April 1, 2005 - Oxford, OH - O.A.R.

Venue:  John D. Millet Hall at Miami University

This was the second time I saw O.A.R. (in a five month span), and the third and final time I would attend a concert with my friend Libby.  Libby was a big fan of O.A.R., and I liked some of their songs and loved going to concerts and hanging out with Libby, so we made the long drive down to Oxford, OH.

It was a four hour drive to this show and there are two main things that I remember about it:

1.)  Libby drove, and if she hadn't I might be dead.  We took a weird way to get there and drove through old farm roads and suddenly happened upon Oxford pretty close to show time.  The drive there wasn't the bad part; it stormed almost the entire way home.  Not just a little rain, but just dumping buckets and not being able to see more than a dozen feet in front of the car most of the wayPoor Libby got us home safely though and I'll always be thankful for that.

2.) A random college student said one of the funniest one-liners I've ever heard in the crowded men's bathroom before the show.  The phrase stood alone and was neither preceded or followed by an explanation.  I was just done peeing in the stall, and as I turned around and he approach and prepared himself for the urinal he loudly said, "So I was giving my grandma a bubble bath last night, and she dumped in the tub."

Everyone in the bathroom laughed and I was in awe.  I don't think I've heard anything more perfect in a public bathroom in my life.  I have thought about his reasons for saying it, and I realized that I don't care.  The mystery is part of the appeal.

I'm sure O.A.R. played the Poker song and I'm sure that they had a lot of energy, but honestly I don't remember anything about the performance.  This show would close out my short-lived jam band phase and it would be the last concert I would attend until I would see Pearl Jam again multiple times in 2006.