Said She Didn't Like the Blues, Changed Her Mind

This past Thursday, Liz and I went to Antioch's It's Thursday party (Illinois). We were having two of the most bodacious steak sandwiches ever (called The Trophy Ribeye and was that ever appropriate) on the deck of the Sequoit Lodge when a younger woman walked by and asked what was going on over by the band stand.

We told her the Blooze Brothers were getting ready to play. She kind of wrinkled her nose and said, "Blues!! I hate the blues. Why can't they have something good like country." We told her they played music from the Blues Brothers. She had never seen the movie (unbelievable) and didn't know anything about it.

She no doubt thought they would play the slow, crying in your beer blues, something she obviously didn't care for. (Hey, aren't some country songs cry in your beer as well, the song "There's a Tear in My Beer" comes to mind.) We told her she should go see the band for awhile and see if she liked it.

The concert started, and as we were getting ready to go over to it, we saw the afore mentioned lady coming back, all smiles. She was grooving to the beat and all smiles. She held out a DVD of the Blues Brothers movie that the Blooze Brothers had given her for dancing up on the stage. She was going to put it back in her car and return to the show.

I think she must have liked it.

We saw her later get up on the stage again when the group invited a group of young girls to dance on the stage. They didn't invite her, but she got up anyway.

Warning, Listening to, or Watching the Blues Brothers, or a Tribute Band of Theirs, Can Get You Addicted. Poor Gal Will Never Be the Same. --RoadDog