Often a Bloody Mary can be just the ticket for selling out:
— Sometimes a ten-spot will get you a lot. The new “fully loaded” Bloody Mary at Woody’s in Bayport comes with a complete-with-toppings burger attached to the top of the glass, along with all the usual enhancements, all for $10. Included is a tall glass of Miller Lite as a chaser. One would think that is ironic, a lite beer combined with a drink having enough carbs to allow you to die happy.
— Perhaps the signature blues act for the summer at Bayport BBQ, the Reverend Dead-eye, drew a full and appreciative crowd to its intimate setting for a special Tuesday evening show. But there are many other shows each week to be attended at The BBQ, which is a self-described deep blues juke joint, for the rest of the summer, so you don’t have to sing the blues if you couldn’t squeeze into that performance. A caution, though: The place can sell-out.
— On that note, a return engagement of Sell Out Stereo at the Smilin’ Moose featured some spirited percussion on Hungry Like the Wolf by Duran Duran, and some stellar work on the fast-paced vocals on Walk This Way and Funky Cold Medina. See them again soon.
— Mystic Funk, which plays at the Village Inn in North Hudson on Saturday, June 20, says it taps into six or seven styles of music, “plus a splash of other genres.” (If you consider “groove” a genre). They perform “old school dance party music,” (now that sounds like a genre). Oh yeah, there are current hits played, as well.