"Times is hard baby, and The Hustle is really on. Times is hard baby, The Hustle is really on. Prices are high now darling, all the good jobs are gone." T-Bone Walker, as performed by The Fabulous Thunderbirds

Have You Heard---

This week in history: January 9

In 1933, construction began on San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge. The bridge opened 4 years later, in 1937

In 1935, The King of Rock and Roll, Elvis Presley, was born in Tupelo, Miss.

In 1967, nightclub owner Jack Ruby, alleged killer of presidential assassin Lee Harvey Oswald, died in custody

In 1994, Massachusetts Rep and Speaker of the House, Thomas P. “Tip” O’Neil, passes away

Birthdays: 

Larry Storch (F Troop) 91, Don Shula 84, Robert Duvall 83, Dyan Cannon 75, Bobby Hull 75, Joan Baez 73, Jimmy Page 70, Diane Keaton 68, John Paul Jones 68, Robby Krieger 68, David Bowie 67, Victoria Principal 64, Kim Wilson 63, Mel Gibson 58, Dave Matthews 47, Marilyn Manson 45, Eli Manning (WHO???) 33.

Local notables celebrating birthdays this week: Erinn (2N) Brown, Darby Chandler, Andrew “Hacksaw” Harney, Meg Parrish. Andrew, you lucky man, among all these beautiful women. Happy Birthday.

“Any girl can be glamorous. All you have to do is stand still and look stupid.”

Hedy Lamarr

Weather from Mt Washington Summit. This was recorded this morning at 4:43:  Fog, visibility Zero, wind WNW at 62MPH, Temp  -9 Degrees, Summit wind chill -47 Degrees.      And we think we’ve had it bad?

Today’s Weather in St John USVI, 83 degrees and sunny.

Here we go---   

Brodies Seaport  

Friday – The Transistors 9PM

Saturday – Glass Onion 9PM 

SUNDAY/FUNDAY - Special guests – No info available 4:30PM

Grapevine

Sunday –  Marty Rowen Trio 11:30AM

Monday – No info available 6PM

Tuesday – No info available 6PM

Gulu Gulu

Thursday – Kevin G. Moore Band 8PM

Friday – DJ Seth 8PM 

Saturday – Silversense 8PM

Sunday - Nate Aronow Nextet 8PM

Howling Wolf

Friday – Nick Consone 10PM

Saturday - Adria Smith Trio 10PM

Sunday - Steve Spungin 10PM

In a Pigs Eye

Thursday - Henley Douglas and Friends 9PM

Friday – Blues Jam 4:15, Spike Emerson Society 9PM

Saturday – PBD and The Way Back Machine 9PM

Sunday – Gracie Curran 8PM

Monday – Open Mic 9PM

Wednesday – Countdown 9PM

The Lobster Shanty

Friday – Vein 8PM

Murphy’s

Saturday – No info available 5PM  

O’Neill’s

Sunday – Irish Session 4PM

Opus, O_Underground

Thursday – Reggae  9PM

Friday – Unplugged 9PM

Saturday – One Night Only 9PM

Monday – Jazz 9PM

Rockafellas

Friday – Mugsy 9PM

Saturday – Midnight Goggles 9PM

Vic’s Boathouse

Saturday – The MSF Band 9PM

The Village Tavern

Friday – Close2Home 9PM

Saturday – MSF 4PM, Lois Lane and the Daily Planets 9PM

Last week---

Well it’s been pretty feckin cold out and I must admit, I have stayed in some nights instead of bundling up to “fight on foot”. This is not like me. Am I getting old? Oh yeah, yes I am. But I did get out a bit to hear some great stuff. Saturday was a great afternoon at Murphys with the full Britannica band playing. Lots of happy faces in the room and peeps dancing and singing along to Kinks, Stones, Moody Blues, etc. I really wish there was a reliable way to tell if there would be music on Saturday afternoon and who it would be. No listing for this week.

Sunday afternoon we went back to O’Neils for the first time in too long, to catch some of the Irish Session. Larry and Company still set my heart aflutter, reminding me that I haven’t visited the old sod for the last time yet. It’s very much like being in a pub in Ireland on Sunday afternoons here. Check it out.

I was traveling with Pam, Keith, Emily (MAM), Amy and Barbie on this special day, I was trying to keep it quiet but Amy was nice enough to let Chris Fitz know it was my birthday this week. Nothing worse than a room full of all you SOT’S singing Happy Birthday to me. Seriously it wasn’t that bad. Thanks folks.

Chris, PBD and company were their usual incredible self’s at Brodies for the weekly Sunday/Funday show. Being that the Marblehead ladies were in town, and they really don’t know how to dance over there, I had to show them some of my “special” moves on the floor. OMG. I should be embarrassed. NOT!

I was going to be good and head home after but Henley Douglas and Friends were down at the Pig, and being “hardly out of the way”, what was I to do? I caught Henley a few nights earlier, at OPUS Underground, but I can’t get enough of what he’s putting down. As usual, a great show.

My picks in the coming week:

Henley Douglas returns to In a Pigs Eye tonight (Thursday). You can’t go wrong when Henley is in the room.

I haven’t checked it out yet and I probably won’t make it tonight (Thursday) either but OPUS Underground has Reggae tonight and every Thursday. You need to check out this great new music venue in town. Here’s your chance. Ya Mon!!!

The Transisters return to Brodies Seaport Friday. These guys will have you dancing your pants off so come on down and show us what you got. See you there.

The final show of the season at Lobster Shanty for Vein is Friday night. Next Wednesday, they close for the season, reopening on April 1. Thanks Lee and Dianne and all the others who work to make this such a special place. (I won’t say it.) See you when it’s warmer.

Steve Peabody and The Wayback Machine take the stage at In a Pigs Eye Saturday at 9. Sherman will surely set the Wayback Machine and Boris may even try again to “Keel the Moose and Squirrel”

Sunday/Funday at Brodies, always a great show. I can’t find who this week’s special guest is but I’m depending on a certain harmonica player to update me.

Gracie Curran closes out the weekend in style at In a Pigs Eye. And the show starts at 8. PERFECT!

This list was put together with much help from STANSLIST. See his site here:  http://www.stanslist.com  Thanks Stan. 

Please excuse any incorrect spelling and omissions. But sometimes I make up words too, CORDWANGERS!!!

Go out and listen to some great LIVE music in the wonderful, strange, historic and hip town of Salem, Massachusenutts.

And tip your bartenders and servers.  

And always check with the venue as times and schedules change. (and I sometimes Feck up)

Peace, Love and Zydeco.