I have had the opportunity through my first husband in one of his many careers to see many live bands. He worked for the Handleman Company, the formerly largest distributor or prerecorded music.
Ah, times gone by. How nostalgic I get. Or don't.
I saw lots of bands then. Rolling Stones, three times. Black Crowes too many times to count, his favorite band. Backstage passes, as well. Page, Plant show. Fleetwood Mac. Lillith Fair. Steely Dan. I could go on and on,
Some of those shows were good. Or at least okay.
But give me a rip it up bar band any time.
For a few months in grad school, I dated a guy in a band who I can only conclude was trying to emulate RATT. Guy I dated was Jon. He had middle of the back blonde/brown/bleached white hair do going on. I had really short hair with that late 80s thing going on: An awfully goddamn big pouffy thing on the front of my head. I had this really cool bright lapis blue leather skirt....ANYHOW.... A doomed romance. He thought I was hot, I thought he was pretty damn dumb.
Give me a good tear em up bar band. My general rule of thumb (excluding kareoke) is that if you get up in front of some people and try to make music, I'm gonna give you a round whether you deserve it or not. Because you got a hell of a lot more talent and confidence than I do and especially a lot more balls.
I love bar bands. Great tunes that only bar bands can really tear up and play how they should be played:
Brown Eyed Girl, Van Morrison
Saw her STanding there, Beatles
Sunspot Baby, Bob Segar
Boat Drinks, Jimmy Buffett
Layla, Eric Clapton
Oh the list goes on and on. Great bar bands are a treasure. Most of these guys are there primarily so they can play music. Ya gotta give them a big hand and some of them play some excellent music!
Check out Warren Commission. I think they have a website.
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