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Z104 Rock for Relief
Organized by Jenni
Chase of Z104 and Adam Simkin of entertainmentdc.com (who
both did an excellent
job of organizing and arranging a complex event in very short time),
all proceeds from the event were presented to the Red Cross. We arrived
early to check out all the bands and lend the service of Dan's old bass
amp (this amp is the equivalent of Jack Nicholson in "A Few Good Men"-
old, mean, and it has very expressive eyebrows to boot) to the cause. The show opened with Michael Jantz, a
singer-songwriter with
great
vocal talent and a penchant for dedicating songs to mothers- his own,
thankfully. Following were Sharif and Lloyd Dobbler Effect (a
great
combination of strong vocals, fun jams, and an energetic
percussionist), then Barakus.
Viki Nova,
who could be seen
treating her
sore throat with honey straight out of the little bottle shaped like a
bear- I think many male audience members wished they could be that
bear- played a great set of catchy rock tunes that are musically
interesting as well. WJ went on next. The large stage of the State
Theatre is very conducive to acting like pompous rock stars, so
that's
what we did. After Dan threw an emtpy bottle of Jack Daniels at Jenni
Chase and Craig signed several girls' chests between songs, we were
finally forced out of the venue. Randy and I handed out black eyes to
some of the bouncers along the way (Randy and I are a tag team
wrestling duo every other weekend known as "Fury of the WASPs". Randy's
fists are like jackhammers of loving pain). I'm sure smart readers like yourself realize that none of that
last
paragraph actually happened. Or did it. Hmmm. What did happen was one of the most
energetic sets we've had to date. A new song (as yet untitled) had its
live debut to tremendous fanfare and Craig's voice was in excellent
form- these are the gigs where you stay excited for hours afterwards
and can't sleep later that night. Since this gig was a Sunday and I
didn't sleep at all Sunday night, Monday morning at work was awesome. Junkfood
and Evenout
closed out the night- these are two very
polished
professional bands that I can recommend to anyone that likes hard rock.
We saw several familiar faces in the crowd and would like to thank them
for coming out and supporting such a great cause. Our thanks also goes
out to the State Theatre, Jenni and Adam (who were gracious and
supportive to every band there- I don't think many people can
appreciate how difficult it is to handle 7 bands with different needs
and have the whole event run like clockwork), and all the other bands
that participated. It was great day for a great cause and we are proud
to have been a part of it. |
