An Onset Evening with Pink Houses

    It's official, I am old. How do I know this? I went to a summer outdoor concert in Onset, MA last night and I was one of the old people dancing in front of the stage. But here me out, (I'm trying to make an excuse) I did want to just sit on the benches and eat my hot dogs. 

  We went to Onset because a John Mellencamp Tribute band called Pink Houses was playing. We sat on benches and listened. Pink Houses was great. During the short intermission we went over to Onset Pier and looked at the beach and the water. When we walked back the seats were occupied by others. No big deal, there was plenty of other places to sit. We found an empty spot with a good view of the stage.

   

Unfortunately, the people in front of us were talking nonstop. So we moved to another bench seat. Again the people did not shut up and it was ruining my experience. So we moved to a third seat. All of this happened in the course of two songs. Laurie was getting annoyed with me. At this last location a couple behind us talked really loudly and I could hear their conversation easier than I could the lead singer. I looked back multiple times with a death glare but they were oblivious to anyone but themselves. I wanted to say something to them and Laurie repeatedly told me not to.

   Laurie got up and walked to the side of the stage. After a few minutes I decided to follow her instead of argue with the people behind me. This turned out to be a good decision. We danced with all of the people in front of the stage. I really enjoyed listening to the band from three feet away. We danced to "Small Town", "Cherry Bomb", "Pink Houses" and others.   So there it is... I was dancing around with old people and I was one of them.

I can't dance for shit. I can barely hold a beat. Mostly I just sway or do old moves like the Mashed Potato or the Twist. Laurie on the other hand took a decade of dance class as a kid. So she changes moves every eight beats.  

   Driving to Onset, I havd planned on doing a blogpost about Wareham being my favorite town in Massachusetts. I was going to write about the summer concert series, Cape League baseball, and the fishing and food. I had to change the direction of this post when I did the Mashed Potato to "Jack and Diane" with blue haired old ladies...I'm officially old!

Postscript- The Mellencamp Tribute band  Pink Houses was amazing. The lead singer sounded like Mellencamp and the band was amazing. At a town common concert or at a real ticketed show, go see them. Worth your time!