I was planning to venture north to Framingham on Friday night to see the Mercy Brothers, featuring Barrence Whitfield, but lack of stanima prevented me from doing so. Peter went anyway and emails "...As I feared, the atmosphere in a deserted shopping mall with an audience of 25 or 30 and no beers....actually a few people did BYOs...is just not good for listening to blues. I said hi to the man, watched the first set, and then went in to Toad to get some loud rock and roll, a couple of beers, a crowd, and found Kay there. Much more like it. BTW, the other half of the duo plays at Toad with variious people, and also with Dennis Brennan, Jake Brennan's dad, at Patty O'Brien's (rough approximation of the name) in Somerville. Kay and her friends all agreed that the Somerville bar is a real dive.....sounds good to me. On Wednesday night I went to the Danforth Museum for a concert of 16th century lute music. Again, a small crowd, but nice music, a nice setting in the main gallery. Good for chamber music, not so good for blues. Tonight it's Sarah Borges in Marlborough....let's hope the suburbanites are not sitting on their hands." -PeterKeith got us tickets for Lucinda Williams at the Calvin Theatre in Northampton on Sunday, March 25th. Can't wait. Also eagerly awaiting the new album release on February 13th.
As if you need another reason to go to the Southington Rotary's 2007 Mardi Gras Night, here's a testimonial from blues aficionado, Dineen - "Johnny K: You picked the absolutely best blues band in CT...have followed D. Smith for years! Can't wait until Fat Tuesday...see you at Anthony Jack's!" - MB's Sister "Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we are here we might as well dance."
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