Post #502625 by congawa on Wed, Jan 6, 2010 11:36 AM

Thanks for posting this BTD!

It's also Elvis' birthday, so the Ding Dong Devils will be doing an Elvis song--and we promise it will be one from his mid-60's exotica movie heyday, when his band was all ELECTRIC. Not that early crappy Sun Records acoustic period when he and the bass player's instruments weren't even plugged into an amp, and they didn't even have a drummer!

(As well all know from the times since MTV Unplugged, the definition of acoustic is now a singer playing an acoustic guitar with a pickup going into an amp, an electric bass player turned down real low and maybe even playing a hollow body bass--and of course no drummer, just percussion, because if there's a drum set it is considered an electric set, because it's well known by all good sound men that you can't have a drum set on stage without a) miking the "kick" drum and b) turning it up to volume louder than anything else.)

Just funnin' -- looking forward to seeing everyone who can make it Friday, and engaging in some eclecticism with the Sperm Whale and company!