Friday night at the Village Rock Cafe in beautiful, downtown East Rochester, and there was a bar fight even before the band got started! I figured it was going to be an interesting night. It turned into a night in which each of the "boys" was totally on his game. Jimmy was great on vocals and played that sax for all he was worth; Todd was, as always, soulful and fun on the keyboards, Dave authoritatively set the tone on the drumset; Ralph Ortiz was even more phenomenal on Ain't No Sunshine When She's Gone then he was the first time I heard him play it--the beautiful Bo Leopard bass became a percussive force to be reckoned with; and Joe, well what he was making that guitar do all night long was sweet, sexy, and smokin'!
The crowd got bigger and was very appreciative. The good news was that the crowd wasn't all "the usual suspects" drinking, talking, and not listening. This crowd included musicians from several different bands--some I know, and some I don't. Dave and John from Northside Johnny were there, Emmet, Chris and Tina from Me & the Boyz were there, and a few assorted others--all of whom were blown away by Hot Sweets. This is a band that needs more gigs and better venues!
I think Joe and I are going to go to see Northside Johnny at JW Quimby's tonight. I'm looking forward to it.
There, is that better Uncle Wally . . . all music today!
yours in music,
Tracy
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Splendid. Nice to read the review and all, since I can't get out, and am stuck here hacking with my hacking kids.
Oh . . . sorry about the hacking. (Glad you liked the post, though.) Joe and I ended up at waiting for a table at the Cheesecake Factory for over an hour, had dinner, then grabbed a movie (The Bank Job) instead of driving to Henrietta--we were both beat. So, no Northside Johnny for us tonight. We'll get there next time.
how about a review of that cheesecake place? any good?
When you have a menu as extensive as they do, not everything can be great. Some stuff is really good, some, not so much. The drinks are expensive--$3 for a club soda with lots of ice and, oh, a lemon wedge--that must be it! our server was not great last night, though we've had some good ones. The carrot cake is FABULOUS; the cheesecakes are, too, if you like cheesecake. The portions are huge, of course, because this is America where humans have much larger stomach capacities than humans in any other country on the face of the earth. So, that's it, pretty much.
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