August 2005
The Professor Speaks
Hitching Post performance · By Jim Price
While Hurricane Dennis was wreaking havoc on the Florida panhandle on July 10, Felix & the Hurricanes and some musical guests were bringing the musical storm to Altoona’s Hitching Post. After guitarist/singer Felix Kos, bassist/singer Jeff Clapper and drummer Bob Watters heated up the house with their mix of blues-rocking original songs, classic and Southern rock favorites, several guests added to the fireworks. Coincidentally, on vacation from his current home base of Key West just as Hurricane Dennis was lashing that region, John Solinski performed a bright set of acoustic favorites, soliciting constant participation from the audience and escalating the party as he went along. In town to appear on Q94’s “Backyard Rocker” earlier in the evening, western PA’s T.M.P. (Tony Mollick Project) introduced the Hitching Post crowd to their hard-nosed brand of rock and blues. Then, the homestretch finale, as Felix & the Hurricanes welcomed several musical guests on stage; guitarist Steve Todesco from Boston-based blues band Mission Of Blues, Tony Mollick on guitar and drums, and Kent Martin on flute. This session reached optimum meltdown on renditions of Stevie Ray Vaughan’s “Tin Pan Alley,” the Allman Brothers’ “One Way Out,” Creedence Clearwater Revival’s “Green River” (with Felix, Steve and Tony dueling on their axes), and Ted Nugent’s “Stranglehold.” In a word, magical! As I’ve said before about Felix & the Hurricanes: On any given night.
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