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Music around
Town Flying Saucers that REALLY Rock (and some cups too!!)
Thurs. and Sat. Jan. 23 & 25 Zicatela Update!
If you felt all of Zicatela shaking last Saturday night, not to worry, it
wasn’t an earthquake it was just tose Chilihuates. They’re even getting
the sand crabs to sing and shake their thing. How do they do it?
Pure energy, great chemistry, a passion for music and a true love of people.
What a recipe. We walked in at 9 p.m. and there were no Chilies nor
Huates to be seen anywhere. But then they start gliding in. Paul
Lye on drums, or rather, Paul Lye on frying pans. You must check out
his drum kit. It looks like Mom might be missing some of her kitchen
ware over the next few weeks. Quiet Mike whose bass speaks louder than
a politician on a campaign trial was born in Holland of Dutch/Italian parentage.
Mike Facen moved with his family to Northern Argentina where he was raised.
He began playing drums but switched to bass guitar about 6 yrs ago. Mike
is one of those guys who can play just about any instrument he picks up!
He and his wife, Kika (who runs the restaurant at the Rockaway) have been
in Pto for about 6 yrs.. El Pollo, who is originally from Mexico City,
has been playing around in Chiapas and Guadalajara lately. He is an
enigmatic, energetic performer who can sing anything. Good thing they’re
playing on Zicatela and not near a cemetery, as am sure he could (and would)
raise the dead. This “Pollo” comes roasted, fried and baked and he’s
a delicious treat for Puerto any way he decides to serve himself up!
He played a set with a young lady named Gemina who is a bomb. She’s
gorgeous, and has a voice that can sooth or sear. She did an acoustic
set with the “Chicken” and their version of yesterday, jazzy and emotive,
could rip your heart out. My friend Allen who was with me summed up
what we all felt “I could listen to her all night”. She sings on Sunday
nights, I believe, but check this directly with Café Ole. The
cutest soprano sax (and the cutest soprano sax player) comes in the form
of Ito. He is from Parma, Italy, loves to talk about his sax (it’s
one of the ones that looks like a mini-tenor) and adds just the right amount
of European flavour to the group. I don’t know the identity of the harmonica
player who joined in on a few numbers, but it sure didn’t take him long to
fit in (hmm, get the feeling he’s done this before). The surprise of
the evening was the dancing doctor. Dr. Horacio Boylan is a local pediatrician
with his practice right at the 2nd entrance to Bacocho. Trading in
his stethescope for a tamborine, he had everyone worked up into a state of
frenzy that bordered heart attacks (maybe he was trying to chalk up more
clientele). I just loved it when the coins from his tambourine started
flying off and he didn’t even notice. The show must go on, right Horacio?
The started off with Pink Floyd’s “Wish you Were Here” (and believe me, once
you hear them, you’ll say “oh yeah”) and ended with a ripping version of
“La Bamba”. In between was some old rock and some new, and even Gloria
Gaynor sneaked in. The crowed was as mixed as a crowd could be, old
and young, Mexican, North American and European, but the greatest thing they
had in common: THEY ALL STAYED TILL THE END. That says it all.
And if you’re wondering about the name, Chilihuates, it’s not in the
dictionary. It’s a composite of chilli and cacahuates. You can munch
on them Thursday the 23rd and Saturday the 25th this week at Café
Ole, Oceanside on Zicatela Beach, 9:30 p.m. till the bewitching hour.
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