- Brian Dunne: All right, good evening, Appleton.
We are Fantastic Cat.
We're so glad to be here tonight.
Are you ready to ride with us? [audience cheering]
Oh, that's right.
["Nobody's Coming To Get You" by Fantastic Cat]
[upbeat rock music]
One, two, one, two, three, four.
? When you were young and your mom was in charge ?
? And you saw the whole world from the back of the car ?
? It was easy to see how someday you could be something big ?
? But now you're grown and you make all the rules ?
? You can stand on your head ?
? You can sleep in the pool ?
? And you don't have to clean ?
? And you don't have to say that you did ?
? Oh, you get lonely sometimes when the stars don't shine ?
? And you get a little drunk some nights ?
? Wishing you were a kid again ?
? Wanting someone to hold your hand ?
? Nobody's coming to get you, baby ?
? Nobody's coming to get you ?
? Nobody's going to make this easy ?
? Nobody's coming to set you up ?
? With a house on the hill and a bottle of pills ?
? And a nice set of china to eat all your meals ?
? It's sad, but it's true ?
? Nobody's coming to get you ?
? Now, there was a time not too long ago ?
? When you felt like a champ from your head to your toes ?
? And you bought every lie that your professors sold you ?
? They said your fate was to soar to the moon ?
? And your writing was great and you were pretty, too ?
? And they asked you to dinner ?
? So they could better understand what you do ?
? That's true ?
? Oh, and you truly believed in a matter of time ?
? You'd be ready to go and the stars would align ?
? So you step outside ?
? Waiting upon your ride ?
? Nobody's coming to get you, baby ?
? Nobody's coming to get you ?
? Nobody's going to make this easy ?
? Nobody's coming to set you up ?
? With a house on the hill and a bottle of pills ?
? And a nice set of china to eat all your meals ?
? It's sad, but it's true ?
? No, nobody's coming to get you ?
[electric guitar solo]
? Hey ?
[electric guitar solo continues]
? Oh, you get lonely sometimes when the stars don't shine ?
? And you get a little drunk some nights ?
? Wishing you were a kid again ?
? Wanting someone to hold your hand ?
? Nobody's coming to get you, baby ?
? Nobody's coming to get you ?
? Nobody's going to make this easy ?
? Nobody's coming to set you up ?
? With a house on the hill and a bottle of pills ?
? And a nice set of china to eat all your meals ?
? It's sad, but it's true ?
? Nobody's coming to get you ?
? Nobody's coming to get you, no ?
? Hey, ooh ooh ooh, ooh ooh ooh ?
Look out!
[rapid guitar strumming]
[audience applauding and cheering]
- Anthony D'Amato: So, if this is your first time
seeing Fantastic Cat, some context may be helpful
for all the switching going up here.
This band is made up of four different songwriters
from four different projects.
That's Don DiLego, I'm Anthony D'Amato.
Over there, that's Brian Dunne,
and in the middle, that's Mike Montali
from the band Hollis Brown.
And we decided we would join forces, team up,
and see what it felt like to start making
1/4 the money we were used to at every show.
[audience laughing and cheering]
One, two, one, two, three!
? I could blame it on the rain ?
? I could blame it on the snow ?
? I could blame it on the shame ?
? Of another night alone ?
? I could blame it on you ?
? Picking up my call ?
? But to tell the truth ?
? Oh, it's all my fault ?
? I could blame it on the moon ?
? I could blame it on the stars ?
? I could blame it on the tune ?
? That was playing at the bar ?
? I could blame it on the proof ?
? Of the alcohol ?
? But to tell the truth ?
? Oh, it's all my fault ?
? It's all my fault that you kissed me ?
? All my fault that you liked it ?
? All my fault that you wound up in my bed last night ?
? It's all my fault that no other man ?
? Could ever be enough ?
? Well, it's all my fault, oh, that you're in love ?
? I could blame it on the blues ?
? I could blame it on the breeze ?
? I could blame it on the birds ?
? Forever flirting with the bees ?
? I could blame it on the roof ?
? And these four white walls ?
? But to tell the truth ?
? Oh, it's all my fault ?
? It's all my fault that you kissed me ?
? All my fault that you liked it ?
? All my fault that you wound up in my bed last night ?
? It's all my fault that no other man ?
? Could ever measure up ?
? Well, it's all my fault, oh, that you're in love ?
? Whoo ?
[upbeat rock music]
? I could blame it on the dress ?
? I could blame it on the ring ?
? I could blame it on the mess ?
? That we made of everything ?
? I could blame it on the suits ?
? Down at city hall ?
? But to tell the truth ?
? Oh, it's all my fault ?
? Whoo! ?
? It's all my fault that you kissed me ?
? All my fault that you liked it ?
? All my fault that you wound up in my bed last night ?
? It's all my fault that you called me ?
? All my fault that you came ?
? All my fault that you wound up with the same last name ?
? It's all my fault that no other man ?
