Honeysuckle Rose @ Midway Cafe 11.9.2012

Honeysuckle Rose found birthday guest of honor Chris Toppin and friends* doing an Anita O’Day inspired send-up of, you guessed it, “Honeysuckle Rose.”

* These friends also included Phil Aiken, who I didn’t get any shots of. The night was moving pretty quickly at this point. I can tell you he looked something like this.

Artful Dodgers @ The Middle East Downstairs 9.24.2011

The Artful Dodgers (Josh Buckley, Jim Healey, Amy Griffin, Luke Sullivan and Carolyn Castellano) made it look easy. It may have been One Night Band. They may have only had a few hours to write some songs. They may have never played together before, but they remembered one thing. It’s only rock n’ roll. I like it.