Hepcat Halloween ... or some junk
Oct. 4th, 2018 12:02 pm

HEPCAT
Hepcat is a ska and reggae band formed in southern California in 1989. Their soulful harmonies and mellow rhythms were unlike those of contemporaries and more akin to musicians from the heyday of 1960s Jamaican ska, also referred to as the first wave.
Their original vocalist, got the acting bug, making his first big TV appearance on The Heights, and going on to play the blind news stand clerk on Becker (with Ted Danson, remember? ..me neither)
Anyhow, back in the early 90's, I played guitar (terribly) for a (terrible) ska group called Lucky Seven, and we opened for HepCat a few times, one show in particular being The Skatalites at The Whisky a Gogo.
I'll be seeing Hepcat twice this month! at house of Blues, and Scallywag fest!

RANCID
I've seen Rancid three times. The first time was back in 1993, with Voodoo Glow Skulls and Guttermouth at the Hong Kong Cafe, just after releasing their first EP and adding Lars Fredericksen as second guitarist. The other two times were both on the Salty Dog Cruise 2016 and they looked like this:


Scallywag festival features tasting of yummy adult beverages!

after Scallywag, I'm going to join the Pint Pot gang at Universal Citywalk Halloween Haunt, featuring recreations of Stranger Things, Poltergeist, the Purge, and Classic Movie Monsters.
In December, Pirate Radio will host The Slackers (NYC) at Old Nick's.

me and john cain

me and waffles
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