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First I was captivated by the Captive Eddies when they played Thursday night at Dogtown Roadhouse. Then on Friday Spoon Fight dished up some rockin’ dance tunes. I think of the Captive Eddies as Beatlesque meet Bob Marley. The lead singer even looks like George Harrison (as does his twin brother).
On tour, and in-between Charlottesville and New York City, the band played at the Roadhouse with The Gospel Flats, a country/folk duo from Oakland, California. Gospel Flats opened for the band and joined them onstage for a few numbers, as did Adam Pazourek from Time is Art (far right) and Luke Stangel. Luke, an old school Floydian, knew the twin brothers and played with them when they were young teens in Gainsville, Florida. It was such sweet music. Have a listen.
It was a special night for Spoon Fight, Floyd’s own alternative rock/blues band. They did a whole set of originals that were recorded live with at least four cameras: one stationary, one mobile that was being operated by sometimes band mate Abby Bowen and others on the ends of Luke and Isaac’s guitars. Band members pictured below are Luke Thomas (vocals and lead guitar), Jake Thomas (drums) and Isaac Wright. I met Luke and Jake’s dad who told me the brothers grew up in South Africa before moving to Virginia, where their dad and their aunt Kari Kovick of Windfall are from.
It takes real effort for me to take a break from dancing and to hold my camera long enough and still enough to get a short video clip. (See why below) For me dancing is a sport and, “it’s is so much better than going to the gym,” I said to my dance friends in a red-faced swirl of sweat and smiles.
