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Have you ever made WhickeyWacky? The Moonlighters show you how Print E-mail
Sunday, 22 April 2007

Sun. April 22

Remember hearing those great songs from the 1920s and 1930s? Of course you don't; you weren't there. But if you go see the New York City group, the Moonlighters, you can hear updated versions of "Dirt Life Road," "Ziegfeld Doll," "Boxcar with a View" and "Making WickeyWackey" and others from back in the day. (We believe that "WickeyWackey" may be slightly suggestive.) The four Moonlighters move along at a zippy pace. In ther arsenal: Two female vocalists, steel guitar, bass and - key instrument - ukelele. Bliss Blood - former vocalist with the punk-industrial band Pain Teens (!) - is the leader of this group, which formed in 1998. (Blood also writes originals in the style of the oldies.) There's ragtime, swing, Hawaiian music, blues, country, even some be-bop. They'll be getting down at the Forsyth Chapel at Forest Hills Cemetary on Sunday April 22 at 4 p.m. Opening is Craig Robertson, founder of Ukelele Noir (c'mon, doesn't that sound interesting?) who will mix originals and Tin Pan Alley classics. His songs have been known to incorporate mayhem and murder. Well, he is playing at a cemetary ... Tickets: $30, wich includes a one-year membership to the Forest Hills Trust (which gives you discounts to future events.)


95 Forest Hills Ave., Jamaica Plain, 627-524-3354 foresthillstrust.org

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