You may notice that I don’t have a Liberty Features Syndicate piece here today. Well, only one cleared this week (although I wrote three) so I’ll put that up tomorrow and devote the space today to another GREAT cause – local music.
Kim and I actually took these pictures at a Semiblind show we attended back on June 13th at Why Cook? up in Long Neck, Delaware. Since this would be a “silver anniversary” WLR post I decided to return to my friends I’ve featured seven or eight times.
While I’m a huge Shorebirds fan, the baseball season sort of cuts into my travels to pursue the best of local rock since I hate missing any part of a set and games aren’t through until 10:00 or later. (Perhaps with a little help next season we can return to the best of both worlds.) That and the tourists have this crazy idea that going to a bar with a DJ is better than seeing live original music so there are fewer multiband shows during the summer and thus a long hiatus between editions of Weekend of local rock.
The only thing I didn’t like about this particular Semiblind show was that they didn’t play any of their originals! But there’s an ulterior motive behind featuring my friends at this late date and I’ll reveal it at the end. Still, I enjoyed it as you’ll notice here.
I’m sure you’ve seen the band a few times, but this was a good shot taken from around the corner of the bar from our table. I want to say they were playing Black Sabbath’s “War Pigs” when I took this.
Kim and I were enjoying taking pictures of the individual band members too. These are shots of Michele, one just singing and one playing her tambourine.
And her husband Jim was whaling on the guitar as always. He has a unique style and really gets into it. I think I tried about 3 or 4 times before I timed the second shot properly.
Meanwhile, Asher quietly goes about churning out the bass licks. When I first saw Semiblind he’d just joined but now he’s a seasoned veteran.
The newest member of Semiblind is also named Jim. This was the first time I’d seen the drum setup he had and it was a little strange – but the songs still sounded fine.
Now for the reason I brought this up. Next week will be a busy week for my friends as they do Local Produce on Sunday (93.5 the Beach at 9 p.m.) with an acoustic performance, an hour of Live Lixx at 6 on Ocean 98 (98.1 FM at 6 p.m. Wednesday), but most importantly a charity event Thursday night along with several other local groups:
Yeah, that may be Weekend of local rock volume 26. It’ll be a good way to start the next 25.
