By Gus Samarco, Rock At Night Raleigh Correspondent
Red Hat Amphitheater – Raleigh, North Carolina-July 18, 2017–Clutch
I love seeing Clutch live, they are so full of energy and pack a heck of a punch. I’m back to my favorite venue in town, the Red Hat Amphitheater. Great staff, plenty of pit space, awesome sound and large enough to pack a diverse crowd.
Neil Fallon hit the stage and didn’t waste a second, turning on the heat for a crowd already baking on the North Carolina oppressive heat, I did look around, but nobody was complaining, we all wanted our full dose of Clutch, no watering down our Rock ’n Roll smoothie, we just wanted some extra metal, stoner rock, blues, southern rock and whatever the band had, to be thrown at us… and they did just that.
Clutch is one of the bands that are in Raleigh pretty consistently, and we have some extra love in store for them. The fans were on fire and neither the heat nor the humidity slowed them down either. It was a great symbiotic display of love between artists and fans, bound through Rock ’n Roll.
Don’t miss Clutch on tour with Primus this summer:
TOUR
Jul 20 Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre at Freedom Hill Sterling Heights, MI
Jul 21 Dome Arena Henrietta, NY
Jul 22 Freedom Hall / Lancaster Co. Convention Center Lancaster, PA
Jul 23 Blue Hills Bank Pavilion Boston, MA
Jul 25 Maine State Pier Portland, ME
Jul 27 Waterfront Park Burlington Burlington, VT
Jul 28 Stone Pony Summer Stage Asbury Park, NJ
Jul 29 Festival Pier Philadelphia, PA
Jul 30 Stage AE Pittsburgh, PA
Aug 01 The Rave / Eagles Club Milwaukee, WI
Aug 02 Vetter Stone Amphitheater Mankato, MN
Aug 04 McGrath Amphitheatre Cedar Rapids, IA
Aug 05 CrossroadsKC Kansas City, MO
Aug 06 South Side Ballroom Dallas, TX
Aug 08 Marquee Theatre Tempe, AZ
Aug 09 The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Las Vegas Las Vegas, NV
Aug 11 KettleHouse Amphitheater Bonner, MT
Aug 12 McMenamins Edgefield Troutdale, OR
Aug 13 Cuthbert Amphitheater Eugene, OR
Aug 15 King County’s Marymoor Park Redmond, WA
Aug 17 Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Stateline, NV
Aug 18 Greek Theatre-U.C. Berkeley Berkeley, CA
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Gus was Born and raised in Brasilia, Brazil but have been living in Raleigh, NC since 2000.
Headshot Photographer under Peter Hurley, Gus started shooting concerts in mid 2014 and felt in love with it and hasn’t stopped since.
Gus is a very active fiction book reader and when he’s not working, taking pictures or sleeping, Gus loves riding his Mountain Bike and can also be found shooting (guns and cameras) USPS and 3Gun matches.
His favorite bands are Metallica, Pearl Jam, Whitesnake, Led Zeppelin, Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath, Pantera, RATM, Beastie Boys and it goes from there. Gus also enjoy listening to EDM, Jazz, Classic and pretty much anything that has good music quality, not to mention his favorite Local Band, Jack the Radio
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