Bethesda, MD (DC metro) -- July 21, 2016 -- w/ Dave Damiani

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Someone PM'ed me earlier to ask if we had 'Little Bill Burr' at our table in Bethesda. This in reference to the little kid's voice you can hear in a couple of the videos. That voice is my grandson who is almost 8. For reasons I won't get into we weren't able to get a sitter for him that night. I called the venue and they said kids over 5 were welcome so I told my wife let's just bring him along, I'm sure he'll like it. And he did! It reminded me of when I was growing up in the SF Bay Area. My Dad worked in a building in San Carlos near what was then the Circle Star Theater, a theater-in-the-round (circular stage that slowly rotates so everyone is center stage at some point) that hosted any number of famous acts in the 60's, 70's and 80's. Sadly it's not there anymore but some of you Bay Area Haliens may remember it. My Dad knew the manager and often was able to get tickets. He and my Mom usually went but he took our whole family a couple of times a year. I saw Sinatra when I was about 12, Sammy Davis, John Gary, Andy Williams, Vic Damone, Steve and Eydie, the impressionist Rich Little and when I was older I went to Circle Star with my brother to see acts like the Eagles, Jefferson Airplane, Tower of Power .... Anyway I felt very pleased to be able to take our grandson to see Haley, although he was by far the youngest Halien in the room. I hope 50 years from now he'll look back to when he first saw the 'fabulous Haley Reinhart' as I look back to the great singers and bands I was lucky enough to see as a kid.
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Oh I forgot to mention Lydia Pense and Cold Blood, an SF Band that often played together with Tower of Power. Of all the 70's rocker women, Lydia is the one Haley most reminds me of, more than Stevie, Janice, Grace Slick etc. In addition to the big voice, Lydia is about 5 feet tall and was in those days what we called a stone cold fox. Sound familiar?

If you have never heard of Cold Blood here's a sample:



I think Haley would kill this