Morry Sochat and the Special 20’s - Rock Baby Rock It Festival Continental Club Stage, Houston TX - July 21, 2012

[Chicago] The lead singer of this band turned out to be the young investment-banker-looking guy in a Hawaiian shirt who had been standing next to us the whole time, way in the way back of the room (because we were exhausted). Someone might have actually told us he was an investment banker. He was from Chicago and traveled purportedly on the basis of his great voice. He was backed by the bassist, drummer and guitarist of The Don Juans. For a man hailing from Chicago and singing the blues, he was a major disappointment. His look didn’t inspire blues confidence, and his voice lacked depth and interest. He did play a harmonica. Maybe it was the venue’s sound. The sound swung from being fine to being shockingly bad – the screeching nearly drove me outside during the DJs-spinning-records-between-sets portion of the evening. This is when I decided that the Houston and Austin Continental Clubs had to have different managers. The old very Texan couple next to us whom we befriended, or rather who befriended us, proudly informed us that they were great friends with Mr. Chicago and that the guitarist was from Holland. The one standout in the group was Mossimo/Jerry on piano, of Austin fame – he is a dynamo. As the show progressed, Rockboy took another quick nap, and the Texan man next to us leaned back and said in a booming voice, “Man, I’m already ½ shitfaced!” (Photo courtesy of https://special20s.com/)