The Tea Party...no, not those people, the awesome Canadian band!

One of my favorite Canadian bands is The Tea Party. They bear no resemblance to the political movement. They're a proggy, classic rock-sounding trio. Imagine Jim Morrison fronting Led Zeppelin and you have a starting point. Anyway, they have been dormant for a bunch of years but they just released a live record and accompanying Blu Ray. I just downloaded the former and will get the latter. It's very cool to see them back at it and I hope they go on a full-fledged reunion tour.

Here's one of my favorite tunes of theirs: "The Bazaar" off of their best record: The Edges Of Twilight.

Rockin, eh?

The one time I was aware they were playing DC was at the old 930 Club (that long ago!) and I wasn't able to go because they were opening for Dogstar and the show was sold out. What a crock! Screw you, Neo!

Another funny story: I was sitting in the backseat of a car driving back from a King's X show at Jaxx in Springfield with my buddies Clay and Doug and I started making up a song, to the tune of another TP song called "Correspondences," about a demon fighting Doug. I don't remember the specificities but there was a line about the cold hands of death around Doug's throat. And something about spitting in Satan's face. What can I say, I had a few to drink.

Anyway, check out The (REAL) Tea Party. They are actually a REALLY cool band.