It's Saturday Night and Spring is in the air. The weather has been gorgeous and it's a perfect night to begin my journalistic bar fly wanderings.
I began my evening at about 9 oclock in mid April, at CC OBRIENS in Pawcatuck. I was so excited to be going out with my future sidekick, who shall remain nameless at this time, for reasons we will soon see. Nameless and I arrived separately. At the door we met up with Texas Todd, one of CC's bartenders and Mark Dullea, lead singer of the band we were there to see, Fat Betty.
As we came in, I saw an old friend of mine, Andy McG. He was looking very nice. The place was not as busy as I had thought it would be, but that soon changed. Our first drink was made" especially "for us by Todd. Two lovely Stoli, 7's, splash of cran. It really hit the spot. We sat on the upper level at CC's, the better to view the going on's with the band. We then ordered an appetizer from our friendly waitress Dawn. having eaten at CC's before, I new anything we ordered would be good.
Our nachos arrived and let me tell you, I must say, very nice presentation. A large, round plate with tortilla chips, refried beans,lettuce, tomatoes, and lots and lots of cheese. A slathering of jalapenos had me salivating, as I scooped out some sour cream and salsa to pile on top. MMMmmmmm.....I was already in heaven!
Meanwhile.......back at the band, our sexy lead singer was warming up, along with his brother Rob. Check, Check... check 1 check 1, 2....... really gets you going. I LOVE that sound! Mark has a cool voice, and I was excited to hear what this band could do.
At this point my possible, future sidekick deserted me to meet a man.....Ugh, not nice. Kinda an unwritten girl rule here,. Don't leave your friend, who you're supposed to hang out with to meet a man. Big girlie no-no. So there I sat, all alone waiting for the band to start. I know, I know, I'm getting old, but a 10:15 start really kicks my ass.
Fat Betty's drummer, Mike Beebe and lead guitarist, Ben Escobedo joined Mark and Rob up on stage and they were ready to jam. Mark did a fantastic job with Chris Isaaks "wanna fall in love" and Pearl Jam's "black" .
They played rock and roll and they really rocked. Jimi Hendricks and Nickelback sounded awesome being covered by these four guys. They definitely had a kickin'sound that night and I should have been enjoying myself, especially since I had the manager from CC O'BRIEN'S, Gary, doing his best to keep me entertained, along with the Shane, part-time Ginger's worker and CC's bouncer.
At this point the band was rockin' and the crowd was arriving in small groups. We started to draw in a good crowd. I gotta tell you some of the girls in there were smokin'hot and the guys (Dan) were pretty freakin' hot too. Fashion Tip: Short skirts and low cut tops are definitely in this spring.
I have to be honest, after being dumped by the old nameless sidekick , I was more than a little annoyed. I couldn't give Fat Betty the attention they deserved. I must say though, while I was there, they did a fantastic job and everyone in the place, honestly seemed to be really into the band and rockin' with them. Who knows maybe next month someone will dance with me?
Fat Betty plays locally and will be playing at Stash's on May 3rd. They're definitely a band you want to see! You can find their schedule, along with many other area bands in Sound Waves Magazine every month.Get out and enjoy the local color...there's alot going on in our area, but ya gotta get off your ass and get out there. Until next month....if there is anything you need to tell me barfly2u2@yahoo.com . Hope to hear from you soon!