MUSIC
Swing standards, then, later on, when we saw gray-haired
people they would want Elvis. Nowadays, when we see grayhaired
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people they want to hear the Beatles and classic rock,”
he added, with a laugh.
Chandler smiled as she remembered a time when they
were playing in Stuart while a woman, who had been sitting
at a table next to the stage, quietly watched them. Then Norton
suggested they play Woolly Bully.
“This woman leapt out of her chair and shouted, ‘It’s a
pony’ and took off for the dance floor doing the steps I remembered
from high school.”
In their 30-plus years together, the couple has played
throughout Florida, performing at restaurants and clubs,
yacht and country clubs and private parties. And in Fort
Pierce, they have a standing gig on Tuesday afternoons at
Little Jim Bridge Fish Camp and a few nights a month at Coyote
Grill in Road Runner RV Resort. Another favorite place to
play is the Seminole casino at Brighton, west of Okeechobee.
“Everyone is so nice there,” Norton said. “They jump at the
chance to help you.”
The only time they practice, the two said, is when they are
learning a new instrument or a new song.
“During slow times in the summer, we will play and sing
in our living room just to keep ourselves in shape,” Norton
said. “We make our own tracks on all instruments and then
work on vocals.”
Norton’s other business helps get them through the slow
season. He creates track fragments through a music processor
and sells them on www.nortonmusic.com.
Their schedule can be found at www.s-cats.com. Or as
Norton notes on the website: “If you want a good time, call
464-4609.”
Chandler and Norton have performed together for more than 30 years.
ED DRONDOSKI
The Sophisticats entertain at Coyote Grill in the Road Runner RV Resort. The duo also plays at Little Jim Bridge Fish Camp on Tuesday afternoons.
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