Go, Daddies: Steve Perry (center, white tux) and the rest of CPDs swing through town tonight.
The rumors are true: The Cherry Poppin' Daddies will be hitting the Valley tonight.
The late-90s swing sensations will perform two separate shows at Harrah's Ak-Chin Casino, 15406 North Maricopa Road in Maricopa, starting at 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. Admission is even free, to boot (although you have to be 21 to enter the joint).
But then again you may not have even heard the rumors to begin with. The band
Steve Perry (a.k.a. MC Large Drink) jumps and jives for the crowd. (Photos by Jonathan McNamara)I'm at war with myself over last night's Cherry Poppin' Daddies show.While the fanboy part of me (who's followed the band since picking up Kids on the Street in 1997) was jazzed at seeing one of my favorite bands gleefully do their thing live and in person. At the same time, my "jaded music critic" side was eagerly scribbling down phrases like "throwbacks" and "kinda lame and depressing" into my repo
Oh Megan "Joy" Corkery. We hardly knew ye. Wait, scratch that--we actually knew ye really well, and that was the problem. A crazy-ass, cawing milk-it-for-all-it's-worth single mom whose voice went from interesting to nails on chalkboard within a matter of weeks. Even you, with the exaggerated faces of disappointment you made when Seadouche tried to elevate the suspense and your cawing your way to the bottom three chairs, didn't seem surprised when it was revealed that it was your turn to go. You
