I played a solo set of Hawaiian music before the John McDermott Band jammed their 1960s rock and roll revue. The weather was perfect — no humidity — before a warm Chatham crowd.
Cool story. During sound check, I played the opening guitar lick of Island Style. Lincoln, the John McDermott Band drummer sitting behind me, asks, “Is that John Cruz’s Island Style? He and I were in a band together at Amherst.”
The answer was, “Yes.” And an impromptu duet resulted with Lincoln on bongo drums and harmonies. A big thank you to keyboard player Greg Gruber for this video.
