Posted by
the priddle concern
on Mar 31, 2008
the priddle concern will play elvis monday april 21 underground at the drake hotel. also on the bill the always amazing don vail (full disclosure, i play in don vail, 75% of don vail play in my band).
i've known william new since he was doing elvis mondays at the 1150 club which was, as it turns out, is the very same venue (underground at the drake hotel). this was the early 90's and my old band was trying to get an elvis monday gig, so we were checking it out. i was very intimidated. it was before dave bookman and brendan canning from hhead started championing our band. i couldn't have felt less cool. there was a skinny baby-face kid tending bar. he looked more scared than me, tentative and awkward and avoiding eye contact. i liked him immediately. after twenty minutes or so he walked on the stage and started singing in a huge nick cave meets jim morrison voice. we left that night with a vague promise from derek from grasshopper to "hook us up" with a gig (never happened--everyone wanted a gig with grasshopper back then).
we later played an elvis monday at the el mocambo. we covered "albuquerque" by neil young and after the show william told me we butchered it. some weeks later he apologized to me for the remark, but i told him it didn't bother me. it's true, sometimes being in a band--and this was especially true for us then in our somewhat critics darling phase--all you get is people telling you how great you sound. you know they're not always telling the truth so you appreciate it when someone speaks their mind.
so come check it out april 21. and please stay for the always spellbinding don vail.
bp
