On Monday, January 31, Greg Cartwright played a rare solo gig at the Belmont bar in Hamtramck, Detroit, MI. Like me, Greg was just up in the D visiting friends.
I extended my weekend just to see him. Greg is one of my favorite songwriters ever, and a good pal, too. Here he is pictured with Howlin' Pelle Almqvist of the Hives, taken this summer when The Hives and The Reigning Sound toured together. pic was taken at Irving Plaza. Greg & Pelle are looking over 7" singles they picked up that day.
in addition to delivering two awesome sets of original songs - Greg DJ'd. He cleverly even played the original of "You Got Me Hummin'" which the Reigning Sound covered on TOO MUCH GUITAR.
such a magical night, saw many friends and heard great music all night long. Who was there? The Coolest Man in the World, Troy Gregory, Mick Collins, Pat Patano and Ben Blackwell - all the Dirtbombs were in the house! Augie from the Hard Lessons, James & Sarah, the filmmakers of IT CAME FROM DETROIT, Matthew Smith of Outrageous Cherry, various Fondas, Steve Shaw, Chip, Mark - Mark joined Greg during the first set, supplying the acoustic guitar, Nick Bataran of the recently disbanded Back in Spades, Wendy Case of the Paybacks, Johnny Hentch and Loretta Lucas, Jackson Smith, various Detroit Cobras, Eddie Baranek of the Sights...
Its a good thing no one dropped a bomb on Hamtramck that night, because there was so much talent in the house
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