It's In Your Backyard...and It's LIVE!

A local 4042.com feature

[8/21/00]
It was a Saturday evening
and the 4042.com crew decided to check out some of the live entertainment available in our area.

First stop..The Coffee Mill in Clayton.  The weather was perfect and the lot next to the building had been transformed into an outdoor stage.  Stocking up on the Mill's fine java and fruit Smoothie concoctions, we took in the sounds of Blue Dust Box.  An all teen local band, they treated the crowd to cover tunes and their own compositions.  Local performers are becoming the trademark of the Coffee Mill and you'll be doing yourself a favor to drop by and check them out.  Kick back and meet some friends...it's a neighborhood kinda thang.

Primed for the evening, we headed over to Hwy 70 and found a slot in the parking lot in front of McKinley's.  Making our way inside we ask for a table in front of the band and settle down as No Dice rolled out their first set.

Have you ever watched somebody work that *REALLY* enjoys what they do?  That's how No Dice comes across...these guys are tight, sound great and have a good time doing it!  Covering classic songs from Lynard Skynard, The Rolling Stones, James Gang, Bob Seger, Deep Purple and others, they turned McKinley's into a party before the evening was over.  More than once they broke from their song list to jump spontaneously into a request shouted from the crowd (Yes...we *all* joined in on "Play That Funky Music!").

This is the second time we caught their act and you can bet we are watching for the next time they appear locally.  If you'd like a great evening of "DANG! That sounds just like the original song!" entertainment, plan to see No Dice.  They roll a seven every time.

Warning:  Following seeing No Dice we have found ourselves going home and pulling out those 33 1/3 rpm vinyl disks (ever explain to your kids what "albums" are?), trying some air guitar moves and humming the opening riffs of "Smoke on the Water."  This could happen to you also.  You've been warned.

 

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Local performers with a "get to know ya" atmosphere.

Blue Dust Box on the outdoor stage at The Coffee Mill

Pat (bass) and Bill (guitar) of  No Dice play that funky music.  It's probably illegal to have this much fun.

Got it covered!  No Dice members Jimmy (guitar) and Phil (drums) give Skynard a run for their money on "Sweet Home Alabama."


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