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Undertow<br />
Terry O’Brien’s legendary column... social satire, shameless plugs — and general self-indulgence<br />
I<br />
n Canada it’s pronounced Oondertoo.<br />
I recently discovered Letterkenny, a very<br />
funny show on Hulu about a small<br />
Canadian town and the people who live<br />
there. There is no other way to explain<br />
it. I will say I had no idea how much spending<br />
my teenage years watching every Philadelphia<br />
Flyers pre- and post-game show would<br />
inform my 50-something sense of humor.<br />
I spent the antepenultimate (next-to,<br />
next-to last) weekend of 2022 playing some<br />
swell gigs. Friday night was Lund’s Fisheries<br />
Christmas party at Mudhen in Wildwood. I’m<br />
hoping to land some regular gigs there next<br />
year so this was something of an audition<br />
for Jerry and I. No trio, which I’ll get into<br />
shortly, but we sounded good (as always), the<br />
crowd was friendly (and lubricated) and one<br />
nice lady even made a point to tell us how<br />
much she loved our Josh Ritter song, “Snow<br />
Is Gone.” THIS is why you play Josh Ritter and<br />
Avett Brothers and Zach Williams — for the<br />
2 percent. The other 98 percent you can play<br />
your Van Morrisons and whatnots. Thank<br />
you, Jeanette Dougherty for thinking of us.<br />
(Side Note: Lund’s does NOT mess around<br />
with the prizes they raffle off to their employees.<br />
Big ticket stuff. Hmm… are they hiring?)<br />
Saturday was a last-minute gig with<br />
Sugar Dave Hughes at Cold Spring Brewery in<br />
Historic Cold Spring Village in… Cold Spring.<br />
The room was packed. Until we started playing,<br />
then it emptied out. I’d have taken it personally,<br />
but I know I’m awesome, so it couldn’t<br />
have been that. The room slowly filled back up,<br />
some tasty IPAs were had, and they collected<br />
a box full of toys for the Lower Township toy<br />
drive. Clear eyes, full hearts, can’t lose.<br />
And as we speak (around 2pm Sunday<br />
after that incredible Justin Fields run against<br />
the Eagles) I’m prepping for my second Terry<br />
& Jerry gig of the weekend at Washington<br />
Inn for Family Promise of Cape May, who<br />
shelter the homeless. It’s pretty awesome.<br />
Laurie Johnson brought us on board, whom<br />
I’ve known since directing her son, Alex, as<br />
Tiny Tim in Scrooge. I don’t want to say how<br />
long ago that was, but Alex could now play<br />
Bob Cratchit. Thanks, Laurie. You can accept<br />
my Facebook friend request any time now. I<br />
sent it in 2006.<br />
These gigs supported not only some<br />
excellent causes, they also supported me. At a<br />
very important time. So my thanks are sincere<br />
and not the sarcastic toss-offs you’re used to.<br />
Why were these gigs duos instead of<br />
trios, you might ask? Our third part, my wife<br />
Cathrine, took a spill last Sunday and, in<br />
layman’s terms, completely f*cked her shoulder.<br />
Dislocated. Fractured. Cape Regional to<br />
Cooper. Surgery. A week in the hospital.<br />
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