Weekend of local rock volume 5

As I noted on Sunday, I was at the delmarvanightlife.com 42-0 Party on Friday night. Here’s a pictorial with captions and maybe a few comments. I suppose I can qualify as an expert on this.

The first band I saw coming in was Semiblind. They had a guest singer, DJ Stash out of Cambridge (far left).

My friends from Semiblind opened things up on the Main stage. One thing about this stage is that they were recording the shows for possible future airplay on Ocean 98.

Here's the sound board on the River stage. The Main stage one was even more complex.

Not that I would do it, but you always wonder “what happens if I push THIS lever?”

Second up on the Main stage, The Barking Crickets. These guys play a lot of gigs and it shows.

Salisbury favorites The Barking Crickets got to play the Main stage and were recorded as well. I alternated between their show and Project Sideways, pictured below.

Project Sideways, another local group, plays on the River stage.

A group with lots of energy and a classic sound, The Cheaters were one band from the DC area that came down to play here.

The only band I had the opportunity to see that I hadn’t already seen somewhere locally was The Cheaters. They have a classic rock sound with some Southern rock influence, and they were tight. A great show!

Another band making the trek down from up north was Skitzo Calypso. They also played a Saturday gig in OC with Pirate Radio.

After The Cheaters wrapped up, I caught the end of the Skitzo Calypso show on the River stage. Then it was another group from out of town, Baltimore-area rockers The Frauds.

Not only did the drum set light up, The Frauds played an active set with an alternative sound.

On the Main stage, Matthew King and his band, The Sophies, continued the evening. The drummer here, Jude Vitilio, also does sound at a lot of shows that I attend and co-hosts a Sunday evening radio show called “Sunday Sessions.” I heard a couple songs taped here on the show last Sunday night.

The Sophies covering one of their favorite artists, David Bowie.

My final picture is of the closing band on the River stage, Pirate Radio.

Pirate Radio wrapped up the show on the River stage. You may notice that they're using the drum kit The Frauds own. This happens a lot with multi-band shows on a tight schedule.

There were other bands I missed because the show started at 4:30 but I couldn’t get to Brew river until after 9 – Matthew King and Pirate Radio did acoustic sets, and All Down But Nine out of OC finished the show outside. I also missed out on Another Vicious Cycle and Lime Green, two bands that played early on the River stage.

Closing the show on the Main stage was Lower Class Citizens out of Ocean City. They finished about one song after Pirate Radio did so I didn’t get there quite in time to get a picture of them.

All in all, it was a great show and a great showcase for several area bands. In particular, those bands fortunate enough to play the Main stage and have their sets recorded will make for some good radio when they get airplay over the coming weeks.

Author: Michael

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