500 Songs For Kids Benefit
The 500 Songs For Kids benefit is a 10 day long affair where each band (500 of ’em) plays one song. This is the third year? I think that’s right. I’ve played them all and I can only recall three at the moment. You don’t choose the song, you just submit for the show and then they let you know which song you’ll be doing. The shows themselves are fun just to watch, if only because if one band happens to suck, well, it’s only one song.
This year our song was Styx’s “Lady,” something I’ve sung before with seventies-cover-band-extraordinaire the Susi French Connection, so I asked them to back me for this show. Not a big stretch since half the band is most of the most recent version of the Arts and Sciences, and we had Chris along on drums.
Everything was looking good, except… before we went on someone stole our keyboard. I want to stress that it’s not the organizers’ fault and they were great about the whole thing. There’s a pretty strong suspect and when I left they were checking video from the club to verify the whole thing (guess you didn’t know there were cameras at the front and back, huh?). But, seriously, it takes a REALLY classless person to not just steal equipment from a local band (well known, as we all are, to be rolling in discretionary cash), but to do it at a benefit show. You’re a true credit to the species.
Anyway, I want to stress one more time, the organizers were great about the whole thing and I still completely support the show and the cause, and if you’re looking for something to do in the next ten days, take a trip to Smith’s Olde Bar for a great night.
Oh, and yes, we still played and we rocked the high-cheese.
A more upbeat post coming soon.
Update: An arrest was made and the keyboard recovered.