Thursday was the first of four nights of the Sonoma Jazz Plus Festival 2008, and featured Kool and the Gang, whom I first and last experienced live almost 30 years ago with my then-partner Allen on a west coast tour date in San Francisco. As my nephew musician, radio show host of "Sonoma Valley Music Scene" and entertainment writer for the Sonoma Sun, J.M. Berry aptly said after the show, if you missed it then you got it tonight. The front of the huge tent right in front of the stage was a disco floor and I found myself dancing my ass off for an hour and a half with people the same age I was 30 years ago. It was incredible. They re-created some of their famous anthems, "Celebration" and "Ladies Night" though their great revival numbers when they re-emerged in the mid-90s. A couple of them are still the same guys, but don't expect those details from me; I'm sure you'll find them in James's column. Go to the Sonoma Sun online. Meanwhile, I reminisced that we occasionally passed the little spoon around at such parties back in the day to get ourselves up on the disco floor, but I and most of the crowd were so energized and inspired by the Gang that we didn't need any last night!