Feb 14, 2009 - Hackney's Valentine's Fest

Love was in the air - that and the sweet smell of a Hackney's InsideOut Burger. Theme of the night, obviously, was love. Since it was Valentine's Day, many of us came early for a Valentine's feast. Vince & MB, John and Brenda, Gina and LuLu, Bruce and Ed (just friends), Meg sans Patrick, and JB sans Mo. 

Red was the uniform. Vince's red shoes, Ed's red suede blazer (shown here at the left), Meg's fabulous red on red combo, Claudia's fetching red top, Mikey B's classic red haagar shirt, it was all good.

The crowd on hand was completely new - there were no regulars, which is not such a bad thing. The evening had a certain dinner club performance vibe. Lots of listenning, lots of applause, little dancing up front, but more so later. Frankly, I was a little dissapointed with the turnout - the bar was full and all the tables

were taken, but I wanted sweaty masses of humanity. The Hackney's Management, however, was thrilled with the turnout and the evening as a whole, so thats what counts. Hopefully many of the new faces will come out on Monday's and spend $$ on drinks and an Onion Blossom (oh, those are good).

On bass tonight was OJBNewbie Michael Fiorino, who played a very, very sweet sounding fretless electric. Kevin 'KFlan' Flannigan sat in on Tenor. On the other side of the stage, we were joined by Meg's sisters Beth and Suzy, along with their husbands. Also in the house was Herder's Poker crew, and Barb's Book Club. Drink of the night was Blue Moon with shots of Jameson.

 

Set 1

L-O-V-E, Only You, Stella By Starlight, This Can't Be Love, Nice n Easy, Almost Like Being in Love, The (s)Mooch, Come Rain Or Come Shine, Big Noise From Winnetka, I Could Write A Book, Moten Swing

Set 2
Ja Da, Orange Colorred Sky, More, Moanin', At Last, Filthy McNasty (a dirty love), I Just Found Out About Love, When I Fall In Love, Our Love Is Here To Stay, Alright OK, It Should've Been Me, Sing Sing