UPCOMING SHOW DATES

  • May 23, 24: Cherry's, Brandon (8:00 p.m. - midnight)

Who (or what) the heck is Groovy Tuesday?

Groovy Tuesday is a four-piece variety band specializing in the finer tunes of the fifties, sixties, seventies, eighties and beyond. Depending on where and when you catch us, we can be found playing "All Shook Up," "Time Of The Season," "Little Pink Houses," "Stray Cat Strut" or "Freak-A-Zoid."

Groovy Tuesday is:

  • Barefoot John - drums
  • Johnny Danger - lead guitar, vocals
  • Soda Pop - Fender bass,* vocals
  • Tommy Tuesday - guitar, percussion, vocals

Groovy Tuesday is often mistakenly spelled "Groovey Tuesday" or "Groovy Tuesdays," and is occasionally confused with a chain of restaurants bearing a similar name.

Latest Update (May 13, 2002)

Having taken an extended holidays, we eased back into gigging with some low-impact gigs at the Florida State Fair (catch us next year at the Steve Otto Chili Cookoff!), the Irish Pub in Ybor, and lots of private parties/corporate events.

Longtime listeners are probably frustrated at our unavailability. Do something about it! Come out to Cherry's on May 23 and 24 for a long-overdue dose of Groovy goodness.

TAKE HOME FIVE GROOVY TUESDAY TUNES!

You've heard two of them at shows. You've heard the other three in certain enlightened jukeboxes. Wouldn't it be worth $10 to be able to savor the Groovy originality at home, at work or in the conversion van?

Our CD, "Five Song Teaser," is on sale at all shows, but quantities are limited. Get yours before "Five Song Teaser" becomes Naughty Pop history. For the uninitiated, the songs are:

  • Seven Oh Seven - a medium paced rocker by Tommy, with driving guitars, stops & starts, and some Beatle-approved harmonies by Soda.
  • No Good - Soda Pop's song about the futility of obsessing over a worthless girl, even if she is a good kisser. Check out the bonus trippy ending!
  • Your Ol' Boyfriend wins fans every time, once the ladies realize how correct Tommy is about their ex.
  • Fool's Canal started as a reggae jam in Soda's apartment; Tommy sings about a deluded woman in love. Soda plays kazoo.
  • Creepy Crawly could be about an pest control problem in Tommy's past, but it's probably something deeper.

Feel free email Soda Pop about anything, or nothing in particular. And watch this space for a full-featured site, coming soon!

* Using the term "Fender bass" in Soda Pop's profile above is a nod to the 1950s, when Leo Fender's Precision bass revolutionized possibilities for bass players, whose huge acoustic basses could scarcely match the amplified guitars and relentless drums of rock n' roll bands. The P-bass gave bassists a distinctive, audible voice and refreshingly accurate intonation up and down the neck. So prevalent was this instrument that its generic name for years was "Fender bass" even when another company's instrument was being described.