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ing to become a washing machine
repair man. True story. And local
sound engineer (he turns the
knobs at Congress Hall) Brandon
Smith popped in to regale us with
Van Morrison minutiae. (He is
as admirably devoted to knowing
everything there is to know about
Van as I am about Squeeze and
GOD we must be annoying…).
The gig went super-well and I
hope to be invited back.
(While on the topic of Mike &
the Mechanics, my new favorite
YouTube is Pat Finnerty’s “What
Makes This Song Stink,” a play
on Rich Beato’s “What Makes
This Song Great,” and it’s usually
quite funny and on-point, until
this week and his unwarranted
firebombing of “All I Need Is A
Miracle,” a fine, some might say
really catchy 80s tune. Now back
to our regular programming.)
Jester’s Night II came Friday
after my Exit Zero gig with Sugar
Dave. We stopped in on the way
to taking him home to see Cult
Tides, a new band made up of
a bunch of Bob Maschio’s kids
(Bob is a big muckety-muck at
98.7 The Coast and former lead
singer of the classic Cape May
Bar band, Fuzzy Bunny Slippers)
and longtime area bartender/
manager Sean Haggerty. Sean
and I go back to when he was a
pup cutting his bartending teeth
at Terry O’ke nights and I’d have
to beg him to sing, like, backups
on “Losing My Religion,” and
here he was Friday night belting
out you-make-a-my-dreamscome-true.
(Sniff.) They grow up
so fast. (Sniff.)
And Jester’s Night III was late
Saturday night after The Terry
O’Brien Trio v3.1.1 (Dave and Ray
Palmer) played a benefit show in
Nottingham, PA (literally across
the street from Herr’s corporate
headquarters). It was a long day
with a lot of driving so we stopped
in for a shot and beer and caught
the last few songs of the Sindi
Raymond Band (the word “Band”
is doing a lot of heavy lifting here
as it was just two of them and a
drum machine, but I digress) and
she sounded great, as usual.
Three nights in a row at a
bar. At my age. Sunday morning
Terry is REALLY ANNOYED at
Saturday night Terry.
The concert in Nottingham
was an event concerning my
old high school (Kennett High,
Kennett Square, PA) where I saw
any number of former classmates
and teachers. It was nice to see so
many old friends and even nicer
to see I wasn’t the only one who
got fat.
Problem Solver of the Week:
Maddie Sachar (nee Hogan), who
explained to me that she was out
buying wine at Sunset Liquors
in her pajamas because her husband,
Jon, drank all her wine so
she needed more wine and she
was in her pajamas and what’s a
girl to do? Problem. Solved.
Late Night Cooking Tip of the
Week: If you fry your rice in the
leftover juice from the steak you
just cooked and add enough butter
and salt it doesn’t matter that
you got it from the Chinese place
two weeks ago.
Gonna get that vote count in
Arizona any day now…
Lastly this week, if you’ve
seen any of my bands in the last
10 years or so (Love Me Dudes,
The Strangers, The Credibles, The
Terry O’Brien Band) you know
the one mainstay in all of them
was Al Olivero on drums. Al is a
great player and a better dude. If
you spoke to Al for more than two
minutes you would know how
proud he was of his daughter,
Maura, a very talented musician
in her own right, and an incredible
young lady. We lost Maura
last week. Devastating to all of
us that knew her (she graduated
with my son Owen in 2019) and
the one thing every parent fears
above all else. If you can, please
spare a good thought for Al and
his family. I’m sure it would be
appreciated. Maura, we love you,
we’ll miss you.
’Til next week, don’t get
caught in The Undertow.