MERRY MELTDOWN: Dirty Heads turn up the grooves

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The Dirty Heads play X103.9’s Merry Meltdown in Ontario on Dec. 16. (Terry Pierson/Staff Photographer)

The Dirty Heads took the stage to an enthusiastic crowd response.

With a percussionist and a keyboardist in addition to the drummer, singer, guitarist and bassist, The Dirty Heads brought blissed out reggae-inspired grooves to an adoring crowd.

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The audience, jammed into one third of the arena floor, as well as a pretty full lower seated section and pockets of full sections on the uppermost level, appreciated the band as they played songs like “Stand Tall” and “Spread Too Thin.”

The band’s biggest hit, “Lay Me Down,” turned the area into a sunny beach far away from the cold drizzle in the Ontario night.

Hands down the biggest response of the night. They even knew the non-radio hits.