? Could ever be enough ?
? Well, it's all my fault, oh, that you're in love ?
? Whoo! ?
[audience applauding and cheering]
- Anthony: Thank you.
Thank you for letting me get that off my chest.
["Later On" by Fantastic Cat]
- Brian: All right, how you doing out there?
[audience applauding and cheering]
Saturday night in Wisconsin.
What a time, what a crowd.
[audience applauding and cheering]
Well, I gotta tell you, we're all from back in New York,
and we all kind of come from humble beginnings.
[steady electric guitar music]
[Brian laughing]
So it's amazing to be here tonight.
You know, I remember my pop would go to work
every day at the factory.
He'd put his shirt on at 6:00 A.M.
He'd come home late at night, covered in sweat...
...cheesecake underneath his fingernails.
The Cheesecake Factory was our town.
And when that Cheesecake Factory
closed down and all those jobs went overseas,
well, man, things weren't the same.
So we'd like to send this song out tonight
to the Cheesecake Factory.
[audience applauding and cheering]
One, two, three.
? Later on ?
? When they've all gone ?
? I'll save a seat next to me ?
? For the long ride home ?
? And late at night ?
? When the world is quiet ?
? At least you'll know in the afterglow ?
? You're not alone ?
? Isn't it just madness ?
? The life we made ?
? Chaos every second now ?
? Big mistakes ?
? I don't wanna be ?
? Who they want me to be ?
? And nobody sees me the way that I see me ?
? Like you see me ?
? Later on ?
? When they've all gone ?
? I'll save a seat next to me ?
? For the long ride home ?
? And late at night ?
? When the world is quiet ?
? At least you'll know in the afterglow ?
? You're not alone ?
? Lately I've been thinking ?
? Maybe I shouldn't think ?
? It's caused me nothing but trouble now ?
? Among other things ?
? Maybe I've been standing ?
? A bit too long in the crowd ?
? Wondering if I seem like I made good on my dreams ?
? Or just flamed out ?
? Ah ?
? Ahh, ahh, ahh ?
? Ahh, ahh, ahh, ahh, ahh ?
? Ahh, ahh, ahh ?
? Ahh, ahh, ahh, ahh, ahh ?
? Later on ?
? When they've all gone ?
? I'll save a seat next to me ?
? For the long ride home ?
? And late at night ?
? When the world is quiet ?
? At least you'll know in the afterglow ?
? That you're not alone ?
? You're not alone ?
? And later on ?
? Later on ?
? When they've all gone ?
? They've all gone ?
? It's hard to believe ?
? How hard it can be ?
? To find some relief ?
? And late at night ?
? Late at night ?
? When they kill the lights ?
? Kill the lights ?
? Oh, nobody sees me the way that I see me ?
? Like you see me ?
? And later on ?
? When they've all gone ?
? I'll save a seat next to me ?
? For the long ride home ?
- Mike Montali: Brian Dunne, everybody!
[audience applauding and cheering]
- Brian: What do you say, gang?
I think we're ready to take it up a notch.
["Go All Night" by Fantastic Cat]
[high-energy rock music]
? I got a weight on my shoulder ?
? It's the size of this town ?
? I got a head full of garbage ?
? It's been bringing me down ?
? I had a band up in Boston, yeah ?
? We went our separate ways ?
? I got a job at Guitar Center ?
? I ####ing hate this place ?
? My friend Maggie had a baby ?
? Everybody was crying ?
? And now she's gotta be a mom forever ?
? She didn't seem to mind ?
? There might be something really wrong with me ?
? But I think it's all right ?
? I got a heart like an engine ?
? And I can go all night ?
? Well, I can go all night, friends ?
? I can go all night, friends ?
? I got a heart like an engine ?
? And I can go all night ?
? I said, "My, what a great place ?
? "Everybody here's in great shape ?
? "Everybody had a great time ?
? Everybody's doing great" ?
? They said, "Brian, you seem angry ?
? Are you feeling all right?" ?
? And I said, "It's fine, I'm just venting ?
? And I can go all night" ?
? Well, I can go all night, friends ?
? I can go all night, friends ?
? I got a heart like an engine ?
? And I can go all night ?
? Well, I can go all night, friends ?
? I can go all night ?
? I can go until the night ends ?
? I can go all night ?
[electric guitar solo]
? I got a weight on my shoulder ?
? It's like the size of this town ?
? I got a head full of garbage ?
? It's been bringing me down ?
? I had a band up in Boston ?
? Everybody's doing great ?
? I got a job at Guitar Center ?
? I ####ing hate this place ?
- Brian: Come on!
? But I can go all night, friends ?
? I can go all night, friends ?
? I got a heart like an engine ?
? And I can go all night ?
? Well, I can go all night, friends ?
? I can go all night ?
? I can go until the night ends ?
? I can go all night ?
? Well, I can go all night, friends ?
? I can go all night ?
? I can go until the night ends ?
? I can go all night ?
