Dodge Street Dominated, Tammany BEWARE!

Saturday, February 12th, 2011, Fiddlehead takes the stage at Dodge Street Bar and Grille in Salem, MA. Opening up for them is another local funk and jam band, Brown Chicken Brown Cow, opens up and plays the first set. BCBC is a three piece band including brothers Eric and Brian Houde and Mike O'Toole. They play really tight and under the lights up on the big stage they do excellent. The crowd starts filling in around 11 PM and its time for Fiddlehead to take the stage.

Kevin Maestranzi's new jazz bass fills the room with Tim Johnson's drums as Pat Nelson and Mike Strakus shred guitars. The laser light show controlled by Felipe adds a whole new layer to the action. By the time Pat is belting out "Baby Monster" the place is packed and there are about a dozen girls dancing in front of the stage. Add to this the live painting by Desirae Hudson and Cheri Mann's handmade jewelry and you have about the closest thing to a mini indoor festival in the middle of winter. It was also their CD release party for their latest live album which I suggest everyone try to get a copy of. These live albums are made in limited number and go quickly!

If you missed Fiddlehead at Dodge Street, don't fret. They are going to be playing more shows in the coming months. Their next show is this Thursday at Tammany Hall, 43 Pleasant Street, Worcester, MA. They are running a donation for Strangers Helping Strangers, here is part of the press release for the show:

"Come get down for some funktastic smooth groovin'
with 3 ridiculous bands, fresh to play at the fabled Tammany Hall!
Also! We'll be collecting donations for Strangers Helping Strangers
so please bring any non-perishable food items / toiletries, etc. that you can spare, as the top three donors will recieve a free copy of our new cd. ( All contributors get a sticker, everybody wins with fiddlehead..)
Hope you y'all can make it out.
18+ !"

If you can't make it out to Tammany, the lads are also playing this Friday, February 18th at Overtime Sports Bar in Beverly, MA. They are sharing the bill with a band called Skyfoot, which is made up of the former members of Mondo Gecko. If you haven't seen Fiddlehead yet, I suggest you make it to one of these shows! They are playing in top form right now for sure.