Our Man in Europe/dave delacroix/ THE HOP-LITES!

Our Man in Europe/dave delacroix/ THE HOP-LITES!


DAY 1:  The HOP-LITES, a, er...GREEK band showed up at the HOTEL DAVE (Priceless, 1 nite, so hop-it!); all 17 (seventeen) of them/boys and girls, but an ALL European ensemble: Celtic Rock-a-Busy; fiddles, Balalaikas, bongos, lutes & tambourines! This outfit's normal form of communication is English-ish or Esperanto; all wearing ancient Greek Chorus-theatre masks/Gothic-hippie, their attire?
As I said: 17 of the suckers, ages 17 to 30 years old and too much for the HOTEL DAVE, plus, they weren't disposed to leaving all their music equipment (gear) in the VAN, ergo? Their gear "slept" in the HOTEL DAVE and the BAND slept in the Camper-trailer-Winnebago (Van) bunk bed accommodation,  all except the band's leader, APOLLO LUDICROUS who crashed in the Hotel Dave's cucina (kitchen)! The band's gear, of course, was given HOTEL DAVE Student discount... as none of it snored.

DAY 2:  ...I get em (The HOP-LITES) a "flash-gig" at BAR VESPA with Bombshell Mary and hubby Enrico. The Hop-Lites repertoire includes:
"Tales of Brave Ulysses" -by CREAM
"Go tell the Spartans?" -by DAVE DELACROIX
"The Golden Fleece." - a sexually explicit, original song.
"Trojan Horse!" - original song.
"Helen, U bitch!" -original song.
"Achilles heel?" -original song.
"NO vino for Cyclops." -original song.
And?...
"I WANNA BE AN ARGONAUT!"

...They (the Hop-lites) cleared this Italian bar in only 3 songs, yet jammed for 2 hours! Bombshell Mary and hubby Enrico paid em' off in Pizza, Vino and a tip jar for gas (benzine). Next stop? THE HOP-LITES, continuing their World-wide tour were taking a Cargo Freighter out of GENOA to MEXICO... "Va ya con Dios, Amigos!" -I wanna be an Argonaut too!...:)


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