HARD ROCK, TENDER STEAK
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I've got a gig!
On July 15 -- a Saturday night, in deference to our imperious keyboardist (my bassist brother swears by Friday nights for peak attendance) -- The Burners will return to Barons Steakhouse on the White Horse Pike in Clementon, New Jersey.
The venue's motto: "Great steak at a great price."
To us South Jersey high-school idiots in the '70s, the White Horse Pike was our version of "the circuit." (Once again, location is king. If Bruce Springsteen had misspent his youth cruising the White Horse Pike instead of the Asbury circuit, HE'D probably be playing Barons Steakhouse on July 15.)
For this gig, I'm actually filling in; the group's regular singer will be in California, but the guys wanted to save the gig. I suspect it's because Budweiser is printing the posters, which makes us feel like the Rolling Stones. (Yes, we need to get out more.)
Being a fill-in has been fun. I had to learn a couple of songs from scratch. It's a challenging program. We're doing two originals; a Crowes; an Argent; a Tull; a Steppenwolf; a Golden Earring; two Bowies; two Motts; three Kanases; and our usual four or five Deep Purples. The following sentence is one of the most painful I have ever had to type. I'll be singing Van Halen's "Jump" and "Ice Cream Man." Oy!
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I've got a gig!
On July 15 -- a Saturday night, in deference to our imperious keyboardist (my bassist brother swears by Friday nights for peak attendance) -- The Burners will return to Barons Steakhouse on the White Horse Pike in Clementon, New Jersey.
The venue's motto: "Great steak at a great price."
To us South Jersey high-school idiots in the '70s, the White Horse Pike was our version of "the circuit." (Once again, location is king. If Bruce Springsteen had misspent his youth cruising the White Horse Pike instead of the Asbury circuit, HE'D probably be playing Barons Steakhouse on July 15.)
For this gig, I'm actually filling in; the group's regular singer will be in California, but the guys wanted to save the gig. I suspect it's because Budweiser is printing the posters, which makes us feel like the Rolling Stones. (Yes, we need to get out more.)
Being a fill-in has been fun. I had to learn a couple of songs from scratch. It's a challenging program. We're doing two originals; a Crowes; an Argent; a Tull; a Steppenwolf; a Golden Earring; two Bowies; two Motts; three Kanases; and our usual four or five Deep Purples. The following sentence is one of the most painful I have ever had to type. I'll be singing Van Halen's "Jump" and "Ice Cream Man." Oy!
NEXT POST: PRONOUNCED "JOHN YOUNG"
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