofficial crowd-surfing song, and this proved true this time. It's one of the Bosstones' slower songs, and this made it perfect for the pit crowd to rest whilte the bouncers worried about all the crowd surfers.

"Some Day I Suppose" is a signature song for the Bosstones that gets radio play. The Bosstones played it the way it should be played -- fast and hard.

"Drugs and Kittens/ Ill Drink To That" was also fast, hard, loud and raw the way the Bosstones should be heard.

One of the last songs to be played was "A Little Bit Ugly." The band let the crowd sing most of the song.

Among the few problems with the show: The band has performed better versions of "White Noises." And it didn't play "7-37/Shoe Glue" and "Almost Anything Goes."

Even the opening bands played good sets.

H20 took the stage, and no one knew what to except. Once the opening note was hit, the crowd knew it was in for a musical expirence. When H20 exploded into a hardcore punk song, so did the pit.

For an opening band H20 played well, but after awhile all there songs started to sound the same--loud.