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Next up was the immensely talented Cheryl Smith and<br />
Gwynne “Bootsie” Leonard (percussionist) of the Iris<br />
Calling Band, with “Trixie” on lead guitar hanging with<br />
Bootsie later in the show. Cheryl told me she started<br />
doing open mics on the Hideaway stage only three short<br />
years ago, and she exuded confidence as a lead singer<br />
that night. Their Sting and Police cover tunes were<br />
played in that inimitable Cheryl Smith style, with graceful<br />
flights up the neck of her guitar – the beautiful and<br />
somewhat lesser known Sting song “Seven Days”, “Message<br />
in a Bottle” (everyone was singing along on that<br />
one!)<br />
Cheryl’s (and Iris Calling Band’s) wheelhouse is original<br />
music and they didn’t disappoint there with songs about<br />
love, lost and won; love seen from “The Other Side”; a<br />
heartfelt tribute to her sweetheart; and “Flashback”,<br />
which is the title track from the band’s CD produced at<br />
the Hideaway Café.<br />
Last up to pay tribute was Tampa Bay favorite, solo this<br />
time, Ms. Rebekah Pulley with her guitar and banjo. My<br />
favorite moment from Rebekah’s set was when she<br />
moved to the drum kit and simultaneously played her<br />
guitar, sang and played the bass drum with her foot. “I<br />
do this all the time at home,” she told an amazed Hideaway<br />
audience.<br />
Trixie and Bootsie<br />
The Bootsie/Trixie combination was magic when they<br />
performed “Roxanne” and “Don’t Stand So Close to<br />
Me”. Wow, powerful pipes on our Bootsie!<br />
Rebekah Pulley<br />
If you’ve never seen Rebekah Pulley play live get thee to<br />
a show!! She is absolutely one of my favorite songwriters<br />
and performers in the Tampa Bay area. This night she<br />
covered “Invisible Sun”, “Synchronicity II” (“Many miles<br />
away, something crawled to the surface… you know,<br />
that song that we love but can never remember its title),<br />
“Da Do Do Do, Da Da Da Da”, “Spirits in the Material<br />
World” (squeee! I love that song!!), and “Every Breath<br />
You Take”.<br />
Rebekah, if you’ve never heard her, has a unique<br />
breathy delivery and syntax all her own – making those<br />
cover songs undeniably hers. She also presented a number<br />
of self-penned songs that paid tribute to various<br />
types of alcohol and achingly beautiful songs to cover<br />
the other end of the emotional spectrum.<br />
Bootsie<br />
“I can’t play reggae music, but I can play<br />
hillbilly music” - Rebekah Pulley<br />
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