FLIRTIN' WITH DISASTER >>>
Weekly Volcano sales executive Tony Worrell does a perfect imitation of former Molly Hatchet lead singer Danny Joe Brown singing "Flirtin' With Disaster.
It's perfect.
And I could hear a little bit of that sound on my iPhone when Tony called in to let me know Molly Hatchet will perform Aug. 28 at Uncle Sam's American Bar & Grill in Spanaway. I asked Tony to give me a little something-something, but he wouldn't do the voice.
If you were old enough to remember back when Led Zeppelin ruled the skies and Sabbath scoured the underworlds, you surely can recall the tunes "Flirtin' With Disaster" and "Dreams I'll Never See." Florida's shaggy-haired, hard-drinking and heavy-rockin' Molly Hatchet made it medium with the then-burgeoning Southern Rock scene led by Lynyrd Skynyrd. Mr. Molly put an especially heavy-handed, almost ugly brand on the genre. I am sure that even the members of Spinal Tap would get a chuckle from the titles of the Hatch's albums Devil's Canyon, Silent Reign of Heroes and Warriors of the Rainbow Bridge.
Although Phil McCormack replaced Brown in 1996, today's version of Mr. Molly - featuring original guitarist Dave Hlubeck and longtime keyboardist John Galvin - should whip Spanaway into a frenzy that Saturday.