Page 6 THE VILLADOM TIMES II • October 23, 2013 Ridgewood Library audience in cahoots with The Kootz by John Koster A sizable audience at the Ridgewood Library got in cahoots with The Kootz and clapped and harmo- nized with four musicians who conjured up some of the legends of rock and roll. The four performers produced the sounds that made rock roll, from Roy Orbison to The Beatles. Glenn Taylor was introduced by guitarist and vocalist Ron Weinstein as “lead guitarist, lead singer, lead everything,” to audience applause. “About 14 years ago, we had our first jam session -- just a regular garage band who loved this music -- and now there are over 20 of us Kootz,” Taylor said. The Kootz contingent at the Ridgewood Library besides Taylor and Weinstein were Pete Bremy on bass guitar and Tony “Al” Dente on drums. Bremy opened with the spooky “For What it’s Worth” by Buffalo Springfield, a description of hos- tile policemen at a peace demonstration: “Paranoia strikes deep...into your life it will creep...It starts when you’re always afraid...step out of line and the Man comes and takes you away.” The rest of the concert, which went into over- time, was more upbeat. One favorite from The Bea- tles was “Baby, You Can Drive My Car.” In “A Hard Day’s Night” and “She Loves You,” the Kootz got the chords and the screams perfect. When the band verged into “Pretty Woman” by Roy Orbison, the audience knew what was coming from the first pounding drum rhythm and joined right in. Nobody wanted it to be over -- and it almost wasn’t in terms of the schedule, but nobody com- plained. The Kootz brought it all back to people who were old enough to remember, and still young enough to clap and stomp and sing along. Ron Weinstein, Pete Bremy, Tony Dente, and Glenn Taylor rocked Ridgewood.