Hiding Out

hey, to all my music buddies:

forgot to mention ( thought it was next week)

The Ghettobillies are going to be at BBC on North Avenue tomorrow night. I just got into some of their music, based on the recommendation of Jack from As The Apple Turns, and really, is there any more reliable source than the permanently hiatus writer of an online Apple-themed soap opera?

I digress.

As the GB are described,

From house shaking 70's disco, to orchestral backed ballads and thunderously powerful funk and rock.

or, from iTunes:

Instrumentation
Reverend C. Cobb - Lead vocals, Lead guitar, rythm guitar
Pope D 'Licious - Vocals, Rythm guitar, Lead guitar
Bong - Bass
The Holy Maloney - Drums, Percussion

Biography
The band Ghettobillies mix the raw, authentic blues rock of the 60's and 70's with the feel good stadium anthems of the 80's and the power pop of the new millennium. This explosive 4 piece rumbles the ground with power chords and riffs so thunderous, you thought it was rain. Yeah. Voices made of velvet swilling harmonies so smooth and powerful that no woman on earth can resist their spell. And a rocketing disco dance and funkified rhythm section so awe inspiring it can be seen from the moon.

With the certainty of a greased up masseur, The drummer, Holy Maloney, pushes and strokes the break beats and sweet pumping concussive thuds that form the base of this rock and roll building of worship. The bassist, Bong, drops the complex steel rivets of skin slapping lines that hold the tower tight and rigid. Guitarist Pope D. Licious fills the monolith with black, hot, sticky leather licorice chords and Reverend C. Cobb unleashes the unbridled spattering of gooey, silver tongued vocals and solos all over your face.

Anyways, they do a cover of Basketball Jones, so that's enough for me. Along with a bass player named Bong. who's with me? I'll be just coming off Charrette, putting together a proposal for the City tomorrow afternoon, so I'll be all tired and goofy.

I know it's short notice, Kyle, but it's a funk-slapping bass player named Bong. The only thing better would be a bagpipe player playing through an effects rack.