Although it’s been 14 years between records and, other than a few solo appearances (including 2017’s Pranksgiving) Baltimore’s own Mary Prankster has been out of the limelight. That is, until, the songwriting bug bit again and brought back the brilliant LP, Thickly Settled. (check out our album review here!) And, of course, there had to be a party! So what better plan to have both Pranksgiving and a record release party at the same time? On Friday night, Mary Prankster brought with her a full band (I’m talkin’ keyboards, guitars, drums, horns, strings, the whole nine yards) to a sold out Ottobar.
After a great set by local artists F City and EZ Jackson who got this crowd moving, Mary Prankster’s band came out to start the set with the rowdy “Rock N Roll Degenerate” from the new album as Mary herself took the stage. And it was a set that included just about everything. From a rockin’ version of “Tits and Whiskey” to the audience singing along to “Blues Skies Over Dundalk” to “Roulette Girl” with a searing guitar solo by Super City’s Dan Ryan.
Cheekily introducing the next song, Mary announced, “Hey, Baltimore, I’m feeling horny” as the horn section took the stage to perform the swinging “Sweet Beet.” In fact, the whole evening went from one genre to another but was all tied together by that trademark lyrical wit.
Although Mary Prankster finished up her Pranksgiving Weekend this week, you can catch her at WTMD for a “Very Mary (Prankster) XMAS on December 19th! You can pick up tickets for this show by clicking here!
The setlist included:
Rock N Roll Degenerate
Tits & Whiskey
La Resistance
Tell Your Friends (Part Deux)
Sugar In The Raw
Local Honey
The World Is Full of Bastards
Blue Skies Over Dundalk
New Tricks
Mercyfuck
Roulette Girl
I Got Mine
Sweet Beet
Irresponsible Woman
Darlin’
The Thing
Love Has a Rumble
The Bottle’s Talking Now
Punk Rock Heaven
Any Day Now
Don’t Gotta
Taken Up With The Moon
Lemonade
Enjoy these photos of F City and Mary Prankster at The Ottobar on November 29th. All photos copyright and courtesy of David LaMason.
