2004-04-11 - 3:01 a.m. This ain't Western Union, baby. Woo! (No) Blood on the (LIRR) Tracks night was so much fun, and we raised somethin' like 700 dollars. That's enough to hire a lawyer for, like, a half hour, right? This was in all regards a typical Freddy's benefit in that the musical acts were inspired, the crowd (and I do mean crowd, it was packed, thanks in part to extensive free press about the event) was extremely enthusiastic, and I felt surrounded by my tribe. Kudos to John Sharples for putting this together and getting some great ringers in addition to the usual brilliant Freddy's denizens. I was gonna list some highlights, but truly, it was all one long highlight. OK, OK, some highlights: Hub Moore's soulful space-music take on "I Threw It All Away" Anna Copacobana's "Just Like a Woman" rendered on xylophone...I guess it was her outfit (a spangly sort of baton-twirler's get up) "Tangled Up in Blue" as an angry rant by the Devil's Advocates (an ad hoc offshoot of Spunk Lads) Grahame Davies's "You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You go," which soounded less like a Dylan song and more like a lost McCartney demo...this guy's voice is like liquid French toast (for a multimedia metaphor) Larch, Wonderwheels, Night Wigga, and Pleasure Mechanics re-arranging the classics to encorporate elements of ska, djole, Memphis soul, etc. The Great Outdoors playin' "Lily, Rosemary..." and not missing a single word...props to Benjoya filling in on bass on a song he'd never played before, when Hub went missing pretty much the whole BOTT segment of the evening. thoughts? (8 comments so far) previous - next blog archive contact