KC and The Sunshine Band

House of Blues, Anaheim

Well those of you know anything at all about me would probably be shocked to find this page on my site. While I've dabbled in other forms of music other than the black lipstick and latex, headbanging, or blues genres, I have been open-minded to seeing other bands that are somewhat famous or on my list of should-see-em-before-they-dies. I can't really say KC qualifies, but I was at least interested enough and had some reciprocating to do for a friend whose seen all too many metalhead shows for her own liking, I dropped the 40 samolians and got a couple of tix.

The show sold out with a lot of pre-show radio publicity evidently. Lots of older people there, some maybe, and I mean maybe younger than me. No kiddies were in attendance as far as I could tell. The night started with an interminable DJ performance (if you can call it a performance). So for two hours the crowd stood in the packed house listening to old disco records being mixed (and not all that well mind you) by a hokey DJ. Kind of sad actually. It amazed me that they could expect you to drop that much money and have no opening act. So after getting my grumpiness on I was ready to start bagging on KC when the curtains finally opened.

I'll say this much for the guy. He is an entertainer. And a consummate one at that. I'd seem him recently on that PBS 70s disco night special thing they've been playing and what you see there is what you get on stage live.  The Sunshine Band (which now sadly only one remaining original member) consisted of the four horns, two keyboardists, one guitar (paisley strat no less), bass player, drummer and a percussionist. KC also played keyboards for some reason from time to time. The sound seemed awfully poor that night for some reason ... I don't honestly think it was the band, but the sound mixer ... but you never know. They all seemed too professional to sound quite that bad. Anyway, rounding out the band were two gal singers and two hot little numbers for dancing. I'll give this to KC, his dancers were way hotter than James Browns ... go KC go KC go KC go. Hee hee.

So anyway, he performed all the hits you know and hate (but secretly like), a few others people like me have never even heard of, and some covers of old 70s disco tunes. The only thing missing was a rendition of KISS's I Was Made for Loving You. But seriously, they do put on a great show. I was glad I went and actually enjoyed myself for the most part all things considered. A live opener would have made the night much more bearable. KC spent a little time chatting, which sucked (I hate that shit), but only did it once, and played a totally respectable 100+ minute set. No encore required and the crowd left happy and drunk. 

So ... If you like disco and like KC, he's well worth the $$ you're going to spend to see him. By all means put on your boogie shoed and get down tonight with him. He's not really funky like the Godfather of Soul or George Clinton, but he's got a groove, a voice, a tight band, and a great stage presence. My hat's off to him for keeping it going as long as he has.

On a side note ... I couldn't help noticing that he looks a lot like that Ron dude from Ronco. But wait ... there's more! We'll be back with our first encore! Ha ha ha. 

Seriously .. check him out .... and single dudes .... he's like a chick magnet ... albeit it's a lot of older not so alternative chicks, but there were a bunch of hot looking drunks there! Heh heh.

You can find KC's website here.