Folk Thrives Amid Gentrification!
I was in a going-out mood last night, or at least a bar mood, so around 11, I rolled down to the Brick from some Brodioke action. But I didn’t stay long because the Fates had decreed that I would be guided to the unlikeliest of folk jams.
Betta let Etta be your guide.
Afterparty backup singer Amie Nelson (aka Etta Vendetta) was about to get off work and mentioned going to The Drop to see Ike from the Wilders do an acoustic set. I perked up at the idea of seeing an old-timey honky tonk guy play at a shmanzy Martini Corner bistro, so I accepted Amie’s offer to let me save her the cab fare and give her a ride down.
