Crazy Talk

The label “bar band” conjures images of liquored-up shitkickers blasting blues-based rock out of overtaxed speakers. In the 1970s, this sort of group thrived at dives that featured live music. The Olathe quartet Crazy Talk flashes back to the days when bar bands emulated Thin Lizzy and Kiss, all high-wattage guitars, rock-star stage moves and stubbornly stupid slogans. Using “Let’s Get Rowdy” as its rallying cry, Crazy Talk combines propulsive drums, massive riffs and Wayne Hutcherson’s clarion classic-rock-radio vocals (think Bad Company’s Paul Rodgers or Foreigner’s Lou Gramm). This kind of music gets people drinking and, due to compound correlative effects, increases the likelihood of closing-time hookups.