Posted on 05/18/2015 8:15:59 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (KRON) — A recently formed music group in Virginia Beach seized the opportunity to play in front of a stadium sized audience, and it was all for a great cause.
Members of the Hot Gumbo Brass Band decided to perform a mini-concert for frustrated drivers and passengers after traffic came to a standstill on Interstate 264 while police worked to clear the scene of an accident, Saturday night.
Many viewers asked 10 On Your Side about a big backup on I-264. Dispatchers told WAVY.com a two-vehicle crash shut down the westbound lanes of the highway at Rosemont Road around 8:30 p.m. Then, WAVY viewers began posting updates about how time stuck on the interstate was spent — it was a traffic jam-session.
The Hot Gumbo Brass Band from Norfolk played while stuck on I-264 for about 40 minutes.
“This is what you do when you’re stuck in a bad situation, you make the most of it,” said one motorist who posted a video on YouTube.
According to viewers, even an ice cream truck joined the fun.
How cool would it be to see E-40 or Green Day break out its gear in the middle of I-880 gridlock to ease the tension?
Stephanie Ballesteros of WAVY.com contributed to this report.
DANG!
where are the brass bands when Im stuck in traffic?
Alright, that tears it.
We’re going back to the 80’s.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAsLDf-tYlg
You have been warned.
Good Lord, I missed the fun! lol
Sounds like an impromptu temporary hippie micro-commune developed all because some rinky-dink band thought they would provide so-called relief from a situation that gave them a captive audience. I would rather have been listening to a baseball game.
In 2012, I was flat-out stuck in a traffic jam on I-70 in Ohio due to a truck that had broken down on a bridge. I wouldn’t have minded a band playing. Some people were getting out of their cars as it was.
Where are they supposed to plug in their amps?
“How cool would it be to see E-40 or Green Day break out its gear in the middle of I-880 gridlock to ease the tension?”
I think it’d be great if someone set up a portable stripper pole...and I bet some dingbats out there would go ahead and take the bait!
They call that "Unplugged". d;^)
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