Getting Ready for the Polyester Funfest

T-minus five days, and counting …

Sure, we’ve had some huge music names roll through Hard Rock Park this summer, led by rock legends The Eagles and The Moody Blues performing at the grand opening festivities back in June. Sister Hazel put on a surprisingly good show (to me, anyway) July 4, and George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic were in classic form on Memorial Day weekend.

But if you’re looking for a good old-fashioned cheesefest that’s nevertheless sure to be as entertaining as any of these shows, 70’s disco legends KC and the Sunshine Band come to town this Saturday to close out the Myrtle Beach summer concert season in grand style.

Growing up on Long Island, disco just wasn’t supposed to be cool. Infamous promotions like “Disco Demolition Night” at the old Comiskey Park helpd hammer that point home, with all the force of the dynamite Bill Veeck used to send thousands of disco vinyls to their violent death.

But admit it. You listened, anyway. And when KC and the Sunshine Band cranked out one chart-topping single after the next in the late ‘70s – “Get Down Tonight,” “That’s the Way (I Like It)” and “I’m Your Boogie Man,” just to name a few – you and I were shaking our booty just as much as the next schnook.

This Saturday, it’s time to shake it one more time – shamelessly, and painlessly (even if it takes a drink or two … three … four …). So get the hot pants, bell bottoms and trouser suits out of mothballs, and get ready for the polyester party of the year.

Just don’t anyone light a match.