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brevet
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 Posted - 07/22/2010 : 13:27:05
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Saturday Night.
Chicago is HOT. You know the kinda hot you dreamed about as a kid. You sit on the porch nursing a Popsicle while the last remnants of the 4th of July spark and bang in the alley behind the garage.
So hot the birds don't fly and the trees seem to sag to the pavement.
Asphalt takes on an odor that fills the night. Tires melt on the road as the booming woofers of a aging Impala Doppler through the intoxicating aroma filled haze of the corner beef stand.
We had planned to meet at load in at a place none of us had ever seen or heard of. They contacted us. Via email. Contracts and all. I was counting on my navigator. The club is up by the big airport. Launching pad and catchers mitt for dreams and heartaches of a nation. Land of conventioneers and tourists, Steak joints and clip joints. Not my usual stomping grounds. I'm an outsider there.
OK ENOUGH OF THE FILM NOIR
So my friend has no clue where we are so he makes a call to the place. THEY HANG UP ON HIM. Calls again and he tells me,, he can't understand a word they are saying. It is about this time I point out to him that his iPhone has GPS. 10 minutes and 3 freight trains later, we pull into the "PARKING LOT!" KEWL I park right in front.
I walk in AND,,AND,,I'm the only guy speaking English. Its a Polish Club. The songs on the juke box were either in Polish of heavy 70s-80s rock.
The night was a gas. The opening band did about 9 songs. (The guitarist played a Gretch with the "G" on it" HE rocked,, he said he's playing with 13s on the estring! GOD DAMN CHEESE SLICERS!) Now it's are turn. We start with a modified Bach Fugue that Mike the guiarist arranged. I use a choir/pipe organ/honkytonk piano/soft pad patch for it. BIG CATHEDRAL G minor thing. The joint was GREAT. Everybody came to the front of the stage,,(oh did I mention it was a black and white checkered tiled dance floor with a big accordion folding door between the bar and the dance floor. TOTAL POLKA SETUP!)
Of Course Kathy had her wireless on and was banging bass all over the dance floor. She had a bunch of guys following her around. Mike the guitarist had to gently escort a few off the stage, (which had a Polish and an American flags on it) AND DISCO LIGHTS!
I asked for a Martini after our 3rd song as always. Dave the actor shows up a bit later with 2 shot glasses. He says "I asked for a martini,,then gin,, then on the rocks,, this is what I got". Hell it went down great.
So now 1/2 the folks that are Larry regulars are getting picked up by guys, girls, both (depending on the friend), Polish beer is everywhere. Vodka shots keep showing up on stage. ITS A GAS!!
For the last song of the night we start out with 'Swing Low Sweet Chariot" an old gospel tune. THEY HOLD UP LIGHTERS AND DO THE WHOLE LIGHTER THING!!!!! Not with that wink and grin that we all use when we're kidding and having fun along with the band. THEY FRIGGIN MEANT IT!!!
After the show,,, more vodka,, I have no clue what most of the people are saying. The bartender shows us a bracelet some old guy gave her. Kathy is fighting of old guys, young guys and sexy ladies,,,Mike is drinking Polish beer and jello shots with ther bartener (shortest shorts I ever saw!) Tom the drummer is getting dragged out by his girl friend and I'm stuck in a corner booth with a bunch of folks SMOKING CIGARS !!!!!
So I finally pry myself out and this guys motions for me to come over there. I give him the high sign and point towards the mens room. I'm doing my thing in there,,when,,, the door opens and the guy and this chick come in WITH A FRIGGING HURRICANE BAG!! (ask somebody they'll know) So I zip up asap,, and let them know,,Its not my drug of choice. They don't seem to mind. As I walk out,, 2 more girls are opening the door to join their friends inside.
I think we'll play there again.
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buc
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Posted - 07/23/2010 : 13:11:55
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THAT sounds like a good gig. Maybe you'll just go back to the bar to practice your polish?
BTW, a friend of mine just came back from five months of working in Poland and said it was the time of his life.
I know I'm a total square, but what's a Hurricane Bag? It'd un-google-able.
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G.A. Donis
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Posted - 07/23/2010 : 16:33:28
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Originally posted by buc
THAT sounds like a good gig. Maybe you'll just go back to the bar to practice your polish?
BTW, a friend of mine just came back from five months of working in Poland and said it was the time of his life.
I know I'm a total square, but what's a Hurricane Bag? It'd un-google-able.
"That was some of the best flying I've seen yet...right up to the point where you got killed."
When I googled it the only thing I saw that may apply was a company called Hurricane, I think, that made travel bags for bongs. I didn't actually go to the sight but just read the description on Google.
Remember when people thought it was a big deal to sneak a "pinch hitter" in your pocket when you were out? Now people evidently just carry their bongs with them. Cheech and Chong would be so proud!
I have no idea what is going on...
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No Pride
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Posted - 07/23/2010 : 17:18:13
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I've played at a few Polish clubs and once subbed with a Polish band at a Polish club. Those people can definitely party! If I drank every cognac that was bought for me that night, I would've probably died of achohol poisening.
BTW, apparently there are more Polish people living in Chicago than there are in Warsaw.
Another BTW: Polish women are HOT!
Glad you guys had a fun night, Brevet!
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brevet
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Warsaw in Chicago
