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Defibrillators Pump Up Sachem Area

Band rocks out at Sachem Public Library.

Friday night Sachem residents were treated to a rhythm and blues performance sponsored by "Viagra, Depends, and Miracle Ear."

The Defibrillators, who boast a humorous take on the now aging baby boomer generation, consists of Sonny Meadows on lead vocals and harmonica, Sonny Speed on keyboard and vocals, Bob "Pops" Westcott on lead and rhythm guitar, Bobby "Buddy Boy" Cattrano on bass, Robert "Lang Lang" Langley on drums and Dr. Max Foreman on lead and rhythm guitar. 

Don't let their granddaddy golf course and Hawaiian shirt wearing appearance fool you, The Defibrillators are well equipped with gritty guitar riffs, steady rumbling drums, a slew of pounding bass solos and deep hollow-bellied vocals that take you to a back porch gathering down south complete with crawfish and cornbread.

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Meadows shows up after the acoustics start "by yellow cab" detailed with black Wayfarers, an apple red suit jacket and what appears to be a magic doctors black leather satchel to bellow out the words from the inners of his soul, "Get Your Self a Middle Aged Man," from their self titled album.  The opening number features electric guitar riffs that give off an island-y, relaxed vibe.

Langley's wrists stammer the drums into "Do It While You Can," the opening track off of their "Triple Bypass" album that has Meadows dancing red-faced onstage in-between bursts of his harmonica solo.

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Westcott, or "Pops", wearing a pair of the oversized black sunglasses associated with blindness, appears delusional in-between songs as he attempts to leave or fall asleep asking, "how much more of this is there."

For "Closin' Down the Diner," off of their "Triple Bypass" album, Meadows explains that the group used to eat at Nick's Diner when playing in Atlantic City. Nick's was a typical classic style diner with old counter tops and stools that seems to have had a parking lot built over it for the Trump tower. The song for Nick has Meadows roaring out "get your last cup of Joe."

"I Survived a Triple Bypass," the title track off of their "Triple Bypass" album is basted with a drum line reminiscent of B.B. King's "I Got the Blues" as an emotional Meadows kneels down to croon the lyrics, "I survived a triple bypass; then you broke my heart."

For "Side Effects" again off of their "Triple Bypass" album, Dr. Max reads off a long scroll of side effects, from the labels, of the self prescribed medicine taken today including extreme poverty, shrunken genitalia, sausage fingers, strong desire to run naked through airport security check points, asteroids, toe cheese and inverted nipples among many more.  After which the band takes a moment to introduce each other-to each other-as if they have forgotten they know each other already. 

The self-proclaimed "geriatric gigolos" take a moment to congratulate the "most senior" in the audience rewarding them with a free CD and T-shirt.

They boys finish with "Dead Mans Suit" off of their self-titled album while Meadows again leaves the band behind "to catch the bus." They have a dominant stage presence that proves their proclamation true, "The Defibrillators will jump start your heart and revive your spirit."

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