MAY 5th, 1997
THE PEECHEES
& THE DRAGS
All Ages@ Safari Nite Club
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I really didn't know how the kids would react to this one and it turned out they didn't understand it but couldn't help but enjoy it. This is the day I went out and bought Tito my Iguana. So we set up his cage and played with him while waiting for the show to start.
The Drags are a kinda Cramp like band with that even mix of Rock-a-billie/Phsyco-billie, Surf and Garge. Lots of fuze ale Cramps. Hell, they even did Midwest Monster. For effect the had police lights going the whole time for that whole drag strip experience.
I think from the first time I heard The Peechees CD "Do the Math", there was no question, these guys and dolls have something. Rough guitar and whinny arty vocials in that garage way that I like. They started out with a large flag draped across the front of the stage and then dropped it and went into Pepper, then moved through a set of hits like Do the Math, Beer City and I could Have Loved You while Bob and Carlos did these chopy movements to the beat of the song. Meanwhile Christopher did a crazy dance and belted out the story with Molly who by the way is the best female drummer I had seen next to Mad Dog (The Leaving Trains) kicked out the engine pace. Even with a few equipment problems they held their own.
