Sham 69 - Hurry Up Harry

"We're going down the pub."


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7yaMG8LY4E

They are still around and actually on my concert radar for a January show in Cleveland. They go by Joe Grushecky and the Houserockers now but it's still Joe.

Dec 28, Houserockers Holiday Extravaganza (Pittsburgh)
Jan 17, "45 Years Of Houserockers" - Light Of Day 25 (Asbury Park)
Jan 18, Light Of Day 25 (Red Bank, NJ)
Jan 31, Music Box Supper Club (Cleveland)

Moving on...

Lightning Bar Blues - Hanoi Rocks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Rm_05DULXw

Reverend Horton Heat - Liquor, Beer And Wine

"Ever since you left me/I've lived out of my car/parked between the liquor store/and Uncle Bubba's Bar"



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1NEgIfyVsw

Moby Grape - Ode To The Man At The End Of The Bar



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLzVwmm8_cM

OK, just to show I'm not a total Luddite, here's a more recent bar song. I like it when this guy sings instead of raps, so I retain some Luddite characteristics:



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7bQwwqW-Hc

The Magnetic Fields - Be True To Your Bar

This band is playing in my town for two nights in late May. I’m going to try to make it to one of the shows.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMUMlFVWJss

God bless you and Toby's family always!!!

Holly (a girl who forever misses him)

Billy Joel's Piano Man is sung from the perspective of a piano player in a bar.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJNQNSUTzsw