The End Is in Sight

Dang. December sure got here in a hurry.  I haven't even gotten used to writing 2018 yet. And what a wet dreary November it was. We had over 7 inches of record breaking rain- busting the stats of 1877. Time to get out those sunshine mimicking light bulbs and other seasonal lights.

I'm not sure what was going on in D.C. in 1877, but the December 1977 "contemporary music" listings in the Evening Star included the Rossyln Mountain Boys at Fred and Sullies, Grit at the Italian Gardens, Root Boy Slim and the Sex Change Band at the Back Room of the Varsity Grill,  Harrison Bond and Goddard at the Far Inn, Skyline at Paul Mall, and Spats at the Psyche Delly.

Charlie McCollum's Rock Notes column also recommended the line up at the Capital Centre which included the Kinks, Earth Wind and Fire, Boz Scaggs, Patti LaBelle, and "for the kiddies" Kiss and Aerosmith.

He also noted that "two new city rock clubs will open in the next month. At least one will feature new wave (i.e. punk rock acts.)"  This was back when New Wave had to be defined.

The clubs opened in January 1978.  Can anybody guess what they were? While you're thinking (and the answer is by no means obvious*) here's a partial list of what's going on this December 2018:

DECEMEBER

1

Caustic Casanova CD release party @ Atlas Brewery

Linwood Taylor @ New Deal

2

Woodgrove/ NRIs @ Black Cat Backstage

Granny and the Boys @ Showtime ( every Sunday thru December 30)

3

Unring the Bell/ Dot Dash/ Cory Shane @ Black Cat

6 

Eddie Angels’ Guitar Party/ JD McPherson @ Black Cat

Thrillbillys @ JV

7 

The Ar-Kaics/ Beginner’s Mynd/Teen Cobra/The It’s Alive @ Slash Run

11

Boat Burning @ Millennium Stage Free

11/12

Eric Felten’s Duke Ellington Nutcracker Suite @ Blues Alley

13

Rhodes Tavern Troubadours  @ Takoma VFW

14 

Black Muddy River @ El Golfo

15

Daryl Davis @ Glen Echo

18 

Fuzzqueen/Time Is Fire/ Company Calls @ Black Cat

20

Thrillbillys @ JV

21

Delarcos @ Dangerous Pies

Snail Mail @ 9:30 Club

23

The Messthetics @ Black Cat

25

Jimi Smooth and Hit Time

27

Dave Chappell @ JV

31

King Soul @ Rock Creek Mansion

*The answer will be in the next DC ROCKS