It's no secret that my favorite musicians are the late Jimmy Buffett and AC/DC. I've seen Buffett many times but never AC/DC. I've wanted to see them and told myself if they toured again I'd go see them. When my chance came this summer I couldn't get myself to pull the trigger and buy tickets. AC/DC played at Gillette Stadium in May. I couldn't bring myself to pay $125 (plus $60 parking) for nose bleed seats where I would have to watch them on the big screen. It was a tough call but it wasn't worth it to me to see little ants around the stage. I hate Gillette concerts
Luckily for me, there is a pretty good alternative. There is an AC/DC tribute band called Dirty Deeds that is a great facsimile of the real thing. I saw them last year at the Stadium Theater in Woonsocket and was blown away. I knew I would see them again.
Dirty Deeds played the Plymouth Memorial Hall this weekend and Laurie and I went. There was an opening band that was a pretty good Guns and Roses Tribute. Unfortunately the music was so loud that you couldn't hear the lead singer at all. To sing along you had to know the words and the beat. None the less, they were a nice surprise.
After the short intermission Dirty Deeds came out. They played roughly two hours. They did play about four songs that I actually didn't know which surprised me. The only big hit they didn't play is "Money Talks". They also don't seem to play "Big Balls" and the innuendo song about gonorrhea "The Jack".
Other than those songs, they played everything one would expect from AC/DC. "Back in Black", You Shook me all Night Long", "Hells Bells", "Highway to Hell", "Jailbreak", "Who Made Who" and a bunch of others. I had a blast and danced extremely badly all night along with losing my voice screaming.
Dirty Deeds will be around a couple more times this summer. They are playing at the Stadium Theater in Woonsocket again. They are also going to play at the Charlestown Seafood Festival. If you like AC/DC then you won't be disappointed seeing Dirty Deeds. They are awesome. My video that I took exceeds the megabyte limit that I can post so below is a link to them at the Hampton Beach Ballroom playing "Thunderstruck".
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