they play every sunday night at the showtime bar. s band are mere spring chickens -- most are in their early 60's. it was band member richard who turned alice into a funky grandma. his apartment is directly above the showtime bar. he first saw alice -- a student 20 years his senior -- at the university cafeteria. >> i was 44 years old at the time. and i saw her, and i said, "damn i want to meet this lady." i asked her if she h had ever managed a band or been in a band. and she said no. and i said, "good, you're going to manage mine." >> alice does more than mamanage the band. ever since the keyboard player dropped out, she's been filling in. richard and alalice have been a couple for the past 20 years. they are soulmates when it comes to music as well. alice wrote this song herself. ♪ everybody in the trendy d.c. neighborhood of bloomingdale has heard of granny and the boys and their legendary lineup. but it took alice's family a while to get with the act. >> in the beginning, they thought i was insane.. and i actually had a sister-i