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Here's what's up:
This coming sat oct 6th ,there's a benefit schedulted for the
Port Authority Police at TOBACCO
ROAD (355 West 41st @ the coner of 9th ave: tobaccord.com).
They have obtained a 24hr liquor permit and plan on having bands
around the clock until Sunday night. I will be meeting with them
to help out. So far I'm supposed to provide the bands for Sunday
Morning around 7am! That is gonna be rough, but hey it's a good
cause, so if any bands out there are interested in playing, contact
me here at Stemway.com, ASAP.
Thursday nite and nyc is back.
There is no lack of things to do. I started at THE
CUTTING ROOM (24th St, between Broadway & 6th Ave)
I was there to see the band SQUINT
(www.squintnews.com).
They changed their lineup since last I saw them, gone are the
sax player and added are a new bass player and a new singer, making
them less jazzy and more of a rock band. It's a good change. From
there it was off to the LUNA LOUNGE
( Ludlow St. between Houston & Stanton Sts.) for a quick one
before going to ARLENE's. There was
a band at LUNA called
The VOICES, 2 chicks fronting a 3 piece unit. It was mello
but unmemorable, so I left to go see a band recommended by a friend
at ARLENE's. They were called the
BIONIC FINGER, they were supposed
to be a grrrl band, but I think I'm gonna have to take him to
see what a real grrrl band is. They were 4 girls, and that's about
it. While I was there I ran into some friends and decided to check
out the next band up. SwampBytche
was fronted by three fine looking young ladies (Chelsea,
Nicollette and Venus - I think, my notes got wet). They
sang and danced thru more than 6 songs, mixing rap/hiphop/pop&
rock while Monty led a tight band with some amazing guitar work.
I'll let you know when they're playing again. Then it was off
to MOTOR CITY to help one of the
HELSINKI HELLCATS celebrate her birthday.
Happy Birthday Jonna!
On friday I was headed for the city to tape a video of a band.
I was shareing a cab with Jonna when
traffic came to a halt. We were in downtown Brooklyn.
so we stopped there for a drink before taking the train in. Smith
Street (in Carroll Gardens & Cobble Hill) is turning
into quite a hot spot. We stopped in a bar called QUENCH
(282 Smith St at the corner of Sackett St), the place was packed
and with alot of people in their 20's and they had an awesome
jukebox. I went to the LUNA LOUNGE
to meet with a friend. While we were there he noticed that the
bass player was an old friend of ours Charlie
Buckland. He's a great musician/songwriter who used to
do a musician's workshop at both of the clubs I used to GM (the
RHYTHM CLUB and the LIQUID
LOUNGE). He was playing with another old friend
JOSH ROY BROWN, these guys rocked the roof off the place,
they just put out a new cd so they will be playing around town.
Then it was over to MOTOR CITY for
Pat Pervert and Greaser
Greg (the Dutchman) for a nitecap.
Saturday was Stemway.comand NYRock.com and FrankWoodPresents Jazz
at the GROOVE (125 MacDougal st @w3st.)
At 1pm GARY WOFSEY's NOY JUST JAZZ ORCHESTRA
(this 13 piece group had a 10 piece horn section) started
the day and I was wondering thru my hangover what was I thinking
when I agreed to be up and in the city on a sat morning. (1pm
is morning on sat for me). Gary excelled on 3 different kinds
of trumpets, and at one point he played both of them at the same
time(mental note: book him at a gay club, tips should be good.)
They were followed by the duo of SACHIKO
and MITSU and their breezy jazz standards. Look for SACHIKO
and her smooth voice to sing with Gary's
band in the near future.
SUPERGROOVE was the next group, and this 8 piece all Japanese
jazz/rock unit was great. The leader was Katsu
Tashiro on guitar and vocals with Satoshi
helping out, also on guitar and backup vocals. With "Mackey"
on drums, Hiro on Congas,and Mikki
on bongos driving along with Yamma
on the bass, while Eiji on trumpet
and Yasuyuki on Sax were playing tight arrangements.. Yasuyuki
was astounding on some extended solos that were mesmerizing. These
guys will be back. Maury Epstein
and his trio of Rob Weiss and yhelped
cool down the crowd with more mello jazz standards. Finally JOY
RYDER and the NY RHYTHM ALL-STARS took the stage w/o their
bass player who didn't show due to a miscommunication. Iwas able
to make a call to Reggie Poe (one of the city's best talents)
and he was there in time for the 4th song. THANK
YOU REGGIE. Dave Dawson was on the drums and "Lefty"
Randy Gaffney on guitar were their usual unflappable selves.
