Freddy and the Long Shots – Rabbit Box Theatre, Seattle – 2 April 2023
Nepotism rears its ugly head! Disclaimer: Freddy is married to the second cousin, once removed, of my wife. Nonetheless, there’s nothing about this band that doesn’t say “Honky Tonk”, and well done! OK, maybe one, I didn’t pick up that there were any Hank Williams numbers; perhaps just not on the set list for this day; they surely know enough of the chords. More than compensated for by the cover of the “Nanker Phelge” tune, “The Under Assistant West Coast Promotion Man” (which was the B-side of 1965’s “Satisfaction”). Enough quote marks yet? Rabbit Box gets props for Junior Brown on the jukebox/mixtape between sets.
Freddy and the Long Shots