It's Always a Ball at Bahnhof!

Even a rainy winter’s night can be fun at one of Huntington’s hottest venues, the remarkable Bahnhof WVrsthaus & Biergarten on 7th Avenue.The band hit the Bahnhof stage early Thursday evening, a dozen hours after a night of torrential storms that soaked and raked the entire tri-state from midnight onward.“Listening to The Flood after a flood?” mused by hardy fan at a ringside table. “Well, I can’t decide if that’s appropriate behavior … or whether we’re just poking the eye of the storm gods!”Hard to tell. However, the fact is that it did start raining again before the band’s set was finished.Weather TunesThe weather had an impact on the guys’ song selection. For instance, Pamela’s video from the evening opens with a highly hum-able hymn for any deluge — “Wade in the Water” — and the guys even invited the assembled flood victims to sing along.Then the musical weather forecast turned a bit more optimistic. In the hey-just-six-more-weeks-of-winter mindset, the band offered “Windy and Warm” — the John D. Loudermilk classic made famous by Doc Watson — which in Floodom is a Danny Cox specialty. The song wasn’t originally on the set list, but when the band mates saw Flood friends Andrea and Scott Austin in the audience, they edited in the addition. Scott, a big Watson fan, often asks for the tune whenever he drops by The Flood rehearsal.The Dancing DoctorsSpeaking of docs, a perfect Floodish evening also includes a visit with the band’s favorite prancing professors, Bonita Lawrence and Clayton “Doc” Brooks. Faculty stars of Marshall University’s mathematics department, Doc and Bonnie started dancing to Flood tunes more than a dozen years ago. Initially they favored the late Joe Dobbs’ Irish gigs and Doug Chaffin’s waltz tunes, but lately, the dancing doctors have revealed a much broader repertoire. Pamela’s video closes out featuring the pair hoofing it to the 1920s rocker, “If I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate.” This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit 1937flood.substack.com