Bold
O'Donoghue's,
East Rockaway, NY
November and December, 2007
This night was special. Every night's performance is unique in it's own way, but this night stood out. Not only did fans come from all over including South Carolina, but the band and the audience had an extra special surprise treat this night...........
As the band was playing what it
thought was going to be it's final song (a blues number), a member of the
audience jumped up and helped himself to Bruce's microphone. At first everyone
thought he would have to be forcible removed from the stage, but then came the
magic.......
The room was suddenly filled with blues harp that was not ordinary, but extraordinary. So much so that the band extended the song 20 minutes! The audience went nuts as the band played on in amazement song after song with this unknown man on the harp, who played like no other.
As it turned out, this unknown
man was Rootman Blues, a 70 year old veteran of the blues scene from the
days when the blues scene was the only scene! Every note he played
had meaning and said something that mattered. And the people knew it. And the
band knew it and loved it! You could see it on each of their faces, which was what
kept them playing all that great music for extra 45 minutes to the screaming crowd with
Rootman at the microphone!
Which just goes to show that once again anything can happen and often does at a Spoonful-O-Blues show! You can practically depend on the fact that every show will have some surprises in it, and if it didn't, now that would be a surprise!
(below left to right) R.T. Kline with honorary member of the band Kip, who came up from South Carolina to see the guys.
These guys ROCK! Take me back to the Photo Gallery to see more!