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| From | Michael McCartney <michaelmccartney@yahoo.com> |
| Subject | The Tokens and other IPO stuff PART ONE |
| Date | Thu, 2 Aug 2007 19:15:12 -0700 (PDT) |
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Gary inquired about The Tokens and Brian wrote:
They opened with "Animal" from Intercourse; they also
did a few songs from an album they did as Cross
Country (Atco, 1973), including: "Just A Thought" (i think);
their country ballad cover of "In The Midnight Hour" and 4
or 5 more songs, the titles escape me. Maybe David Bash can
jump in....or Michael McCartney?
Michael tries to remember after hearing so many songs in a few days:
Forgive me if this has been answered by someone already as I returned to Hawaii from IPO and am going thru a lot of email and my Audities on digest form. They did do "Animal" from their "Intercourse" which was cool to hear. Some Cross Country songs as Bryan had mentioned; "Just A Thought", "In The Midnight Hour", "A Smile Song" and "Tastes So Good To Me". They made mention of some of their producing and writing credits like Tony Orlando and Dawn (my first store bought 45 was "Tie A Yellow Ribbon Around The Old Oak Tree"), The Happenings "See You In September" and The Chiffons with "One Fine Day" which made for a fun but short sing-a-long that night. It's sort of a blur but I think they performed "Portrait Of My Love" but I know that they closed the show with "The Lion Sleeps Tonight".
I wish that I could remember more details but just as The Tokens were hitting the stage, David Bash and the band asked if I'd video tape the performance so I was bit distracted at the end of the night. So if I stood in anybody's way that night, I apologise.
The night was such a perfect night for a variety of artists. John Batdorf had opened the show with his signature sound. It was a great way to begin IPO. I had just met John earlier this year when he came to Maui to perform on my radio show so it was really cool to see him play guitar in his element. The biggest suprise was how much I was blown away by his surprise guest - Mark Rodney jumped onstage towards the end. Oh my gosh - it was Batdorf and Rodney performing at freakin' IPO! These guys were HUGE in Hawaii back in the seventies. Many of Hawaii's acts of that decade were influenced by Batdorf and Rodney including Kalapana, Country Comfort and Cecilio & Kapono. This was a treat for me. :=)
Movie Star Kiss followed John and they rocked onstage.
The Mello Cads were unbelievable! David Ponak had me giggling with his musical journey. This was only the third act. The night was off to a fantastic start.
The Syrups were fantastic. The siblings and their bickering on stage was quite humorous as their mom sat in front of the stage. Cool harmonies and rocking the joint at the same time.
If you're a fan of either The Tories or Avion, you would have not been disappointed as Steve Bertrand performed his latest batch of solo album songs acoustically. I'm always a sucker for that kind of performance.
Now when the clock rolled just a wee past ten o'clock...The Procession hit the stage and they had everyone's attention. Well...I can't speak for the bartenders in the back but it appeared that everyone else was glued to their harmonies, pounding keyboards and cool guitar chords that are right up the old power pop alley.
Rob Bonfiglio and Carnie Wilson followed with a killer set. A number of songs from The Skies Of America were performed and hearing those songs stripped down clearly demonstrated how strong all of Rob's songs are. His music should be all over the radio. Carnie performed "God Only Knows" and I nearly cried like a baby in Molly Malone's. I guess sobbing in an Irish pub is an everyday occurrence but I was sober. :=)
In Hawaii, we call it "chicken skin music", it's where the emotional impact of the song gives you musical goosebumps and hearing Carnie and Rob did that to both of my arms. They did a wonderful job on "Devoted To You" by The Everly Brothers.
The Tokens closed the show.
The next show at Fitgerald's was filled with rockin' sounds! I missed out on Poplord and Dave Stephens due to traffic. I understand that Dave Stephens really rocked the joint and I'm still bummed that I missed it. Dave has been on our radio playlists for over a year and this was my one chance to see him live with his band so you can see why I was quite upset. I caught the tail end of Suite 100. Wow! What an awesome sound.
I'm glad the traffic didn't slow me down to catch Nushu. Another one of those acts that has been dominating our playlists the last year with their catchy "Popsound!". How can anyone not dig the sounds of Lisa Mychols? The band really rocked. They may have been the most rocking band up to that point of IPO considering that Tom from The Waking Hours was on guitar. Holy smoke!!! He plays with such speed that none of my photograph could capture him. He was the only performer that was always a blur in my photography that weekend. *lol
Jeffrey Scott did a great job. Me like...
Popdudes! Popdudes! Popdudes! Yes! Yes! Yes!
When a band member hits the stage wearing a "Wings Over America" tour t-shirt you know that something special is coming. I was so in awe of both Mike Simmons and Kenny Howes that I all I could do was say "Hi". Covers from Rick Springfield to The Raspberries had my toes-a-tapping. :=)
John Borack on drums was amazing!
Closing out the afternoon show was Jeremy. I was blown away by how rockin' Jeremy's set was! His Beatle-ly songs off his albums were given a much louder and raw rock and roll sound. I don't know if that's how his music is always from stage but it was mind blowing. This Maui boy got to witness Tom Richards play guitar in what will be a musical performance that I will never recover from. Joining Jeremy onstage were the Glowfriends and Lisa Mychols who along with Tom did in a twenty minute set what it took The Who to do in two hours when I saw them two years ago. Oh my gosh...Hendrix and every punk band from the late seventies and early eighties would have been proud.
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