The band: Tad McKitterick (voice), Kate Murdoch (guitar, voice), Jared Egan (guitar), Dan Sullivan (bass), A.J. Locke (drums)
The sound: Glitter-fueled theatrical rock. Think Bowie painting the Kinks� good with sparkles.
The story: Sidewalk Driver sprouted from land and sea when trey employees of Boston Duck Tours ascertained a common love of theatrical stone. In 2004, tour conductors McKitterick, Murdoch and Locke formed the band with Sullivan, a childhood admirer of McKitterick�s from Miami. Late addition Egan linked a few months ago.
�I get five months a year and only work four days a calendar week so it�s pretty good for the band,� singer McKitterick said while sitting on his Duck Boat at the death of a shift. �We spend the winters writing. Dan�s parents have a place on the Vineyard and we write music and hang out. The winter tends to be really creative for us.�
The name: The story in arrears this band�s moniker is not your typical rebel-yelling, anti-establishment cry out. Sidewalk Driver takes its name from a shift at Boston Duck Tours.
�It�s a shift meaning you don�t do anything,� McKitterick said. �You�re fundamentally the extra person. It�s my ducky shift.�
The theatrics: �I ascertained Bowie after I started my own foray into glittery boots,� McKitterick said. �I don�t study (glam rock), but it fits me very well. Naturally what I like to do is be flamboyant when I�m onstage.�
The album: Sidewalk Driver is working on its low gear full-length
album.
�It�s been a long time advent,� McKitterick said, �but we wanted to wait until we had a good thought of what we wanted it to be.�
There�s no title still. Lead competitor at the moment is �For All the Boys and Girls.�
Or maybe, McKitterick said with a wicked grin, �we�ll just call it �Fat Bag.� �
The show: Sidewalk Driver plays tomorrow, with Ladies & Gentlemen, Sonny Oaks and ME and JOANCOLLINS at the Abbey Lounge, Somerville.
The music: Listen to songs by Sidewalk Driver at bostonherald
.com/entertainment.
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