Eltron John performing "Benny & The Jets"

Well, several years later, look what we have here...It's Eltron John performing "Benny & The Jets" @ The 2009 Wherehouse Halloween Party! The opening act was fabulous, but terribly underlit. Please excuse the dark footage, but enjoy the show!

MB Two! (on Facebook)

Here's Will''s second video of MB around 1996. (still have to be a Facebooker to watch)
Midget Barmitzvah Vid #2 (on Facebook)

Will Safrit To The Rescue! (He's my fweind)

 Will and I have been talking about this footage forever...and today...it is DONE! Now, forever digitally encoded and archived...rare footage of  High Point's Midget Barmitzvah performing at the Wherehouse!
Midget Barmitzvah
(I'm afraid you must be a member of Facebook to view this)

P.S. Willie D is one of the dancers, help me out everybody; who's the other? Jon Courtney? JB?

Why You Should NEVER Talk To The Police

Alright Ya'll this is a new post, but it's completely off the topic. This has nothing at all to do with The Wherehouse, except that an old skool Wherehouse alumni (Melanie) sent it to me. Watch and learn.

Crazy Neil & Young Horse - Loose Again

Crazy Neil & Young Horse is a 2010 Wherehouse Halloween Party cover band that reunioned for the Capricorn Party @ The Garage, January 14, 2011. The group features Winston Salem's own Brian Doub (as Neil), Jay Dunbar (as Poncho Sampedro), Eric Jackson (as Billy Talbot), Ryan Pritts (as Ralph Molin) and Susan Snow (as a Nicolette Larson style singer). It was a costumed Capricorn Party, which explains why Susan is dressed as Dolly Parton. Jay Dunbar, Brian Doub and Eric Jackson are all currently in Cakes Of Light; who I hope to be profiling here very soon.


 
There may be a little off-key singing from where I was positioned, but what the hell; it's Rock & Roll right? BTW. Ryan dedicates "Lookin' For A Love" to Jelaina.

...and finally...

Hell Bombs for Christmas

Hell Bombs

Invisible States | Myspace Music Videos
Hey! It's still Christmas time! I just discovered a video for the Invisible States song "Hell Bombs"! In case you're unfamiliar, this is a solo project Of Haydee Thompson's. Haydee's has sung and / or played keyboards in more bands than I can probably name off the top of my head...but here goes: Three Chicks & A Jew, Squatweiler, Angramainyu, All Astronauts, Skull & Bones Harmony Song, Tetragrammaton, and all those I'm forgetting. You can also hear her on the Golden Dawn track featured on the Krankies Winter 2010 compilation, if you're wanting to help support the local scene and get into the Christmas spirit.

Oh! And you can also watch Haydee perform the song live on the Psychic Revolution tour here:

Hell bombs

Invisible States | Myspace Music Videos

Krankies Winter 2010 Compilation

Wow! It's been a long time since I blogged here, but I think about it all the time. It's not that I'm being slack, it's that I'm still working on finishing rooms in my house...while I'm living in it (yuck).  So you may be wondering what could possibly interrupt my progress and make me blog today.  Well, if you don't already know, Krankies has released  a Winter 2010 Compilation, which is now available for purchase @ Krankies. It features 18 local WSNC bands, and  half the proceeds go to Arts For Life!
 Not only did I have to make sure to promote this fabulous recording, but I thought I'd add some history and a little more.

Back in 2005, local restaurant Mary's Of Course couldn't afford to pay the $900 to BMFI, ASSCAP and other sundry extortionists, to be allowed to play music in their cafe. So, a plan was developed to play ONLY local musicians who's material wasn't registered with any publishing company and who wanted to help MOC. As you might imagine, when Christmas rolled around that year there was some concern. An attempt was made to put together a compilation of all local artists doing Holiday songs. Heck, Raleigh has been doing it for years with their Have a Holly Raleigh Christmas series. However, in this case there wasn't enough knowledge, experience or resources to make it happen. But, in the effort, two songs were created that have never been released! These are not affiliated with the actual Krankies Winter 2010 Compilation. They were not mastered by Ryan Pritz. They do not reflect the recording quality or any of the other tireless effort that went into producing that excellent and long overdue compilation. They are merely an historical addendum...an appetizer perhaps, to get you in the mood to go out and get the amazing Krankies Winter 2010 Compilation!  For more info on that you simply must go to Phuzz Media

The Christmas 2005 Addendum:
Jahdai Jeffries (with Eric Glenn) - "Santa's On The Bridge"
Sambson - "Christmas Chimes 2005"
are (HERE).

Merry Christmas!