Thursday, March 26, 2009
I wasn’t quite sure what to expect, but I was pleasantly surprised and very entertained last night as I watched Dennis Quaid and the Sharks rock out on stage at a private event in Beverly Hills. You could tell how much Dennis Quaid loves rock ‘n’ roll, singing, and performing in front of an audience, which makes it that much more enjoyable to watch him. His training for the movie, “Great Balls of Fire,” in which he assumed the role of the legendary rocker, Jerry Lee Lewis, was on full display as he energized his admirers. In fact, he relayed to his congregation that the band hasn’t played together in almost 2 years. He was definitely fired up to play his bluesy, Southern rock!
Dennis knows how to work the patrons-particularly the women-as he jumped off the stage and was jamming his guitar as he cruised around the onlookers teasing the ladies and making the men jealous. Women actually squealed with giddy glee. I am not joking! I am surprised that bras and panties didn’t flood the stage! During the tail end of one of the Southern jamming tunes, he managed to weave in a snippet of Snoop Dogg’s, “Gin & Juice.” Who knew Snoop had that Southern edge? Dennis joked about people getting “bailout money” in Beverly Hills and that was why his band got back together. This was definitely Dennis’ night.
Being that I am a fellow Texan and big dreamer, it really struck a chord with me when he echoed that he was a Houston boy with wings on his back who could be the star of a movie. Anyone who knows the story of Mr. Quaid knows that success did not come quickly for him he had to really prove himself to be recognized by the Hollywood bigwigs, until he finally reached commercial success with “Jaws 3-D.” You have got to love a dreamer-they can show you that anything is possible if you have got wings, right? Keep on rocking Big D!
