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Bandstands host crowd-pleasers
Family-friendly venues a welcome change for bar bands | By Peter Bothum | The News Journal
It would seem like it’d be a disadvantage for a band like Love Seed Mama Jump to go from playing a bar to an outdoor family atmosphere like the Rehoboth Beach Bandstand.
But despite the necessary adjustments – no alcohol, more kids, a less raucous audience – bassist Pete Wiedmann said there are things about the shows that are actually better for Delaware’s preeminent cover band.
“The cool thing is that the people are here to see music,” said Wiedmann, whose band has played the bandstand for four years now.
Love Seed (which also includes singer Rick Arzt, rhythm guitarist Cliff Hillis, lead guitarist Brian Gore, percussionist Dave James and drummer Paul Voshell) has built its 19-year career playing covers for partying people at First State bars. So one hill for the band to climb at the Rehoboth bandstand gigs is that it might not seem like the audience is that into it, because they’re sitting down and not going crazy after every song.
But Wiedmann says the crowds always clap, and that’s all the Love Seed boys need. To conquer the kid problem, the band invites them up on stage, where James gives them tambourines to play.
And there’s a fringe benefit for Dewey Beach-based Love Seed: They get to play more originals than they would at a typical bar gig.
“It’s kind of more of a concert than you do at a bar,” Wiedmann said.
The band kicks off the entertainment schedule at the Rehoboth Beach Band at 8 p.m. June 18.
Here’s 10 more shows worth checking out:
• Sun, Surf & ’65, 7 p.m. May 25 at Stango Park in Lewes; 7 p.m. Aug. 8 at the Rehoboth Beach Bandstand. The guys behind the Oh Boy! Buddy Holly tribute act merge sets of Sun Records-era rockabilly, surf music and hit songs from 1965.
• Fabmania, 7 p.m. May 29 at the Bethany Beach Bandstand. The revered Beatles’ tribute band covers every era, from the Cavern days in Liverpool to the famed Rooftop Concert during the “Let It Be” sessions. Fans will also get a glimpse of what could have been if the Fab Four had toured during their tripped-out era (“Sgt. Peppers’ Lonely Hearts Club Band,” “The White Album”) – Fabmania dons the suits from the “performances” in the “Magical Mystery Tour” movie for a set.
• The Honeycombs, 7 p.m. June 8 at Stango Park. This seven-member act has 600 pop songs from the 1950s and ’60s in its repertoire. You don’t mess with The Honeycombs.
• Chesapeake Brass Band, 7 p.m. June 27 at the Bethany Beach Bandstand; 7:30 p.m. Aug. 17 Stango Park. The all-volunteer band features amateur and professional musicians form New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Delaware. In April, the band placed second in the North American Brass Band Association Competition in Raleigh, N.C.
• Jesse Garron, 8 p.m. July 3 at the Rehoboth Beach Bandstand; 7 p.m. Sept. 3 at the Bethany Beach Bandstand. This Elvis tribute artist uses the name of The King’s twin brother, who died at birth. So is it creepy, or awesome, that he claims to be “The Closest Thing To The King” on his website?
• Captain Quint, 7:30 p.m. July 11 at the Bethany Beach Bandstand. Maryland-based Jimmy Buffett tribute band. How can you go wrong?
• Dakkota, 7 p.m. July 23 at the Bethany Beach Bandstand. The North Carolina-based band can please just about anyone who likes a little twang in their tuneage: They cover old-school country (they cover George Strait, Hank Williams Jr. and Charlie Daniels), modern Nashville artists (they do Dwight Yoakam, Tim McGraw and Garth Brooks) and even throw in rock songs by the likes of The Eagles, The Rolling Stones and Bad Company. The band also will perform originals during their sets.
• The Real Geniuses, 8 p.m. July 9 at the Rehoboth Bandstand. Cover bands are a dime a dozen, and with ’80s retro still hotter than Clark Griswold in a “National Lampoon’s” scene with Christy Brinkley, roughly every four out of five cover acts plays a heaping helping of cheese from the decade. And Baltimore’s The Real Geniuses are no different – they’ll give you the obligatory “Take On Me” from Ah-Ha and “I Ran” by Flock of Seagulls. Still, there was something chill-inducing about hearing those opening chords of Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believing” and singer-keyboardist Elena Martin’s take on the tune with the Atlantic Ocean in the background – and that’s just watching a video of the performance on YouTube!
• The Bullbuckers, 8 p.m. Aug. 14 at the Rehoboth Beach Bandstand. Wilmington ska-funk band brings a party fueled by a barrage of brass instruments.
• Swing City, 7:30 p.m. Aug. 28 at the Bethany Beach Bandstand. Big band serving up swing, Latin, ’50s rock, waltzes and polkas.
• Vinyl Shockley, 7 p.m. Aug. 31 at Stango Park. Say what you want about their musical output, but singing drummers like Don Henley and Phil Collins are some massively talented dudes. As the singer and beat minder for rock-soul outfit Vinyl Shockley, Ed Shockley also performs the unbelievable task of doing different things with his hands, feet and vocal chords, all while remembering the words and staying in key. Amazing.
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