Friday night, my boifriend and I got to go see a fantastic live show at Thee Parkside in San Francisco. I was trolling Craigslist, looking for friends and stuff to do, and I found an ad advertising The Mighty Slim Pickins. Seeing phrases like, "rowdy gig," "Foxy Miss Roxy," "Elvis Herselvis," "homo-country style," and "queer burlesque," I knew that this would be just up my alley, and boy! was I right! I haven't had so much fun in ages.
The venue was a fabulous dive bar, Thee Parkside, with a nice patio area, good local beer on tap, and a sweet little stage area. It was full of queers galore, lots of them in groovy rockabilly clothes. I felt right at home! Just people-watching was a treat, but then the band got up to play. The Mighty Slim Pickins bills themselves as "SF's fave all queer, high camp, what-the-f%!k-a-billy band," a description that I couldn't top if I sat here and thought about it. The band consisted of Leigh Crow (Elvis Herselvis, photo above) on guy vocals, Nettie Hammar on doll vocals, Roxane Chicoine (Foxy Miss Roxy, who tore UP the upright bass), Jen Gandy on guitar, and Edan "Heartattack" Uscilowski on the drums (dreamboat!). Their songs were original numbers written by members of the band, and their show was the funniest, campiest, most sexy and entertaining live act I've ever come across.
During the set, they also had performances by two hot burlesque performers, Ruby Vixen and Dottie Lux. What a treat! It's not every day that you get to see sexy queer women take most of their clothes off and twirl their glittery tassels at you. =)
I adored the Mighty Slim Pickins! Not only was the band super-talented and uber-entertaining, but they were sexy and the crowd they attracted was full of hot queer eyecandy. If you are ever in SF, do your best to see them! They also have a website and a Facebook page. Look them up and enjoy!
The following video is one I found on Facebook. They performed this song at the show I attended, and did it even better! It must have been new when this video was taken.
Hi doll! Thanks for the sweet blog post. That sure was a fun show!
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Ruby V