Rock!

Last night I went to see Johnny Winter at Smith's Olde Bar with a coworker. Johnny's a hot player, but he's so old and frail that he played sitting down. So after three or four songs, I was done.

However, opening for him was a band, "BlackJack", that was comprised of four kids aged maybe twelve to fourteen. It was a little rough -- their chording of "Sweet Child o' Mine" was wrong, and the guitarist needs to get an amp that sounds better so he can turn it down. (Johnny's tone was sweet, sweet screaming at half the volume.) But the frontman, er, frontkid was great and the drummer was pretty solid. I imagine in a few years they'll get a better name, better gear, some of their own songs, and find some solid success.

They're on tour with Johnny Winter, they gotta make a contact or two out of that.

Anyway here's a bad iPhone picture of them from the back of the hall.