Rooster McClintock

The unassuming Ocean Grove offered a nice context for the band. Under low-slung rafters the six musicians played, drank and danced with the crowd. It is obvious that Rooster McClintock can perform in the pubs and coffee houses of Arcata, but the band fits in nicely on the periphery of the North Coast. Next up is a Nov. 30 show at the Scotia Inn. Expect a dance-off between the imported hipsters who travel with the band and timber workers. My money is on the timber workers.

Rooster McClintock has a great combination of respect for the elders of country music and a passionate love of boogie. A dangerous combination on its own, but when mixed with a tipsy rural audience it is positively magical. Honky Crunk at its finest.

Maxwell Schnurer is an HSU communications professor

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