Boy With a Fish
Rongovian Embassy, Trumansburg, NY...... My then-girlfiend, now-wife and I were visiting Ithaca and were happy to see that Boy with a Fish was playing at the Rongo. The Rongo was a bar and music venue that everyone I knew went to while I was at Ithaca College in the 1980s--except me. I had never been to a show there, so I was glad to go to a locally legendary space that had some sporadic closures over the years. (It has since closed permanently.) Boy With a Fish was a side project by members of the band The Horseflies during a hiatus period for them. I had heard their 2004 Birds Fly Backwards album and had played the song "Sometimes" a little on WYEP. We had a fun time at their show and I had a chance to chat a little with Jeff and Judy from the band. There was also a band called Hubcap on the bill, but I don't think we saw them.