If you haven't heard "Swami Gone Bananas" or "The Rainmen" you are missing out!
Saturday at Club 29 on Lawrenceville Highway started slow. The bands kept waiting for more people. I wish more had been done during this wait to entertain the crowd, but it was all more than worth waiting for once it started. Swami Gone Bananas play un-embalmed covers of the 60s guitar greats. Grateful Dead, Hendrix, Duane, Carlos - their music all comes roaring alive out of your past, rocking hard and sweaty good. Both Swami and George Coates demonstrate quiet guitar mastery. The intensity on display with solos and jams in the style of the song was stunning. This was the concert part of the evening with a small but rapt audience.The Rainmen members have played with The Producers, Georgia Satellites, Dennis Yost and the Classics IV, and other name acts. DAVID FORD, JAMES FORD, VAN TEMPLE, LYLE BUFKIN, and DAVID MICHAELSON pulled off the music easily, but they got the harmonies, too! The Beatles "Girl", "You're gonna Lose That Girl", Badfinger, The Stones and more. The best music you rasrely hear covered band! The crowd got the pull of old. Almost everyone felt pulled to dance or just move about unselfconsciously to the music both on the dancefloor and not. A real party. That's what we would love to see - an atmosphere where everyone felt free to dance or move without needing to know the latest line dance or official steps, just joy in the music! Let your freak flag fly as you get on your groove, man, to mangle some phrases. I don't think I'm alone in that wish; I hope. Free to dance. I think there is a need for that in many age groups up to us old hippie "Aged of Aquarius" (hereby my copyright). My sons 19 yr. old friends surely listen to classic rock and would love to hear it live I bet. Anyone know of a big place to have an all age dance? These bands and find someone who can do liquid lights. Would any of you attend such?
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