I’ve written in past entries about the Wednesday night jam at Renegade’s Bar and Grill in Burnsville, MN, where anything can and does happen. Well, last night was no exception – local legends Larry and Dick Weigand showed up to jam with the band. Larry (bass) and Dick (guitar) were members of the seminal Minneapolis band Crow from 1967 to 1972. As far as I know, they may still be together and playing gigs, as the recent video below shows. They had a national hit with the song “Evil Woman,” which is distinctive for its unusual horn line. Well, as I understand it, they are no horn players in the band and the horn parts were dubbed in over the band’s objections, so I don’t know it was actually the horn part that made it a hit. Back in the day, I was a big fan – I think I owned all three of their albums. At any rate, it would have been great to sit in with these legendary musicians, but Howie wasn’t about to give up the drum chair, so I had to content myself with watching the action. Here is a clip from the band in their prime and a later vid of them doing their other hit "Cottage Cheese" at the Medina Ballroom. Enjoy, and keep on rockin!
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Great, great, CharlieMac -- truly wish i was there. BTW I was just emailing with Dan & he and his strat may be interested in joining you there soon, so I'll send him the link to this entry of yours to whet his appetite for jams.
But hey now stop what you're doing & go on over to PowerPop and contribute to this weekend's listomania. It's one of the best ever & you'd have a lot to offer this time in particular.
Well, I just wrote a novel but for some reason it didn't show up! Next time I see you. I'll tell you what I thought of...Don't have time to recreate it right now...
Crap. You know what, it just occurred to me that, over at PowerPop they make you re-enter the password they show you to verify that you're not a robot or something -- i wonder if that's what happened to your novel? Anyway I'd love to see it.
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