More Eclectic Fun at the Hof
#541 / Video Extra
Eclectic are us. How eclectic? This video, filmed by Pamela Bowen at The Flood’s latest gig Thursday night at Bahnhof WVrsthaus & Biergarten, is a good sampler:
In just 15 minutes, the band switches from country picking to old-time rock ‘n’ roll, from a Roarin’ Twenties party tune to a down-and-dirty southern blues.
Song Histories
Flood Watch has, as usual, researched the histories of each of these fine old songs (and many others). Click links below to read stories from our back pages:
“Drive In,” the Jerry Reed tune made famous by his friend and mentor Chet Atkins.
“(When She Wants Good Lovin’) My Baby Comes to Me,” the winking and nodding Jerry Leiber-Mike Stoller composition first performed rock royalty, The Coasters.
“Lady Be Good,” George Gershwin’s perennial 1924 tune, a rarity among jazz standards, surviving the transition from the loose Dixieland arrangements early on to the smooth swing sound of the 1930s and beyond.
“Deep Ellum Blues,” a back-street tune from the late 1920s that alternately celebrates and warns of Dallas’s most raucous district.
Loving Us Some Hof
We’re said it before, we say it again: We absolutely love playing Bahnhof. We highly recommend it for the superb food and conversation, but also for its delightful decor.
The venue has a distinct coffeehouse vibe but also with museum-quality appointments that always bring smiles to our faces. Check it out at 745 7th Ave. in downtown Huntington.
