Nothin' But a House Party!

Anyone lucky enough to get tix for the J. Geils reunion last night to open the new House of Blues on Lansdowne St.? Brought back a late 70's memory of bagging groceries at a local supermarket and, after my shift, brown-bagging a change of underwear and a toothbrush and thumbing down to So Yarmouth to catch Peter Wolf and company at the hotter-than-hell Cape Cod Coliseum...ah, the good old days. Caught Peter Wolf a few years back playing at the Middle East and half way through the set he jumped up onto the bar showing those same signature dance moves I remembered from high school. With a new CD out next month, Wolf shows no signs of slowing down, most recently touring with Kid Rock. Sleepless, his last solo project, may have been a sleeper in sales but was listed in Rolling Stone's top 500 albums of all time. If you haven't heard it, pick it up...you won't be disappointed. With guest appearances by Mick and Keith, and masterful guitar work by local wunderkind Duke Levine, Sleepless is a country/blues gem of a record. The new release has Wolf sharing the mic with Shelby (my favorite concert of last year) Lynne and Merle Haggard...can't wait!