Thursday, July 23, 2009

Reverb on Main Street

The Beloved Invaders of Boulder returned to Longmont, to play surf music at the downtown Summer Concert Series this evening:



Wait, you might say, what's a surf band doing in Colorado? Well, don't forget about the Astronauts from Boulder, who had a surf tune "Baja" on the Billboard charts in 1963. The Beloved Invaders covered this song tonight, of course.

A good crowd, of all ages, was out to hear the twang:



And Longmont's finest breweries were present, too:


Bob Cannistraro doing his part to keep surf music alive!


Two more concerts left in the downtown concert series this year, July 30 and August 13.

2 comments:

lalapapawawa said...

Eh, do they close off Main Street for this, or is it a side street? I saw Ziggi's in the background, but isn't that on 4th? They don't cut off the main artery through town on a week night, do they?
So was it well attended? You know I have to take note of all these special events if I'm going to have a store downtown :-)

Peter said...

Yes, this is at 4th and Main, with the stage backed up against Main. But no, Main Street is not closed. This is an experiment, I think, so we'll see if they return to this location next year vs. taking it back to a place like Roosevelt Park. I like the downtown location although the setting sun makes this challenging. I thought it was well attended, perhaps 150+ people, and I think it will be more next week due to the loyal following of the band playing.