RICK DERRINGER: LITTLE MAN WITH A BIG GUN

Well, here we are in the middle of the first set on Friday night at the Shaboo Inn in captivating Willimantic, Conn.

The Shaboo is a rather large club, holds about a thou for the weekend rich kid college rush, used to be a mill; all kinds of pipes running overhead and support beams strategically located so that once you’re plastered, you should walk into one every few minutes. The lighting is mainly red bulbs screwed into the ceiling and the general atmosphere at the Shaboo is not unlike an early 1969 palace of rock as seen on re-runs of The Name of the Game whenever Tony Franciosa was host.