Friday was the penultimate amphitheater show for this season’s series. The players were opening act The Andrew Bird Trio, and, pictured in the snapshot ahead of today’s lede, headliners Pink Martini.
This was the top show of the year, with the Andrew Bird Trio offering music that was daring, fresh & compelling. Whether it was his unorthodox strumming of the violin (or the similarly unusual crunching of the bow on the instrument’s main strings to produce an electric-guitar-sounding feedback effect) or his pitch-perfect haunting vocal whistle, Bird and his backing duo could not be taken lightly — he made you have to listen. Something in there for everyone, from folkabilly rockers to noir-inspired torch songs. All good.
Then came Pink Martini. By now, after 30 years of recording & touring, they might seem a bit self-referential and played-out: too much tango, repetitive rhumba, glib globetrotting etc. Yet they remain as infectious as ever, owing to their spot-on musicianship & ever-winning showmanship. Frontman & pianist & founder Thos. Lauderdale is never short on gimmicks & sharing the stage with talented-but-unheralded contemporaries, and this injects the necessary vitality that keeps the group & its shtick reasonably fresh even in its fourth decade. They’ll always make you smile, especially after the conga-line antics of their standard encore, ‘Brazil’.
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Some post-press-time connections to report from last night’s (Saturday’s) late action: At Collinsville, Ill., #3 Winging Ways (.218 Win Prob / 3.59-1 Fair Odds / 4.50-1 Premium Odds) flew to the win in Race 4 at $13.20; completing your winning $44-even exacta was #5 One Way Home (.266 / 2.76 / 3.51), with the premium price on that comboa (comboa!) being $40.59. At Oklahoma City, #3 Order of Merit (.258 / 2.88 / 3.65) was rewarded in Race 5 at $19.60; completing your winning $89.80 exacta was #5 Tiger Dad (.258 / 2.88 / 3.65), with the premium price on that comboa (comboa!) being $33.94. Next race there, #6 Tap Dance Tango (.354 / 1.82 / 2.39) displayed some quality hoofing at $7.80.
As for today (Sunday), some of your races went like this…
Henderson, Ky’s., Race 6 was lousy with first-timers, and #4 Lady Kathryn (.984 / 0.02 / 0.22) took advantage of it, winning at $4.24. Next race there, #8 Lightning Myqueen (.155 / 5.45 / 6.74) struck it lucky at $17.50; your winning $79.76 daily double had a premium price of $18.88.
#5 Creative Bid (.268 / 2.73 / 4.22) made himself a winner in the Auburn, Wash., opener at $11.44.
In the opener in Ferndale, Calif., action, #3 Last Baby (.308 / 2.25 / 2.90) was first to the wire at $8.20.
The Hallandale Beach, Fla., opener had #9 Line Astray (.232 / 3.31 / 4.17) and #3 Growth Mindset (.182 / 4.49 / 5.59) combining on your winning $76-even exacta whose premium price was $54.96.
To Stickney, Ill., for Race 2, which #5 Pete’s Legacy (.176 / 4.68 / 6.95) upset at $23.20.
In Race 7 out of Oceanport, N.J., #5 Delightful Ava (.223 / 3.48 / 4.38) indeed delighted her backers at $11-even; completing your winning $34.20 exacta was #4 Richie’s Valentine (.328 / 2.05 / 2.66), with the premium price on that comboa (comboa!) being $32.06.
#5 Silver Satin (.334 / 1.99 / 2.59) grabbed the gold in Race 3 from Saratoga Spgs., N.Y., at $8.50.
From the Maryland State Fair at Timonium, it was #5 Mission Artemis (.602 / 0.66 / 0.99) accomplishing the sorry-not-sorry win in a Race 2 lousy with first-timers at $6-even. Next race there, #5 Don’t Get Caught (.291 / 2.44 / 3.12) ran to that billing at $8.80; your winning $31.20 daily double had a premium price of $16.39.
Ending as we often do with Etobicoke Int’l., where #9 Notorious Gangster (.566 / 0.77 / 1.12) won a Race 3 lousy with first-time starters at $9-even.
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