TUESDAY
MAY THE 19th
YEAR OF THE BEE 2k26
FLENDS OF JEROME PRESENTS
**FOJ PLAYS JGB**
A VERY SPECIAL EVENING AT THE SUPREMELY KIND
@cellardogphilly WHEREIN WE SHALL ENGAGE IN PERHAPS THE ULTIMATE NOD TO JER - A FULL CEREMONY OF GARCIA BAND TUNES, SO ORGAN RICH AND GOSPEL TINGED THAT ONE MAY BE TEMPTED TO HEAD STRAIGHTAWAY TO THE DMV AND HAVE THEM ADD THAT ORGAN DONOR DESIGNATION, KNOWING FULL WELL THAT YOUR QUOTA HAS BEEN MET, EXCEEDED, AND NOW YOU’VE GOT PLENTY TO GO AROUND.
LOT OF TALK ABOUT WHAT JERRY WOULD’VE WANTED. LOADS OF SPECULATION. EVERY CARGO SHORTS AND SHINY BALD CALVES GUY YOU KNOW HAS GOT AN OPINION. FUNNY, NOBODY EVER BOTHERS TO ASK US. ITS A DAMN SHAME TOO, CONSIDERING THAT WE HAVE A DIRECT LINE TO THE BIG GUY (A RESULT OF DECADES OF SHAMONAL EXPERIMENTATION, MORE ON THIS LATER). DON’T GET IT TWISTED - WE ARE RESPECTFUL. WE’RE NOT BLOWING UP HIS LINE WITH EVERY LITTLE INQUIRY AND PASSING THOUGHT. I, FOR ONE, HAVE LOADS OF QUESTIONS I’D LIKE TO ASK, BUT I REFRAIN FROM DOING SO IN AN EFFORT TO AVOID BEING CRASS. FOR EXAMPLE, DID JERRY WATCH THE SERIES FINALE OF CHEERS? DID HE EVER PLAY SEGA GENESIS? I DON’T ASK THESE QUESTIONS. I DID, HOWEVER, RECENTLY ASK HIM, POINT BLANK, “JERRY, WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE WANTED?”
AT FIRST, THERE WAS SILENCE. WORRIED THAT I HAD CROSSED A LINE, I TURNED AWAY. THEN, A WARM VOICE BEHIND ME REPLIED:
“I WOULD HAVE WANTED FLENDS OF JEROME, THE WORLD’S ONLY GRATEFUL DEAD COVER BAND, TO PERFORM AN EVENING OF ONLY MY SOLO BAND MATERIAL, PREFERABLY AT A CENTER CITY PHILADELPHIA JAZZ CLUB COMPLETE WITH POOL TABLES AND KIND SNACKS, AND IDEALLY IT COULD BE A WEEKNIGHT, STRICTLY FOR THE HEADS. MAYBE THEY COULD LET ZUPPA STRETCH OUT A LITTLE. MAYBE EVEN INVITE A SPECIAL GUEST OR SOMETHING. THANKS FOR ASKING!”
I SOLEMNLY NOD. THE PUNGENT AROMA OF HOT DOGS LINGERS IN THE AIR.
BEEN WANTING TO DO THIS ONE FOR A WHILE, AND CELLAR DOG IS TRULY IS THE PERFECT SETTING. A MIDWEEK RESET FOR THE TROUBLED MIND.
TICKET LINK IN BIO
SEE YOUSE SOON <3
