I decided last minute to go to Chicago for New Years Eve (December 31 2010) to celebrate with my friends, LOS STRAITJACKETS. It was an amazing night of music, with 4 bands: THE DYES, JD McPHERSON, THE DEL MOROCCOS, and, last but not least, LOS STRAITJACKETS. I didn't even take a hotel room because I had my own 'ANNUAL BIRTHDAY SURF-ROCK SHINDIG' at Otto's Shrunken Head in NYC on 1-1-11 (I took a 6 am flight from O'Hare!).
I will as soon as I can post a FLICKR file of my pix from Fitzgerald's.
In the meantime, I have loaded in 4 videos to my YouTube page.
Here are the artists, songs, and specific links:
J.D. McPHERSON - "SCANDALOUS"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WS1bVcmwt0g
THE DEL MOROCCOS - "THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD LOVE"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HOQG6-WwK8
LOS STRAITJACKETS - "YOU SEND ME" (the SAM COOKE classic!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGKqN9g1B-0
LOS STRAITJACKETS - "CRY FOR A SHADOW" (a BEATLES' instrumental)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HJKPQOH7Dc
DIG IT!!!!
Unsteady Freddie
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