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Does anybody here know CPR?
So, one of my all-time favorite “Simpsons
Moments” has to be the situation when Homer is in earshot of some
guy who yells out “Does anybody here know CPR?” And Homer starts
singing (in the way only Homer can) “There’s a Bad Moon Rising, I
see – trouble on the way…..”
Homer has of course confused
CPR, (Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation), with CCR (Creedence
Clearwater Revival) with at a most inopportune time.
A classic moment, indeed.
So last Friday, after our gig
at Red Feather, I headed down to 6th
St. for a pint. Now, if you read the
entertainment page last Wednesday, there was a small item in the
paper about a few bands playing for First Friday. I’m sure the
headline was the usual “First Friday returns….blah blah blah.,”
But the real headline should have read: “One of these bands is not
like the other.”
You see, at the end of that
story, it listed four bands that were scheduled to play around
downtown:
Matthew and the Crooked Disciples
Cash Cow
Kate Meloy Trio
Gary Savage and the Darkside
It turns out that Matthew, the lead singer
for the Disciples, was the lead singer in my old band, mile marker
6.
Cash Cow features Glen, who
was our previous guitar player in the Kate Meloy Trio.
Kate, of the Kate Meloy Trio, used to play
with Glen in a bluegrass band, Wild
River.
Mike, a guitarist for the
Disciples, played with the drummer for mile marker 6 in a rock
band called Blue Trick.
So, where were we? Oh, right,
6th St.
So I walk in, and the Disciples are in the middle of a song. And
suddenly my ears perk up, and something deep in my subconscious
says hey, “Does anybody here know CPR?” And I ask myself “Why am I
thinking about the Simpsons all of a sudden?”
The chorus comes around again,
and the place is tapping their foot to “It ain’t me, It ain’t me,
I ain’t no fortunate son . . . .”
Well, I can’t be sure of this,
but something deep inside tells me that there must have been some
CCR on Gary Savage’s list, too.
It would just be too weird if
there wasn’t.
Matthew and the Crooked Disciples will
be at the Thirsty Woman, in Mosier, on Sunday, May 24.
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