Rock and Roll Gods

Ladies and gentlemen, the New Duncan Imperials... I saw this band in many a dark dingy bar from Chicago to Ann Arbor... Madison to Toledo... The best live show I've even seen and probably will ever see. Here is their band introduction bit... a song that Wisconsin should consider picking up for it's dairy marketing board (what the fuck is wrong with cheese? I eat cheese every day!)

At about 2 minutes witness for yourself Goodtime's legendary hardhat drum solo. Once my friend Aaron was so drunk that he offered Goodtime his bare head during the solo. Luckily for Aaron Goodtime wasn't drinking that night.

Then at 5 minutes behold Pigtail Dick's amazing Smoke on the Water solo wearing an oven mitt. And just now I caught a funny thing on this video. You hear the annoying guy that starts yelling "don't do it" at about 5:30. At 5:45 you hear him yell "it's the devil's tool!"... and if you listen closely at 5:47 you can hear a woman say "you're a devil's tool". But I digress...

At 8 minutes you'll see Skipper's balloon solo... The best part is at 8:05 right before it starts when Pigtail warns, "If you're on acid you seriously want to leave now".

God I miss this band.  The drummer retired a few months ago and I misses the farewell show.  The only saving grace is that I recently found Pigtail Dick's blog, which is full of awesome stories of rock and roll glory.

Some day if you are lucky I'll tell you about the time I caught a baloney sandwich they they threw from the stage that already had a bite out of it... Or the time Jon confronted the guy who got mad at his girlfriend for taking her top off during the velour sex dance... Or their great Christmas show where they sang "I'm Dreaming of a White Trash Christmas" with the fabulous Ho Ho Ho's on backing vocals...

I'm not kidding.



Speaking of the velour sex dance... my friend Aaron is contestant #3 in the video above.