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Hey All,
Just recovering from Friday night's Link Tribute up here in Halifax
(Canada).
First up was the all girl Stolen Minks. Their garage-style sound
(gtr, bs, kys, drm, vox) got the crowd up on the dance floor right
from the first song. Hi-lites were "Black Widow", "Branded"
and "Slinky". These Minks did their research, giving out Link Wray
facts between songs.
Next up was Brad Conrad performing a handful of tunes from Link's
often forgotten country period (1970's). Brad performed a solo,
slide guitar version of "Crowbar", then brought up the Urban Surf
Kings to back him up on a few more country Link tunes. This set
wrapped up with stormin' versions of "Jack the Ripper" and "Studio
Blues".
The third act up was the Link Wray named band Big City After Dark,
featuring Wray's disciple Jay Melanson. Right from the opening
notes of "The Shadow Knows" to the closer "Law of the Jungle", BCAD
had the crowd in their collective hands. Some of the highlights
included "Deacon Jones", and "Pancho Villa" with Drummer Mink (from
the Stolen Minks) playing the cowbell part. This was only the bands
second gig. They tore the house down!
Last up was Urban Surf Kings. Sitting in on Longhorn bass for us
was Brad Conrad (he'll be with us for the next while. Crash Flagg is
on Paternity leave). This crowd knows Link. Opening
with "Commanche", the crowd was "singing" along, and dancing from
the first power chord. We played a 16 song set filled with our fave
Link tunes, including "Mr. Guitar", "Run Boy Run", "Run Chicken Run"
and "Vendetta". We wrapped up the night with "Rumble", of course.
Jay from BCAD came up to play my guitar neck as I strummed the
strings on this one.
I had a great time MC-ing/playing the night. It was great to see
that Link has so many fans in Halifax. There were about 200 at the
Tribute held at Stage Nine.
Rumble On!!!
Rev Hank/Urban Surf Kings
--- In , "urbansurfkings"
<surfkings@h...> wrote:
>
> Hey All,
>
> Just recovering from Friday night's Link Tribute up here in Halifax
> (Canada).
>
[...]
Way to go Mike! Sounded like a fun time!
BN
