Show Review: The Fleshtones @ Johnny Brenda's 2.21.08

As I walked into Johnny Brenda’s the first feature of the room that attracted my attention was the feeling of being at house party. This was my first time at this venue, and I was eager to see what it had to offer (review of Johnny Brenda’s at a later date.) I wasn’t able to talk with a staff member to get an exact number, but a rough guess, I would say there was about sixty to seventy people at the show, which was the a great amount of people to share this music adventure with.
From the very start the show delivered a memorable experience. The opening bands, Dark Horse and the Carousels and The Jukebox Zeros, both local Philly bands, fit complemented The Fleshtones sound very well. Both very solid bands that succeeded in waking up the crowd up and ensured the show was entertaining from the first note to the last.
As for The Fleshtones; what do you get when a band consistently releases albums and tours since 1976, you get a band that can blow the roof off the joint. The fun the band has making and performing music is so overwhelming you can’t help but walk out with a smile on your face and a ringing in your ears.
To the very end the show was a good time, as the band made their way through the crowd, still playing the closing song, and exit to the backstage and were immediately back out into the crowd, minus instruments, to mingle with a very pleased group of people.
One of my regrets in life is know that I will never get a chance to see a lot of the legendary bands of CBGB, such as The Ramones, so having a chance to see a band that was apart of that scene (and have some great stories about it, listen to the Podcast for more) is quite a thrilling experience.
If you can’t tell I really had fun at this show.

Posted by
Matthew Byrd