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Mitch Woods & His Rocket 88s at Half Moon Bay Brewing Co.

6/19/2012

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We caught Mitch Woods at the Half Moon Bay Brewing Co. on Father's Day. The HMB Brewing Co. is a great place for boomers to hear music. On Friday and Saturday nights they have live music that starts at 7PM. On Sundays the music starts at 5PM! Holy Crap!  You can get a bite to eat and dance to 3 sets and be home by 9:30. Sweaty. Exhausted. Happy.

Mitch Woods is one of the top dance bands...anywhere. From the first number of the first set he lays down nothing but solid, dance tunes, one after another. Boogie-woogie, swing, and blues, with a  side order of zydeco. From the crowd on the dance floor, I would say he mixed it up "right nice." The band just released a new CD named "Gumbo Blues" so the night was like a visit to New Orleans without the drunken college students, humidity, and crowds of tourists.

The crowd ate it up. The "crowd" was mostly in their 50s and 60's with a friendly mix of younger and older folks. The brewing company is not about dressing to impress and drinking premium liquor. It has a real "locals" feel and  is as unpretentious as they get, Although the "big easy" infused music of Mitch Woods and band were a little something special for Father's Day, all the bands at the brewing co. seem to know how to cater to a boomer audience. 

You owe it to yourself to take a short run down to Princeton by the Sea. Have a seat around one of the braziers on the patio. Meet some nice people while sitting around the fire sipping a signature IPA made in-house by the Half Moon Bay Brew Co. When the music starts you don't have to worry about losing your spot/seat. 



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Best Slow Song

6/10/2012

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This is an impossible choice to make. There are a thousand dimensions of slow song. The same songs that would have triggered a change in radio station 30 years ago now now make up the lion's share of my favorite slow song playlists. And of course, gender plays a big role in the selection. There are celebrations of love "found," and heart-wrenching odes to love "lost." Some songs are so personal and intimate it's hard to imagine dancing to them with anyone but your spouse/BF/GF.   Stop snickering.


Here are a few favorites of mine:



Love Lost, Slipping Away, or Gone Terribly Wrong:
Brenda Lee's smoldering "I'm Sorry" or "Break It To Me Gently"


Whistful (no other way to describe it): 
Jonathan King's "Everyone's Gone to the Moon" This is what they mean by the expression "haunting." Proof that no one does string arrangements like the Brits (used to.) The time signature makes it a little challenging (it's a 3/4) but if  can waltz and you don't mind being the only couple on the dance floor. You will be rewarded.

Pure, Unadulterated Love Song:
The Casino's "Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye." Always makes me a little misty. Runner-up? Chris Isaak's cover of Elvis Presley's classic "I Can't help Falling in Love With You." Very similar to Elvis' version, but where they are oh-so-slightly different...magic.

Instrumental:
Remember these? Nothing says "Sixties" like Frank Purcell's "Our Winter Love"  except maybe a draft notice or bench (front) seats in cars.  

Those are my favorites. What are yours?

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The Sure Thing

6/5/2012

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The Twist. The dance of unbridled passion. When people just are not getting their groove on and this DJ needs a sure thing...it's the twist.

It might be Sam Cooke's "Twistin' the Night Away" or Joey Dee and the Starliter's "Peppermint Twist" but I guarantee you, even a bowl of wax fruit or a toaster will get up on the dance floor to do the Twist. All ages. All blood alcohol levels. It is a phenomenon.

Must have been all those Beach Blanket Bingo movies.



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