A huge varied crowd listened and danced into the night Thursday, Aug. 24 at the last street dance of the summer sponsored by the Kelseyville Business Association.
The Prather Brothers played original songs they recorded back in the ”70s, songs that will be released soon on two CDs.
Steve Prather wrote “Prison of Life,” sung by Dana Prather at the dance:
“The dark of night is getting closer/A mother hurries with her child/She”s in the dark side of the city/Once quiet streets are getting wild/She moved here last year from the city/With broken heart and broken dreams/The man she loves no longer with her/Her world is broken now it seems. Chorus: Life is tough in the Big City/It”s dog eat dog and day to day/There ain”t no chance of goin” nowhere/With mouths to feed and bills to pay/In the prison of life.”
As the band kept putting out their strong, pulsing, clear, danceable tunes, more and more people arrived until the whole street was filled, according to Danny Prather, who from the stage saw people filling Main Street beyond the Brick Tavern and behild the stage back past the Saw Shop.
District 5 Supervisor Rob Brown sang mellow country tunes backed by the band and the listeners recognized his basically pure country soul, sometimes obscurred during his daily life by his sharp wit, sarcasm and humor.
The Cam Band (Cobb Area Musicians) performed classic rock hits and Joan Moss sang her autobiographical “Bad Bad Woman of Kelseyville” to open the dance, available on the CD “Echos” by Moss and Zack.
People remember the Prather Brothers Band, the band that opened at the first sell-out concert of the amphitheater of Konocti Harbor Resort & Spa, and also at the first indoor theater concert at Konocti. Young and old alike danced together Aug. 24, families and little people, at the street dance.
Mary Morse, president of the Kelseyville Business Association, said the street dance was the best one this summer, and she hopes the Prather Brothers will return next summer. Her husband Dave said he estimates that there were 500 people at the dance. Danny Prather remembers that maybe 1,000 people attended the dance, which ended at 10 p.m.
The members of the band have been through many changes and struggles. Their original songs portray those struggles but by next summer their songs will be immortalized on CDs and Don Prather”s words to “Immortal Being” will come true. “I would last forever … I would be an immortal being. Don wrote the song “Immortal Being” after major changes in his life. Through all the changes, the Prather Brothers Band have somehow held together and by next summer their CDs will make their songs available to those who love to listen and dance and remember them.
