Truth be told, we've been celebrating more 50s around here. But Saturday night's party marked a milestone for our group of friends, the Usual Suspects: We celebrated the birthday of the last Suspect to turn 40.
And thanks to his lovely wife, we did it in great style. When 40-year-old Suspect was in college (many, many years ago), friends threw him an accordian and champagne party, which he remembers as one of his best birthdays. So his wife set out to find an accordian player. They don't list themselves in the yellow pages, you know. But she was smart enough to ask a friend who plays the fiddle and is active in the local music scene to post a message on some music list serve. The results? "Raining accordian players," my friend reported. Evidently, they're eager for work, and several even offered to play for her on the phone. I'm not sure how she made her choice, but she hit pure gold.
Meet Renee, the official accordian player for the Usual Suspects:
The woman is seriously brilliant. Providing her own percussion by stomping or jumping up and down, she moved from classic polka to the Violent Femmes (great cover of Blister in the Sun) to Bob Marley. And how about that outfit? The skirt is leather.
She played for the dog,
for the kids,
Sunday, March 30, 2008
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
5 comments:
Sounds like a fun group and a fun time...
Looks like you had a great time!!! I miss living out in SF... my husband lived there for 12 yrs and I was there for almost 9...our best friends still live out there and we always had the best get-togethers with them for b-days, births, practically no excuse needed. Good times! P.S. I love your neck of the woods too:)
Wow! What a great party! Love it!
What a great party! I totally want to steal your accordian player friend's outfit!
I love accordion music. I have one and used to play though now I have mostly forgotten how. That sounds like the perfect party.
Post a Comment