Live Band Karaoke

While crossing the mall on my way home from work tonight, I got a call from Kathy who was at the bar in Hill Country, a new Texas style restaurant in our block that just opened this week, who asked me to join her. After a drink we decided to get a table. I had how idea what to expect. It turned out to be a very fun evening. The food logistics is kind of different, where you go to various stations to pick out your food and it all gets marked on a menu card, then you go eat at your table. The big surprise was that they put us downstairs, where they have live music. Tonight, and apparently every Wednesday night, was Rock ‘n Twang Live Band Karaoke. It was just like it sounds, karaoke, except backed by this quite good live band that spanned country, to pop, to rock. There were plenty of volunteers from the crowd to keep it going for about three hours, who ranged from pretty good to bad. Then one of the restaurant staff, John, got up and did a version of Marvin Gaye’s “Lets Get It On” that was amazing. Great voice and dramatic presentation. He got a standing ovation from the crowd. I felt sorry for the guy who followed him who had done a song earlier, and was actually pretty decent, but paled in comparison. This was another one of those evenings of unexpected fun in DC. It was two day’s before Kathy’s birthday, so I got to get her started a little early.