Dewey Beach Music Conference 2011

I love the Dewey Beach Music Conference for "filling our streets" with an influx of musician culture. Just taking in the on-trend fashion is high entertainment.

This year the British Invasion continues for the guys: with skinny jeans, and a well-worn but cool-cut dark tee-shirt.

Surprisingly for both the guys and gals long-long hair is out, most cuts were neck length. Most surprising was to see the women who still had long hair had it braided and piled up. My favorite was "Heidi Gone Bad-Girl or Bad-Girl Gone Heidi": with germanic model looks, blond hair braids a la ballet dancer, fringed black leather coat over a drab-tan tissue-thin fabric shepherd-like tunic worn over a slightly longer black slip. Ankle black leather boots finished off the look along with her video-camcorder.

Last year over the knee boots ruled. This season a few knee-high boots worn were shiny patent leather with any outfit that was non-shiny fabric: distressed jeans were favored.

Rudder is my goal where I almost always find my "Find", this year it was on the deck with, Brooklyn New York's: "Under The Elephant. I'll assume "Heidi" was the lead's girlfriend.

Seeing the deck set up for at least 7-8 musicians I was hopeful of a good performance. Instead I was wowed with a great one! Capable of zooming between House Dance Music with impressionistic soaring lyrics, hip-hop funk to New Orlean's Revival the crowd was awed and gave a standing ovation!

Rusty Rudder Jam Fest

I could not help myself, I just had to drop in on the Rusty Rudder's Jam Fest!

I was there Friday night, only one hour, but it was worth the 40 minute round trip of walking to and fro!

Fondly I call the inside "Club Rudder"...... and found "Analog Anthem" working mayhem on Southern Rock.  

 I sat in front of Stage 2 which was just setting up for "Fiddle Foxx".  Only two guys, no percussion to be found, and only  a keyboard, a fiddle and a banjo set up.  Yet, I had a feeling that this would prove the band performance of the night! 

 I was correct!

Fiddle Foxx must have deep folk and classic roots to pull-off their gig which is outside edgy abstract forms of Hip Hop and Rap wound tight to World Rhythms.

Part of the trick was the vocals used as  percussion sounds! The sound system did it justice!

When Fiddle Foxx offered up Rap to Bosa Nova rhythms the crowd went insane!  The musicians waiting for their slots gathered tight about the stage and the kitchen employees poked their astonished heads around the doorway.

  An unexpected thrilling live music performance: This is when I love Dewey Beach the most!

Beach Blessings,

Jam Fest! May 1st and 2nd! Rusty Rudder!

May 1st and 2nd, The High Tide Jam Fest is at the Rusty Rudder!

NO COVER :-)

   Parking should be easy as it is not high season.

Rusty Rudder will have 4 stages, two inside and two on the deck.  

        2 bands are up at any one time for ~ 45 minutes!  So if you do not like one....head for the other!

My pick is the indoor stages, and in particular the "Club Rudder" small intimate stage.  If the group is rocking so does the crowd as it inches up and surrounds the tiny stage.

Give props to Vicki Walls the booking agent and organizer.

Bring a warm jacket as the outside decks are on the bay and get breezy!  Leave the high heels at home as your heel will get caught in the deck boards ;-)

This is THE BEST of The Dewey Nation!  Wonderful mix of all Dewey age groups attend from  the 20's to the 70's, locals and week-enders alike!