We had a great time on Aug. 9 at a concert by Tongue in Cheek, a Baltimore quartet that plays lively jazz tunes from the 1920s and 1930s, songs like "Button Up Your Overcoat," "Egyptian Ella," and the Rudy Vallee hit "Deep Night." We learned that what we'd call a "sugar daddy" was known in the Twenties as a "butter and egg man."
Tongue in Cheek performed as part of the Friends Folk Club series at St. Christopher's Episcopal Church in Oxford. The audience was small but enthusiastic and bought a lot of CDs after the show. The group comprises Bridget Cimino (vocals), Matt Andrews (violin), Ed Goldstein (tuba), and Zach Serleth (banjo and guitar). I think they'd be a great choice for next summer's Anson B. Nixon concert series.
Speaking of which, the final Anson B. Nixon concert for the summer was by the Sin City Band. We didn't go because of the rain, and the audience was so small that the musicians performed on the gravel in front of the stage. I'm told by one attendee that despite the soggy weather, it was an intimate and memorable evening. In fact, he said, it was his favorite concert of the season.
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