A steady rain was unable to dampen spirits on Halloween night – nor did it keep the freaks at home. Instead, The Bitter End was packed by the time Leroy Justice (accompanied by yours truly on vox, percussion and harmonica) took the stage.

Sloan Marshall (Keyboards) and Glen Muñoz (Vox, Perc and Harp)

After singer/guitartist Jason Gallagher explained to the full house that they were about to see The Steve Miller Band, Josh Karis (Drums) and Bradley Wegner (Bass) lit up the infectious toe-tappin’ rhythms of the first tune. And from the opening “Whoa” of “Swingtown” to the final verse of “Fly Like and Eagle” (featuring guest guitarist Scott Metzger), the crowd was 100% “in” for the entire set. . . .singing right along, making tons of noise and showering their praise upon the band after every Steve Miller classic.

Sloan, Glen, Josh, Jason, Bradley Cavanaugh and Bradley

After a quick break, the band re-took the stage with Scott in tow to run through a blistering set of originals (sprinkled with a couple of choice covers).

Sloan, Scott, Josh and Jason

What a night! What a freak-show (hey – c’mon – its the Village on Halloween Night!).