Burt Reynolds 2nd Annual Mustache Bash!

There are a number of annual celebrations in this country that are greatly anticipated, as participants seek to re-create and re-live the glory from past times. For Pseudo Blue and their fans, no event is as greatly anticipated as the Burt Reynolds Annual Mustache Bash.  This year was no exception.  In its second year of existence, the Bash certainly lived up to it’s high expectations …. and then some.

Weeks prior to the event, mustache sightings were at an all-time high throughout the Wrightsville Beach and Wilmington area in preparation for the February 11^th show (conveniently on Reynolds’ Birthday) held at Banks Channel Pub and Grille in Wrightsville Beach, NC.  The debut of this year’s custom Burt Reynolds trophy created even higher stakes, as it would soon perfectly supplement and certify a year’s worth of bragging rights for the mustache champion.

Pseudo Blue greeted the anxious crowd with a heavy funk jam which trickled into their much-beloved classic “Rehab Queen”.  The crowd was soon immersed in a boogie frenzy which superseded the intensity of last year’s extravaganza (not an easy feat).  At the stroke of midnight, the band capped off their first set with a cover of The Band’s “Shape I’m In.”  The battle for the trophy had begun.

The eight pre-selected contestants took the stage to compete for eternal glory and the first place prize.  One by one, each contestant was judged by the volume and intensity of the crowd’s cheer until there were only three mustaches standing.  After a sustained minute long roar, Wrightsville Beach native Patrick Long (last year’s runner-up) was crowned as the 2012 Burt Reynolds Mustache Bash Champion.  And like a true champion, Long celebrated by using the $100 cash prize to buy 40 Budweisers — to be distributed among his loyal supporters and fellow mustache admirers.  Shortly after, Pseudo Blue hit the stage opening the second set with their original “Building an Army” followed by a cover of The Grateful Dead’s “Touch of Grey”.  To this day, no one really remembers what happened after that….a true tribute to the power of Burt Reynolds, his majestic mustache, and a few too many Budweisers…