Yeah, there is a story behind that subject line.

So last night Skank Williams and Realiser were playing at Gus's Pub, so I rearranged my usual Thursday plans and and went out to see them. As I explained in the Tuesday post, fully half the participants are Tribeca regulars so someone had to go and report back, right?

The show was listed as starting at ten. In my experience, this invariably means eleven, so I went ahead and watched the end of Survivor (which was kind of awesome) and then made my way downtown, arriving at about ten-thirty.

Just as well, since Skank Williams was just about to go onstage. In fact, if the sound guy hadn't gone missing they've have been onstage already when I arrived! (The sound guy was Scotty, who is too large to steal, and once again I must note that if I'd been writing this story things would have looked bad for Scotty. At least until I relented in the second draft.) Luckily Troy, Scotty's band mate and brother, stepped in to look after sound and the girls got started just after ten-thirty.

As I have mentioned before, Skank Williams is the self-proclaimed "only all-female Hank Williams cover band in the Halifax-Dartmouth area!" Which is certainly factual, but it would perhaps be more true to say they are the best all-female Hank Williams cover band in the Halifax-Dartmouth area.

( Meet Skank Williams! )

The girls came offstage to general congratulations (I wasn't even the only library type present) and Realiser went on.

( Realiser notes but no set list. )

After Realiser had literally played every song they knew, I looked at my watch and it was only about a quarter after one. Dawn and Kathy and I were at a table together and they joked that I was probably calculating how fast I could get to Tribeca.

( More on THAT good idea. )

It's possible that a giant, awesome jam session broke out after hours--if there wasn't one there should have been--but two bars in one work night seemed like enough for someone my age, so I said goodnight and called it one. Whew!

Crisis averted: last night wasn't exactly rainy, but we had some really high winds that led to scattered power outages all over town.

Including at Tribeca.

!!!

( It all ends happily, though. )

So: back to our regular schedule, and we'll see what comes up next. I'm sure whatever it is will be interesting!

Okay, part of the reason I really like Gloryhound & the Skyhawks is the fact their sound and their covers hark back to an era in music I tend to like (late sixties/early seventies rock.) I should note, however, that during the actual late sixties and early seventies I was pretty much exclusively a country music fan. (When I was four years old the Johnny Cash Show was a highlight of my week. Little kids are weird.)

I mention this because when I arrived at Tribeca last night I discovered there was an opening act: Skank Williams, who bill themselves as Halifax's only all-female Hank Williams cover band. And who would argue with that?

Turns out the band (a three-piece featuring guitar, bass, and banjo) does not play only Hank Williams tunes, but they pretty much stuck to that era (there were a couple of exceptions as you see below.) Much awesomeness ensued.

( And is detailed behind the cut. )

Also, it appears completion is in sight for the most hotly-anticipated CD of the year (well, on this journal, anyway.) I'll let you know how that goes. As it was, I left the place feeling much better about having stayed late at work.