Paul Caporino, CLAGG,
Billy Connors Project, Thee Fightin' Fish

The Midway

February 9, 2019

Mike Quirk

Mike Quirk and Adam Sherman shared a birthday bash at the Midway Matinee on Saturday, February 9th. They filled the place with family, friends, bands, and cake.

Paul Caporino

Paul Caporino had the early slot and got to open up the usual setlist with a batch of solo M.O.T.O. He kept his enlarged heart on his nudge and wink puerile sleave, threw in some deep cuts and cranked out a pile of catchy, crunchy riffs. The Midway felt like a country honky tonk on punk when the crowd joined in for the choruses on "I Hate My Fucking Job".

Billy Connors Project

Billy Connors Project classes the joint up with a deep book of fully formed tunes. The band alternates between Billy’s Chuck Berry homage "Limousine Jean" and the riffed rocker "I’m Gone" and Adam Sherman’s more nuanced tunes like "Knockdown Day" and "Graceless Hideaway". Q does double birthday duty on his lucite base. A new number, "Self Destructive Heart", keeps the streak alive. The two ep’s on Bandcamp should catch your ear.

Club Linehan a GO GO

Club Linehan A Go Go weaves their wall hanging out of debatably bad 70’s tunes. Lady Caroline has a fine set of pipes and they are on display from the first line on Kiki Dee’s "I Got the Music in Me". BGN’s own Kenne H. is rocking his Scottish tartan and looking to win back the island with his dangerously unsheathed Les Paul knock off. Q is the genial host. He takes most of the vocals and keeps the wack list of Hendrix, Barrett, Blondie, Roxy Music and Lou from coming untethered from the string. Caporino is back with Mark from A Bunch of Jerks for an everyone in the pool run through of "Born to be Wild".

Thee Fightin' Fish

Thee Fightin’ Fish come out like prime Mike Tyson. Andy Excuse has got some itch to scratch and he’s gonna push everything till he gets it. He has skipped the stun setting on his guitar phase switch and set it to kill. Stigmatic, Bob Roos, no slouch on six strings himself, peppers Andy with hot shots and eggs him on. They are wound tight and close for so early in the evening. George Kondylis on drums and Matt Robinson on bass know its a good one and jump the bus. They tear through Al Stewart’s "Year of the Cat". A strap malfunction gives Andy an excuse to bust a few moves on the floor. The video is floating around the Facebook ether. Check out Thee Fightin' Fish on Reverbnation.

Happy Birthday, boys. Let everyone eat cake.

Billy Connors Project

Billy Connors Project

Billy Connors Project

Adam Sherman - Billy Connors Project

Adam Sherman - Billy Connors Project

Billy Connors Project

Club Linehan a GO GO

Club Linehan a GO GO

Club Linehan a GO GO

Club Linehan a GO GO

Club Linehan a GO GO

Club Linehan a GO GO

Paul Caporino

Thee Fightin' Fish

Thee Fightin' Fish

Thee Fightin' Fish

Thee Fightin' Fish

Thee Fightin' Fish

Thee Fightin' Fish