Gonerfest 9 kicked off yesterday at the Cooper-Young gazebo with an excellent sunset solo set from Monsieur Jeffery Evans that filled the neighborhood with rockers and confused a lot of joggers. The first night at the Hi-Tone Café included the French band Jack of Heart, the Brisbane, Australia rockers Slug Guts, and Chicago’s own Heavy Times.
Austin’s Golden Boys went on at midnight, but the start of their set was marred by some keyboard troubles which mandated an onstage soldering session, so, with the assistance of the evening’s master of ceremonies NoBunny, the band kept the crowd occupied by leading a round of jumping jacks.
Once the technical issues were resolved, the Golden Boys got down to business.
