Double Dagger and Ami Dang at The Ottobar
Nolen Strals of Double Dagger during their first reunion show on Friday, October 15, 2021.
Ami Dang performs at The Ottobar on Friday, October 15, 2021.
Nolen of Double Dagger at The Ottobar on Friday, October 15, 2021.
Samuel T. Herring (right) joins Double Dagger to sing “The Lie/The Truth” on Friday, October 15, 2021.
On Friday, October 15, 2021, Baltimore band Double Dagger played their first show in nearly a decade at The Ottobar. The trio were supported by Ami Dang who performed her first set in 18 months.
Double Dagger was a band I got to see live many times beginning in 2007. A guy I started seeing who lived in the Washington, DC area recommended them to me. Once I heard their music, I immediately became a fan and would sometimes schedule visiting him around their shows (like seeing them at Hampdenfest that same year, or at Rock and Roll Hotel in DC in 2008) or see them around New York City (at places like NYU, Glasslands Gallery, Shea Stadium, and Death by Audio). The same guy who suggested that I listen to Double Dagger moved to New York in 2008 and we would then attend these shows together locally until the band broke up in 2011. When their reunion shows were announced in late August, we quickly made the decision to head down to Baltimore once a friend said she would make the drive from Brooklyn (thank you again, Stephanie!).
It was truly wonderful to see Double Dagger perform live again. They’re a band that was at the beginning of my relationship with Eric (who is now my husband) and I’ll always love them for that.
It was also wonderful to be around so many people I hadn’t seen in person in a really long time. These friends and fellow Double Dagger fans who now reside in Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Austin. It was really great to leave New York state for the first time since February 2020 and talk to them and hug them again safely.
A recap of the Friday, October 15th show is now available on BrooklynVegan here.
I took some photos at their second reunion show on Saturday on film along with some portraits on Sunday afternoon before we headed back to Brooklyn and those images are now available here.