The Holy Smokes at Luke's Garage, Saturday Sept 1, 2018

When we first moved to Las Vegas in 2003, we ventured out a bit to see what was happening musically in town but we mostly found mediocre punk bands and not much that caught our ears, so we stopped trying for a long time. Apparently, that was a big mistake, since there were some seriously terrific bands in town at the time like the Yeller Bellies, the Pickadillos and the Holy Smokes.

We now know Luke (bass/vocals) and Jeffrey (harmonica/vocals) from their time in the Lucky Cheats (one of our fave local bands that we met from playing together), but never knew guitarist Joel before now. Gerry (Turbo) Proctor sat in for this party/jam and they were indeed smokin'! This was meant to just be a fun time at a party, but the band was incredible as they blasted through some blues/ rock'n'roll not unlike the Lucky Cheats - in fact one of their songs became a Cheats tune. I believe that they are talking about doing some reunion shows and if so, I will certainly be there! Great band!