The very sweet and charming Eric Anderson, performing as Cataldo, opened:
Then Nelson Kempf, who was performing as Old Believers, took the stage and opened with an a cappella song. After that, the merch guy/tour manager and Cataldo joined Old Believers and helped him finish off his set.
Finally, Laura Veirs took the stage with Alex Guy on viola and Nelson and Eric providing vocals and switching between guitar, bass, keyboards, and drums. Here’s what the Cedar had to say before the event.
I had such a blast shooting this show! I arrived shortly after doors opened and was hardy enough to be among the few who stuck it out after 1am and through the three (amazing and awesome and ridiculous) “just one more song, you guys” encores done by Mike Michel and Carnage the Executioner.
The condensed version: The Electric Fetus, a record store in Minneapolis, was damaged by a tornado on August 19, 2009. The store went into debt to pay for repairs to the damage it sustained and nearly half of its floor space was closed in the months after the storm hit.
The following bands came together to support the Fetus: Peter Wolf Crier, Cloud Cult, Roma Di Luna, Total Babe, Jeremy Messersmith, Caroline Smith and The Good Night Sleeps, Trailer Trash, Ruby Isle, Unknown Prophets, and Bill Mike Band with Carnage.
I took photos and I tossed them into iMovie and here you are, about to watch the silly little slideshow that I made.
Vimeo gives you the option of watching this slideshow in full-screen mode. You so totally should, yo.
I’m still going through all the photographs I took last night (close to 1000!) but I wanted to get something from the show up today. These are unedited shots of the concert, backstage, and the crowd. They’re in no particular order and the movie is set to “I Know.” (You could so totally watch this in the full screen size. You know, if you wanted to.)
After that, the merch guy/tour manager and Cataldo joined Old Believers and helped him finish off his set.
Here’s what the Cedar had to say before the event. 
