Sally Can't Dance Summer of 77 at the Bowery Electric

Sally Can't Dance is a recurring party at the Bowery Electric that gathers numerous local musicians around a theme night. A house band plays the songs, and a series of vocalists sing the cover tunes. Past events have included tributes to the Rolling Stones, David Bowie, the Talking Heads, the Ramones, the Stooges, the New York Dolls, and the Cramps.

This Sally Can’t Dance celebrated the Summer of '77. Diane Gentile curated the show. Prima Donna and Night Spins opened the evening. Josh Styles of Daddy Long Legs was the disc jockey. Michael T of Michael T & the Vanities served as the master of ceremonies.

The Los Angeles-based Prima Donna also served as the house band, featuring vocalist/guitarist Kevin Preston, keyboardist/saxophone player Aaron Minton, bassist Lights Out Levine, and drummer David S. Field. Matt Gabs of the Baltimore-based Ravagers joined on second guitar.

Cynthia Sley of Bush Tetras and Felice Rosser of Faith NYC sang the Bush Tetras' "Too Many Creeps"

Felice Rosser sang AC/DC's "It's a Long Way to the Top (if You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll)"

Steve Krebs of Krebs & the Maynard G's and the Skelecasters sang the Ramones' "Sheena Is a Punk Rocker"

Jeremy "Fury" Lublin of Jeremy & the Harlequins sang Blondie's "Heart of Glass"

Jesse Malin made a surprise appearance and sang D Generation's "She Stands There", Suicide's "Frankie Teardrop" and Elvis Costello's "Mystery Dance"

Josh Brocki of Night Spins sang Richard Hell & the Void Oids' "Blank Generation"

Miranda Zipse of Miranda and the Beat sang X-Ray Spex's "Oh Bondage! Up Yours!"

Nikki Corvette (left) of Nikki and the Corvettes and Cynthia Ross of the B-Girls and New York Junk sang the B-Girls' "Fun at the Beach" and Nikki and the Corvettes' "Girls Like Me" and "Going Back to Detroit City"

Dylan Hundley of Lulu Lewis sang Talking Heads' "Psycho Killer"

Walter Schreifels of Quicksand sang the Damned's "New Rose"

Sam Hariss of the Sweet Things sang Eddie & the Hot Rods' "Do Anything You Want to Do"

Diane Gentile of Diane & the Gentle Men sang Patti Smith's "Because the Night"

Michael T of Michael T & the Vanities sang the Runaways' "Is It Day or Night?" and Joe Cocker's "Fun Time"

Eddy Mondely of Bad Vacation sang the Dead Boys' "3rd Generation Nation"

Cole Becker of SWMRS sang Blondie's "Rip Her to Shreds"

Chuck Bones of the Trash Bags sang the Dead Boys' "I Need Lunch"

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