Six years ago the Boam Hoddys wrote a song about their neighborhood: “Cosy Corner.”
Last week, it was revived as a protest song. No new verses, no new ironic or aggrieved delivery. Sung straightforward, it just sounds different in the wake of eminent domain evictions along Sankozi Corners on the shoreline. The band, which hadn’t played out in three years but technically hadn’t broken up, were convinced to regroup for a rally at Park Beach Park.
Next up: a full-blown benefit concert for those who are refusing to move, facing potentionally huge penalties and legal fees.
Other bands are being enlisted, but actual protest songs are hard to come by. Even the Boam Hoddys didn’t really have one.
So a sub-rally was held in the park following last week’s event, featuring some musicians who’d attended in their daytime guises as fearful residents.
The group wrote a song—or at least have agreed to scatter and write one. It has 27 verses so far, in an easily learned blues base. Each couplet is penned by a different protester.
The resulting song will headline a four-hour concert in Park Beach Park two weeks from now, starring the Boam Hoddys of course, plus members of Accuse Pie, The Ashcan School and Mass Young.
Call it a house band. A save the houses band.

The Art Bakers and The Bickersons at the Bullfinch, bickering…. ‘40s nostalgia nite at Hamilton’s with Chesterfield Supper Club, G.I. Jive and The High-Jinkers, for some grandparent reunion in town… Hip and progressive show of bands that aren’t in limbo yet, for a change at D’ollaire’s: The Blandings, X Minus One and The Johnny Dollars (for a change! Get it?)…