Moxy Früvous appeared in Oswego, NY on Friday, July 26 for Harbourfest. They performed in West Lnear Park at around 8:00pm, on the River Stage. I attended this concert with my co-worker Evan and his friend Phil. I would have to say that this is the best Moxy show I've been too thus far; I met so many great people, and just had the best time! The crowd was so energetic and you could tell Früvous fans came from all around to see this show...

From the Official Harborfest Guide: The Toronto four-piece alternative band Moxy Fruvous currently tours in support of their recent release, "wood", a more mature follow-up to their debut CD "Video Bargainville", a record that went platinum in Canada and scored plenty of college-radio airplay in the United States. While their previous radio songs like "King of Spain" were more whimsical, the "wood" CD features a soulful mix of stirring vocals and acoustic folky instrumentation punctuated by eminently hummable melodies, singalong choruses, seasoned playing, and soaring group harmonies. Booking: Richard Mills (416)598-0067 River Stage, July 26

I'd like to say hello to everyone I saw at the show, and all the new friends I made, especially Laurie, Kevin (& his friend Jen), and Marc Stress. Laurie and Kevin helped me out a lot with getting pictures of the band, and autographs afterwards. Hope to see you all again at many more Moxy moments!

The Früv Four are so good about staying around after the show to talk, sign autographs, and meet their fans. I was able to let them know about this web-site, and just generally hang out and have a good time. I've put the autographs I received from this show (my B-album CD liner) in the picture gallery, so check 'em out!!

For more information about Harbourfest, Check out www.oswego.com

COST: Free. (Cool! :-)

For purposes of space, and since you can't see anything in a thumbnail anyways :-), I'm not going to include thumbnails of the pics from shows... I'd also like to apologize for the darkness of some of these, my camera battery apparently died halfway through the show.

• Murray getting ready (I wonder, is he looking right at me?) :-)
• The other three dudes prepping
• Spiderman w/ a priceless look
• "Never ever have to think twice" (From "Greatest Man in America")
• "It's a blitzkrieg in the making" (From "Greatest Man in America")
• Jean plays the tin whistle (From "Johnny Saucep'n")
• Jean lets his hair down
• Everyone bow to the King of Spain!
• At the end of the main set...
• Lou appears on stage
• A clinging moment... (From "The Drinking Song") (This one's for Laurie!) :-)

• A Capella intro tune plugging their $10 B-Album :-)
• BJ Don't Cry
  • The words "bucket and a brush" were replaced with "hooka and a brush"

• It's Too Cold
• Horseshoes
• Chatter
  • A boat in the harbour was making quite a bit of noise with it's engines, and many jokes were made at its expense. :) (Evinrude, anyone?)
  • The stage was on a barge which kept moving slightly, and Jean was afraid he would fall while trying to stand and play the drums.
• Drunken Sailor
• I Love My Boss
  • That crazy boat made even more noise at the pause during the end of the song. Jean couldn't resist turning around and staring it down.
  • After the song, the band focused their attention on a woman who was apparently grooving very nicely to this song, and asked her to repeat her performance.
• Spiderman
  • Mike asked the people on balconies in a nearby hotel to dance during this number.
• Chatter
  • Talked about how Canadians seem to be only good at Olympic events like shooting. Apparently the army up there only has 7 members, but they're all crack shots!! :-)
• The Greatest Man in America
  • This time the words rang: "to love and praise Al Demotto. Pat Buchanan is a nice man too."
• Chatter
  • The talk turned to how English people are so thin 'cos they can't afford food, and how Americans all love to pig out (at the Ponderosa feed trough).
• Fly
• Chatter
  • A fan gave an "Australian Toothpick" to Jean.
  • Learned that the banjo is a punk instrument in Canada. :-)
• God Save the Queen (country mix)
• Present Tense Tureen
• Johnny Saucep'n
• My Baby Loves a Bunch of Authors
  • Once again, "Pulp Fiction" instead of "short works of fiction".
• River Valley
• Chatter
  • The Canadians apparently feel bad for the other countries at the Olympics and have been just giving up their medals to other athletes.
• Darlington Darling
  • Dave was introduced as "David Hyde Pierce" (sp?) during the solo.
  • Jean waves to the passing boats.
• Video Bargainville
• King of Spain
• Green Eggs and Ham

• Love Potion #9 medley
  • A conga line formed during this number.

• Dancing Queen
  • Mike, donning a pair of sporty shades, was introduced as Lou.
  • A Hootie song was mixed in here, anyone remember what it was?
• The Drinking Song

Some other little tidbits from the performance include:

• Contributions more than welcome here!! :)