Stu "the Professor" Newman
was hanging with the band (as our special guest), which allowed
Randy to play the bass lines on his
guitar until the calvary (Mr.Poe) arrived.
Another special guest was Yasuyuki Takagi
(from SUPERGROOVE) on sax and he showed he could get down
with some serious r&b grooves. Once Reggie
arrived the band went into overdrive,with Randy
and Stu exchanging electrifying guitar solos along with
Yas. Joy had the standing room only, sellout crowd dancing on
the tables and chairs. Joy said that
the tip bucket proceeds would go to the RED
CROSS and the crowd responded accordingly. When Joy
closed it out with a James Brown classic, she suddenly switched
in mid song to "AMERICA THE BEAUTFUL",
while the band continued with the James Brown grooves the crowd
didn't know whether to dance or cry, so they ended doing both,as
Joy ended by standing tall with her
flag draped head held high as she defiantly flashed the peace
sign high. The crowd wouldn't let the band leave on that, so they
came back with the Buddy Miles/Band of Gypsies classic "CHANGES".
It was a long day, but it wasn't over yet. Next it was over to
Flaming East (219 2ave,b/w 13&14
st) for their GLAM 2001 nite, featuring
MIMIROCK and the DETOX
DARLINGS. Mimi was as theatrical
as usual with all of her special effects and hard rockin band,
but the DETOX DARLINGS stole the
show back. JENNA DARLING is an overwhelmingly
stunning, statuesque blonde bombshell whose vocals are only matched
by the DARLINGS backing her. It was
SPYDER DARLING (guitar) and JOHNNY
"HOUSE" DARLING (drums - because he plays as
big as a house) combined Birthdays along with CHARLES
DARLING's(guitar) 3rd anniversary with the band, so there
was a raucous turnout of old rock'n'roller friends. The bass player,
KEN DARLING, was playing his first gig with the band and he proved
worthy of the task. NY WASTE editor-in-chief
and top photographer LUCKY LAWLOR
was snapping away, making for a great birthday celebration. After
their set, MORGAN took over and started spinnin' and then the
suerfabulous MICHAEL T. had the house
jumpin and moving with his brand of rockin dance tunes old and
new. Time for a nitecap, and cool down so it was off to MOTOR
CITY to cap a long and draining day.
Don't forget to support the many benefits for the
heroes and victims of our wake call, starting with TOBACCO
ROAD's show on the 6 of oc
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WOOD'S PICKS |
Monday Oct
1st |
Elefunk @ the
C-NOTE (ave C & 10th st) 11pm -Ada
and Heather lead their 9 piece jazz band
thru their paces |
Tuesday
Oct 2nd |
DJ's
Rivercat & Mikeyrat @ MOTOR CITY
BAR (Ludlow, b/w Delancey & Rivington sts)9pm-4am -they
call it TWANGIN' (rockin' rockabilly) |
Wednesday
Oct 3rd |
DJ BRUCE's
GLAM CONNECTION @ SIN-SIN (85
2ave,c/o 5 st) glam rock at it's best |
Thursday
Oct 4th |
ORCHARD
LOUNGE & GRILLE (Orchard st@Houston) -Stemway.com presents
after work jazz with Jack Grace from
6-9pm Curtis Dean and James T. 9pmtill
Midnight. |
REARVIEW
@ ARLENE GROCERY (95 Stanton st)
-good rock, great venue + other bands |
The NERVE!
@ CONTINENTAL (Bowery & St Mark's
pl) 8:30pm -power pop rock from d/d free band that rocks with the
best of them |
GOD-the
BAND @ the SIDEWALK (aveA &
6st) 10pm -quirky,funny rock by 5 tuxedo-clad guys |
Friday Oct
5th |
JOHN LENNON TRIBUTE@
FUN (130 Madison st)8pm -sponsered by
VH 1, CBSfm101, RedBull, British Airways and many others |
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DENI BONET
(www.debibonet.com)
@ ARLENE's 8-10pm -another female r&r
violinist, but she's not LOURDS, but
then again no one is. |
Saturday
Oct 6th |
Stemway.com
& Frank Wood present a Jazz brunch
@ CLUB GROOVE. 1pm-9pm |
GRAVEYARD
SLUTS @ MANITOBA's (aveB,b/w 6&7)
-great straight-ahead R&R,and great bar |
WUSSY
@ FLAMINGO EAST (219 2ave) 11pm
-part of GLAM 2001 nite,wild dance club
& solid band |
Sunday Oct
7th |
ROSE BARTU
@ NASCIMENTO (1068 1ave) 7-11pm -jazz
violin from classically trained ROSE |
Take Care,
Frank Wood
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