badfish,
joe speranza,
town ballroom
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380 days ago, Badfish came to a well-attended Town Ballroom and, mainly because of their firecracker of a trombone player, put on a tremendous performance. As tempted as I might be, and despite the fact that I am writing about a cover band, I am not going to copy and paste my preview from last year and attempt to get away with it. Although I guess it would be pretty funny if I tried to "cover" last year's preview, I am making the decision not to less because of journalistic integrity and more because of my desire to talk more about the trombone player. He was infectious. He led the charge. I've never seen a horn player take over a show like that.
I guess that's what a great cover band needs. Any group of assholes can cover a Sublime song, but not many can make a living doing it. Badfish isn't successful by accident; they play Sublime almost to the note, but afterwards, you still feel like you just saw a Badfish show. Last year, we were literally looking around people's heads to get a better view of the dude playing the trombone. He was half horn player, half hype man. It was unbelievable. I hope he's back this year.
Tickets are still available for $19. Tropidelic takes the stage just before Badfish. Doors open at 7pm.
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