A little song in the Sunshine State
Hurricane SOP ... A cappella storms north central Florida
I’ve always been a big music fan. Generally my iPod is tuned to a song from the late 80s or feeding me a playlist from the big band and swing geniuses of the 40s… I’m an old soul. Well with my unusual music tastes, I’m generally left out of the Gainesville’s music scene, but occasionally I get lucky.
A few months back my friend Sean called me up to tell me about his newest addiction, a cappella (really, no surprise to me, I’ve been dealing with him belting out Phil Collins and Backstreet Boys in the car for years). In between his full range lalala’s, he said the George Washington University male a cappella group, Sons of Pitch, are all the rage in the District. Of course I doubted how much I’d like a band which, for all intents and purposes, is a boy band without instruments, but I said I’d love to hear them at some point because he’d have accepted nothing less.
Considering DC to Alachua country is no quick trip, I figured it unlikely I’d be serenaded anytime soon. But after a spur of the moment phone call asking about Gainesville cappella groups, a frenzied Google search, and a dozen or so emails to UF’s coed a cappella group, No Southern Accent, Sean and three other Sons found their way to the sunshine state for an a cappella party in Micanopy!
So I grabbed my edirol and chased them down for, to my surprise, one of the coolest things I have ever heard. Now officially a fan of a cappella, I suggest you get out of Gainesville and go find a boy band without instruments.
Until then, here’s a little taste of the Sons of Pitch singing a little ditty appropriately titled That Good Ol’ A Cappella. Enjoy!
