We began our evening by grabbing dinner & a couple beers at Growler's on OLD BALLAS (not New Ballas). "Do you wanna portabello mushroom sandwich?"
Anyhoo, The Savoy was not what we expected. I'm assuming it's the local wedding reception hall. It had a nice bar and stage, and pretty good acoustics too. We were lucky enough to get good seats up front (Thanks to Tom James for being so gracious!) where we could see the entire band.
Unfortunately, it was standard fair for the beer selection so we changed to Gin & Tonics, VO and Water , or Bud Light depending on who you were. After getting a round of drinks and sabotaging MrJonez attempt at card house, (Don't quit your day job for construction anytime soon!) we were happy to see someone take the stage. Kristen Foht was first up. She played acoustic guitar and her sidekick played electric. Her style reminded me a little of Belly, (ala Tanya Donelly). Me and MrsJones both bought her CD. Kristen was nice enough to sit and talk with us a little when we had her sign our CD's. She said she also just "stumbled" across JMB, albeit at Vintage Vinyl. Her CD was recorded at David Karns' Studio, Miles Wonderland.
Next up was Phil Stendek (loopback artist). I have to say we were all surprised by this artist. Not knowing anything about the whole loopback thing, we had brought our earplug (plubs?) so as not to lose any hearing like the last event. However, we didn't need them! Stendek was quite the entertainer! There was great audience participation on "Free Fallin" and I liked how he incorporated local stuff into his songs "Jesus (at the top of my lungs)". It was great! We picked up his CD as well and are planning on catching him at Mississippi Nights on April 3rd....and bringing along some friends!
Before JMB, the Host for the event Tom James came onstage to thank the supporters and to introduce several programs that are in place for helping ALS patients and their families. They were:
The St. Louis Chapter of the ALS Association
Extra Hands for ALS
Hope Happens
Then JMB rocked! We were so lucky to have our great seats, we could see the whole band this time. It was the best sounding venue so far. We'd pretty much been missing Jim & Moises performances at the other venues, so we really got to see them show their stuff. Again, ya gotta love "Rococo"!
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