Jason (Ringenberg) & The Scorchers - C/D

Haven't listened to him in ages. Always thought I would like the tunes better than I did. Well, except Last Time Around and that killer version of Absolutely Sweet Marie. I probably should check him out again.

Just saw this on YouTube, from 1998, 13 years after the song was recorded. And they still manager a killer performance

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBjTEy5PKhs

They were, for a little while in 84/85, an incredible group. I saw a July 4 show the Electric Ballroom in Camden, with the Blasters, that was one of the most amazing double bills I've ever seen. Neither group captured their live brilliance on record though.

I saw them in 1985 and just didn't get it.

I revisited them in 2000 and bowed before their majesty.

I liked them in 84. Now they are being asked to do some of the songs from that era while modern dancers with ballet training perform:

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/performance-and-dance/2015/04/06/a-1980s-cowpunk-band-will-play-live-for-an-arlington-dance-troupe-at-the-kennedy-center/

Nine costumed dancers will interpret the music of the 1980s “cowpunk” band Jason and the Scorchers, with the hard-rocking quartet performing the 14-song suite live.

The world premiere of Victory Road is a high-profile chance company founder and choreographer Lucy Bowen McCauley is willing to take. “If anybody can do it, Lucy can do it,” Scorchers frontman Jason Ringenberg says. “She’s a rocker. She goes to clubs, she listens to rock. Sure, she’s artistic in the art-dance world, but she’s a real rocker.”