Why Can't I Be You?

Why Can't I Be You IV at Tess' Lark Tavern, 453 Madison Ave., Albany, at 7 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 29. Free. Also featuring the Decadent Royals, Bryan Thomas, MotherJudge, Guiltless Cult, Laura Boggs and many more.

It's Halloween, and once again the musicians of the Capital Region will be dressing up in their favorite musical costumes. By which I mean that it's once again time for the annual Why Can't I Be You event. Although Mr. Eck has participated over the years, this is the first time that Ramblin Jug Stompers are tossing their collective hats into the ring.
The concept is that Capital Region musicians perform one or two songs by other Capital Region musicians, so of course RJS took the the task oh-so-seriously. Wild Bill suggested that perhaps it would be fun to play "The Flight of the Eagle" by super baritone sax jazz man Nick Brignola...but play it on kazoos.
But as it turned out, Mr. Eck had an even better idea. Of course we can't tell you what it is, but it certainly should be too much fun. OK, OK, OK - we'll give you a hint. The song is 20 years old. If you think about it hard enough, you might actually figure it out, but that's it. No more hints. No more begging for hints, either. If you want to find out what song we're playing, you're just gonna have to be there. For sure.