Wow.. Talk about freaking finally… I have tried twelve times to see Candlebox since the day I bought my Lucy Album… So finally, after 11 tries — WJRR & Miller Light Presented Hoobahstank & Candlebox at Hard Rock Live Orlando — Sunday November 19th, 2006. wo0p! It was just a matter of making it there alive… ;) [ Note: For people who don’t know the whole story, mostly business trips, weddings/parties, and the occasional `mixup` has lead me to gmiss all of them.. Pretty much the pax romana of scheduling conflicts.. ]

So despite “Far Behind” being one of my all time favorite songs, I still refer to their first self titled album as “Before Lucy” — [ Sorta like how people refer to the RHCP Stadium Arcadium as “After Drugs” ] — And I call their third third album as “Opps — Did we release that?” But, I’m not going to go there now… ;) So, Far Behind is without a doubt their most recognized work, and clearly the most well air-played song. However, any decent rock station worth their “Less Talk More ROCK!” will slip in some “Simple Lessons” or “You” on rare occasions… But still, they didn’t/don’t get enough airtime as they deserve — which I guess means the record promoters over at Maverick aren’t bashing is as many DJ skulls as they need to be…. Shame…

Truth be told, Candlebox is a freaking awesome band… And after seeing them live, I’m really starting to think they their record producer needs to be fired. They have a much stronger bluesy hard rock presence on stage that isn’t in their previous records. They are a Seattle grunge band that stopped hating life and now just wants to rock. Awesome, take the stage energy and talent they had on stage last night and put it into a Record… Period.. As a fan, that is what I want to see…

P.s. Kevin Martin — Use you’re voice more on the next record…. However, Lose the freaking Skinny Jeans…. Please… Dear god, loose the skinny jeans…