There were three men on the stage at Tybee Post Theatre, with one of them sitting on what was clearly a beer cooler as he played piano.
That was Bland Simpson, who must be loved by his students at UNC.
The other two fellows strummed their guitars amid a mess of fishing gear strewn about.
That's Don Dixon on the left, with Jim Wann in the center of the stage.
Did that last name ring a bell?
Well it should have, as he's the man behind "Pump Boys And Dinettes"!!!
I loved that musical!!!
Tonight's show was more of a concert strung together by stories, though I do believe someone told me it was a musical.
Nope!
"King Mackerel & The Blues Are Running" was certainly entertaining, but not a musical.
The fellows all met while in college at UNC-Chapel Hill and have been making music as The Coastal Cohorts trio for forty years now.
FORTY YEARS!!!
Word is that this will be the last year they perform this show.
The good news is twofold.
First, they were here to fundraise for this venue, so all the money stayed here on Tybee.
Second, the show had been recorded for PBS some few years ago, and can be listened to over on youTube, right here.
I'm just glad I finally talked myself into going.
The show was almost completely sold out, but I snagged seat K-9, midway on the row.
The folks who should have sat to my right never showed up.
On my left were a couple of snowbirds from Maine and I had a nice chat with her.
In front of me was a groupie who knew the Cohorts very well and she was glad to share the stories that she knew of them!
My guess is that she went to college with them.
My favorite song was during Act II, with Don Dixon singing.
He has a nice rasp to his voice, akin to that of Joe Cocker, and in "I Can Hear The River" that rasp reached right into my soul...
wow.
I found out after I got home that Joe Cocker did a cover of that song...
wow.
I still like Dixon's version better.
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