[electric guitar crescendo]
[audience applauding and cheering]
Yes!
Thank you so much for being here tonight.
This means the world to us.
It's so incredible that we can come to a place
like Appleton, Wisconsin, and have this many people here.
We'd never been here before last year.
This is so incredible, we love it here.
We'll be back.
[audience applauding and cheering]
- Don DiLego: And you remember that notch we just took it up to
because of Brian's instructions?
One more notch higher!
- Brian: One more notch!
["Oh Man!" by Fantastic Cat]
One, two, three, four!
[upbeat rock music]
? Sonny wrote a check that he knew he couldn't pay ?
? So he gathered up his #### and he headed for L.A. ?
? He only had a gas, oh, to get him halfway ?
? Now he lives in Indiana ?
? Oh man, oh man ?
? We're just doing the best we can ?
? Oh man, oh man ?
? We're all doing the best that we can ?
? Jackie had a job working seven nights a week ?
? At a fancy restaurant where the mayor used to eat ?
? Now she's making twice as much selling pictures of her feet ?
? To strangers on the Internet ?
? Oh man, oh man ?
? We're just doing the best we can ?
? Oh man, oh man ?
? We're all doing the best that we can ?
- Ah, stand back now!
[electric guitar solo]
? Katie bought a gun, yeah, to keep herself safe ?
? Thought her neighbor was a thief ?
? Pulled the trigger by mistake ?
? Now she's living in a cage out at Chuckawalla State ?
? Thinking, "What was I so scared of?" ?
? Oh man, oh man ?
? So if the universe is expanding ?
? Ah, ah, ah ?
? Why's my rent still going up? ?
? Ahh ?
? Wahh ?
? Oh man, oh man ?
? We're just doing the best we can ?
? Oh man, oh man ?
? We're all doing the best that we can ?
? Oh, sing that ?
? Oh man, oh man ?
? Sometimes the best-laid plans ?
? Oh man, oh man ?
? We're all doing the best that we can ?
? Two and three and whoo ?
[upbeat rock music]
[audience applauding and cheering]
- Don: Thank you guys very much, we are Fantastic Cat.
We love Mile of Music, thank you guys for hanging out.
["Goodnight My Darling" by Fantastic Cat]
[steady rock music]
? Woo oo oo oo ?
? Goodnight, my darling ?
? Goodnight, my sweetheart ?
? I'll count my blessings ?
? 'Til the day when we part ?
? Don't try to love me ?
? Don't try to save me ?
? For I will break your heart ?
? And, no, I don't know why ?
? There is a road ?
? Where we'll grow old ?
? I felt those dust trails ?
? I felt the dust trails ?
? Slide down my throat ?
? So I've warned those sailors ?
? To keep steadier anchors ?
? You'll find your new love ?
? And be swept away ?
? Goodnight, my darling ?
? Goodnight, my sweetheart ?
? I'll count my blessings ?
? 'Til day when we part ?
? So don't try to love me ?
? Don't try to play me ?
? For I will break your heart ?
? And, no, I don't know why ?
? Whoo ?
[electric guitar solo]
? I am my father ?
? He was not wrong man ?
? He was no savior ?
? He was no madman ?
? He never warned me ?
? Love ain't no guarantee ?
? So find your new love ?
? And then you'll see ?
? Goodnight, my darling ?
? Goodnight, my sweetheart ?
? I'll count my blessings ?
? 'Cause there ain't no bad start ?
? Don't try to love me ?
? Don't try to save me ?
? For I will break your heart ?
? And, no, I don't know why ?
? For I will break your heart ?
? And, no, I don't know why ?
[rapid guitar strumming]
- Don: Thank you guys very much, we are Fantastic Cat!
Give it up, let's see your hands!
All the way back there!
I wanna introduce to you a man
who we in the band call "Wonder Bread,"
but you can call him the white John Mayer,
Brian Dunne.
"The Appleton Shopper's Guide"
calls him the fourth most-- fifth or fourth?
Fourth most promising drummer in Fantastic Cat,
Mike Montali!
He gives Charles Manson a good name,
Anthony D'Amato!
The wisest and youngest member of the band,
that's me, Don DiLego.
Thank you guys very much!
[rapid guitar strumming]
Wait a minute, sorry, sorry, my mistake.
I effed up there.
Mike looked at me, sullen.
He was sad, he was really sad.
You guys probably saw it, but I had my back to him.
He wanted to say something.
I can tell he's been wanting to say something for a while.
And I feel like, since he's got an audience,
let's let him speak his piece.
So, Mike, you have the... - Thank you, Don.
You know, things have been real rough lately.
I've been going through some hard times, and I just hope...
? Woo oo oo oo ?
[steady rock music]
Whoo!
[rapid guitar strumming]
["The Star-Spangled Banner"]
Thank you very much, we're Fantastic Cat!
Thank you so much!
[audience applauding and cheering]
- Don: Thank you, Appleton.
[cheers and applause continue]