Sticks of Fire: a Tampa blog

I dropped in at the Pegasus Saturday night for the second annual Derby Darlin’s Benefit to help the league out at the start of their second season. I knew I had come on the right night when I saw the girls rolling around the parking lot as I drove up.

If you dig tall women you really should have been there. Oddly though this was the most “normal” crowd I have seen at a show at this place. The heavily tattooed regulars had been drawn off by the lack of punk or metal bands and a house party at the Tampa Punk House. What was left were the girls in the rockabilly outfits with their outlandish bloodthirsty names stitched on the back (Mercenari Mari!) and the men that carry their purses.

I shouldn’t joke, I’ve been there guys.

The bands were tight and fun. Griz started the night with their tight rock/reggae sound. Johnny Cakes came on next and I am not sure how but they fit about twelve people on the smallish stage. Most bands that play the Pegasus don’t do so with a horn section and big steel drum. The bold sound and hilarious lyrics like “I don’t care if you are fat, homely, or smell bad - you look good to me” (or something like that) kept me smiling. Although by the end of it all, the girls were mostly gone and the crowd was thinning out. Most of the folks, including all but a couple of the girls and myself left after Johnny Cakes. Rumor says the Darlin’s considered the night a success, although not quite on the scale of last year.

Just a reminder, the season opener of the Darlin’s is April 29th at United Skates of America on Armenia. I will certainly be a blast; and if you haven’t yet been to a match, it is a unique experience. Also, like I said, tall girls. Fighting.

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