KC and the Sunshine Band Live
Niagara Falls, New York – 9/15/06 

by Sherrill Fulghum

On a perdect western New York summer night a local band called the Party Squad got things started. A classic rock cover band the quintet played songs made popular in the 1960s. The band had the ability to sound much bigger than they were; but the Party Squad's real talent laid in the talents of their drummer Mark Dixon. He could sound like the original artist of the song - in this show it was Sir Mick Jagger and Louis Armstrong.

After a short break the stage resembled a storm with thunder and lightening as the Sunshine Band took the stage. Harry Wayne "KC" Casey opened the show with "Shake Your Booty" clad in a glittery blue jacket. Asking the crowd what had happened KC discussed his 33 year musical career. KC said that when he started performing Cher had just begun her farewell tour. He then asked the crowd of varying ages if the young people knew who he was. He then told them, "we were your mother's N'Sync."

KC and the Sunshine Band spent the next hour and a half - no intermission - singing all of their hits with numerous interludes of other music from the disco era. Many of the interludes were for the dancers to entertain the crowd while KC went through a costume change - always in glitter. A dance floor complete with a spinning mirror ball was available for those who chose to use it, but most of the fans danced at their seats as they sang along.

The band did not perform an encore - KC had already done all his music. But he did make himself available to fans after the show.

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