No, Gary, it didn't "make this dreary day a lot brighter." But........it certainly DID made my "night" brighter, since I was watching it at night!

Every summer I attend a lot of outdoor summer concerts that they have around here. Looking back (over the years even) I saw nothing like this to "make my day brighter." What I do see in today's performers are mediocre instrumentals, anger in their delivery, negative aggression (both in their faces and their movements), boredom, no real emotion to show they're enjoying themselves up there, too much dependence on the gimmicks (light shows, etc), and.......basically absolutely nothing that made you walk away from a performance thinking the world is a better place (like when you walked away from your street-corner doo-wop singing back in the 50s.

On the other hand, I just watched A Bronx Tale tonight, and American Graffiti last week, with that wonderful 50s/60s music playing in the background. No comparison between what is and what used to be!

BTW Are you sure that group isn't Louis Prima playing incognito?