Things got all shook up Thursday night as Albany’s Lustre Kings hosted its annual Elvis Birthday
Bash at Dinosaur Bar-B-Que, where a host of Rochester rockabilly glitterati
tore into their equivalent to the great American songbook. Doghouse bassists
Brian Williams and Big Mike Woolhaver spanked the
bottom end, the Bradley brothers — Todd (bassist in the Hi-Risers) and Mark
(saxophonist for the Essentials, Salamanders) tore it up Memphis style, while
flipped-southpaw guitar-slinger Bobby Henrie played
the part of blue-suede Britannica, digging up early Sun Records gems as well as
cinematic cuts from The King’s stab at Tinseltown.
The dance floor was flipped out and flooded with
fleet-footed boppers, jitter-buggers, jitter boppers, and one guy who turned
the joint into the Dinosaur Dojo by copping to some of The King’s karate moves.
I even summoned my inner DA and sang a couple to remind my wife who The King
really is (as if she ever had any doubt). Thank you; thank you very much.
This article appears in Jan 9-15, 2013.
