Holy crap! There's a lot of people here.

That was my first thought when I walked in the door of the American Legion on Wednesday, where Blue Oyster Culture Club and Dolewite played to a crowd size usually seen in Kansas City club shows.

Like there last show, '80s party rockers B.O.C.C. and Dolewite, an old school hip hop band repping it for the caucasian nation, shared the stage and swapped sets, each playing 45 minutes back and forth twice over. Also, like last show, both came prepared in the wardrobe department. B.O.C.C. lead singer and bass/guitar player Chris Clark came sporting the Don Johnson look with a Grizzly Adams beard and others sported jackets (both jean and Members Only), headbands and one "Frankie Says Relax" T-shirt on guitarist Todd Cooper.

Dolewite, of course, wore THEIR...A...DIDAS! (and one 3rd Bass T-shirt) with plenty of gold rope chains. The only thing missing was some cardboard and a few B-Boys.

Unlike their last show, they added an extra lighting rig and there were about twice the number of people (reportedly around 600-plus), which forced the Legion to open up the overflow room and caused beer lines to stretch the length of a line for Mamba at Worlds of Fun.

With the exception of a few new songs, it was business as usual for both bands.

B.O.C.C. did their forte, adding umph to usually tame '80s pop songs. Some of the songs sound so good with the reinvention, they could have ended up on the radio when it was cool to inject heft to '80s dance songs (anybody remember Orgy?) They tried a few new tricks, like attempting R.E.M.'s "End of the World" with the help of the birthday boy Beau (a.k.a. Beaustopher) and a handwritten lyrics sheet with less than stellar results. However, they made up for it with INXS' "Never Tear Us Apart" with Chris Frost triggering hoots and hollars with a wailing alto sax solo.

Dolewite once again brought some old school hip hop flavor, playing the crowd favorites like Run DMC's "Tricky" (where they managed to sneak in a Scorpions "Rock You Like a Hurricane" riff) and a few ones I haven't heard before, like Notorious B.I.G.'s "Hypnotize" and Luniz's "I Got Five On It" (or at least I think that's what it was).

The band suffered a few technical difficulties with the lead guitar, but recoverd nicely thanks to their MCs and a loyal crowd.

I'm not sure what it means for St. Joe's music scene when the largest show of the year was due to a pair of cover bands, but it was still a good reason for hundreds of people to show up at Thanksgiving dinner bringing a covered dish and a hangover.