THE PONTIAC BROTHERS SUPPERTIME BLUES
You gotta love ’em. During their recent noontime set at UCLA’s West Los Angeles campus, the Pontiac Brothers appealed not only to the laid-back lunch crowd but to a group of grade schoolers who happened by during a field trip. Matt Simon, the Pontiacs’ lead singer, called to the kids, offering them some cookies. Three of ’em braved it and ran up to the stage, grabbed a handful, and ran off to the amusement of both the band and the sunbathing crowd.
THE PONTIAC BROTHERS SUPPERTIME BLUES
by
Ara Corbett
You gotta love ’em.
During their recent noontime set at UCLA’s West Los Angeles campus, the Pontiac Brothers appealed not only to the laid-back lunch crowd but to a group of grade schoolers who happened by during a field trip. Matt Simon, the Pontiacs’ lead singer, called to the kids, offering them some cookies. Three of ’em braved it and ran up to the stage, grabbed a handful, and ran off to the amusement of both the band and the sunbathing crowd.
Simon was in quite a generous mood, food-wise at least, on this humid Thursday afternoon, giving another youngster a coke (only to have it knocked out of his hands by his pals) and trying to feed a sandwich to a passing dog.
Oh, and they played some terrific rock ’n’ roll, too, including the Bay City Rollers’ “Saturday Night” and AC/DC’s “Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap.’’ Nothing unusual for the Pontiacs, who have gained notoriety for their erratic choices of cover tunes.