Dougherty Arts Center
Moontower Surprise
RECEIVED Sat., Sept. 5, 2015
Dear Editor,
I haven't read any reporting on the HAAM benefit All Along the Moontower. I either missed it or it was a tough article to write. I'll presume both are possible. I thought all the musicians did great covers of songs from the psychedelic era. And I learned something: I went through the era without realizing how cool the Bee Gees were. Theirs must have been a sub-sub-culture of kids who knew they were too cool to be cool. And Todd Rundgren. What can I say? The couple in front of us must have taken a hint with the Bee Gees cover song and decided to save as much of their high as they could by making their exit before Todd's appearance. I almost felt sad for Todd. He must have known, as he stumbled through his presets mumbling that that was not what he had set the night before, that he and his music were out of place, and he willingly admitted there was nothing psychedelic about his music as he strolled the stage singing sometimes in key and sometimes off but always having my wife wondering if he was intoxicated and me wondering if he was doing Joe Cocker impersonations. The entire night was pretty good with some surprising moments: We got Bee Gees music and we got Todd Rundgren, but we didn't get Roky Erickson and that was the biggest surprise.
I haven't read any reporting on the HAAM benefit All Along the Moontower. I either missed it or it was a tough article to write. I'll presume both are possible. I thought all the musicians did great covers of songs from the psychedelic era. And I learned something: I went through the era without realizing how cool the Bee Gees were. Theirs must have been a sub-sub-culture of kids who knew they were too cool to be cool. And Todd Rundgren. What can I say? The couple in front of us must have taken a hint with the Bee Gees cover song and decided to save as much of their high as they could by making their exit before Todd's appearance. I almost felt sad for Todd. He must have known, as he stumbled through his presets mumbling that that was not what he had set the night before, that he and his music were out of place, and he willingly admitted there was nothing psychedelic about his music as he strolled the stage singing sometimes in key and sometimes off but always having my wife wondering if he was intoxicated and me wondering if he was doing Joe Cocker impersonations. The entire night was pretty good with some surprising moments: We got Bee Gees music and we got Todd Rundgren, but we didn't get Roky Erickson and that was the biggest surprise.
Jeff Day
