Little bit country, little bit rock’n’roll: Trailer Choir, consisting of two guys, a gorgeous gal and a four-piece backup band, affably zipped through more than a dozen tunes during their hour-and-change show on a sweaty Aug. 29. The singing trio stuck mostly with Nashville-flavored numbers, with detours into the catalogs of Steve Miller and, of all people, Gloria Gaynor, although blonde songbird Crystal Hoyt’s take on “I Will Survive” was as fiery as the afternoon’s heat. Big Vinnie Hickerson, all 380 pounds of him, lived up to his nickname, as he constantly shook his backfield in motion with his “Curly Shuffle” routine and even belly-flopped across the stage during their hit “Rockin’ the Beer Gut.” And fellow singer and occasional guitarist Marc Fortney kept up his end of the threesome’s emotional bargain with its audience. When Hoyt finished her disco solo, Fortney said with good hu- mor, “She’s hot. . . and she’s under contract!”


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