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| From | Michael Coxe <michael@audities.net> |
| Subject | WC & The Dairy Kings: propane or natural gas? (*) |
| Date | Sat, 8 Mar 2003 12:53:37 -0800 |
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Should have written this last weekend but I was having too much
fun, so better late than never. Last Friday night Christy & I drove
across the Golden Gate to catch up with our dear friends Walter,
Mike, Henry & Steve (& newbee Wyman) at a wonderful but mostly
empty club in San Rafael. These folks are better know as Walter
Clevenger & The Dairy Kings, the best Bakersfield-inspired powerpop
band there ever was.
The band was in top form, and though Walter's developing cold would
cause cancellation of their Saturday night show, his voice held
strong and a good time was had by all. They played a mixture of old
& new - the new stuff fit right in, I love Radio Sea - with a
smattering of covers, including Paperback Writer, a great Tom T
Hall tune & 2 Nick Lowes. Half a Boy & Half a Man, with Wyman's
inspired Augie Myers-esque keyboard fills was a highlight for me.
And I want to give a shout out for Mike Fernandez. When Audities
drummer threads come up, my thoughts always turn to Mike, the
Dairy Kings answer to Terry Williams.
The Spinning Jennies were the other band that night. I hadn't heard
their newer stuff, tho as Bash, Borack & others have previously
stated, it's their best yet. Jeff's songsmithing has risen to a new
level.
Btw, the people who ran the club were stunned by the Dairy Kings
performance, saying that if they'd known what was in store could
have filled the club with regulars. Christy even gave the booker
our "Love Songs..." cd. Too little, to late dept but this is what
I've been saying all along, that the Dairy Kings could play
small/midsize-town clubs with more mainstream patrons, all up &
down the California coast. Places like Big Sur, Monterey, Morgan
Hill, Marin Co, Petaluma, Napa, Clear Lake and the northern coastal
towns would kill for a band like the Dairy Kings. Hey Walter, you
guys are too good for this powerpop scene - get a booking agent who
knows how place you in the right spots, cause you guys kick ass in
just the right dance hall way!!
*** The Dairy Kings have a new EP called "Around The Corner..."
available now via your favorite audities sales outlet, or via
walterclevenger.com. It includes 3 songs from the upcoming new
Dairy Kings release, 3 songs from Walter's solo country album and 2
songs from a in-the-works covers record. Mikee & Christy like it.
Also, they bought back from Ray the remaining copies of "Love Songs
To Myself", available on their website. Unfortunately "The Man With
The X-ray Eyes" is sold out.
Well there you go,
- michael
(*) don't get Steve Bancroft wound up, We had the band over for a
very impromptu BBQ on a beautiful SF Saturday afternoon, with all
of us in stitches much of the time, exchanging stories, many of a
oh-so SF socially incorrect nature. Tales of the North Carolina
Sparklefest trip gave up the subject tagline.
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