On Saturday October 6th, I went to see an old friend DAVID JOHANSEN at the BOTTOM LINE. He did an old BUSTER POINDEXTER favorite "Heart of Gold" acoustically with solos by the drums, bass and the rest of the band and it was awesome. Next we ran uptown to the MEDICINE HAT THEATRE (52nd St. b/w 10th & 11th Ave.) to see LOURDS who was also playing acoustic that night with T.J. JORDAN, her guitarist. This was another benefit and she was up to it. Chris, the girl who ran the show, had a great lineup, but LOURDS the show.

Sunday the 7th was yet another benefit for the Firemen at HENRIETTA HUDSON'S (c/o Morton & Hudson St.). The lineup was TUT, with my friend ALICIA wailing on guitar. Some poetry followed, then LOURDS came out and played "THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER" just by herself and the place stopped dead in their tracks. T.J.Jordan then joined her for another wild acoustic set, and the TARA LYNNE BAND followed. A lot of money was raised for the families of the nearby firehouse. We went to the LUNA LOUNGE (Ludlow b/w orchard & Stanton St.) had a few drinks and I headed for my usual last stop. For some reason I passed by ARLENE'S GROCERY (95 Stanton st) and I noticed that THE BAND OF GEORGE wasplaying, so I went in and they were filming for THE ANTI-CHAT SHOW BE YOURSELF AS WELL AS ART. Tom Regan was on the camera and the band was smokin', and eventually I made it to MOTOR CITY BAR.

Tuesday the 9th, there was another benefit at KENNY'S CASTAWAYS (Bleeker St. b/w Thompson & Sullivan St.). This was for some Supreme Court Officers who lost their lives trying to help out during the chaos. THE ROBERT ROSS BAND w/ANGELO OLIVIERI on bass played a great set but that wasn't all. LONNIE LISTON SMITH played his style of blues, followed by one of the greatest collection of musicians in NY if not the world. GORDON EDWARDS and STUFF, WILL LEE, PAUL SCHAEFFER and I can't remember all of the guys who played their hearts out for a packed house full of court officers. I had to leave in the middle to go see DUNCAN at the CUTTING ROOM (24th St. b/w 6th Ave. & Broadway), this was a benefit for NY CARES, another great charity, and they had a wild auction. DUNCAN was great but I wanted to get back KENNY'S for the rest of the show.

It was CMJ festival time in NY so I went to THE CONTINENTAL (3rd Ave. @ St. Mark's Pl.) on Thurs 10/11, headlining that night was LOURDS with a full band this time and she whipped the packed house into a frenzy. HURRYUP OFFENSE followed with a hard rockin' set. I was back at the CONTINENTAL on sat 10/13 for 69NOVA (www.69nova.com). TUESDAY led the boys through their paces, starting slowly but building to a crescendo that blew the roof off the place. The KOWALSKIS were to follow a couple of bands later but I wanted to try to get to see DADDY at DON HILL'S (511 Greenwich St. c/o spring St.) I missed them and got stuck listening to a band that they must have found in the decaf section of Starbucks. Keep your eyes and ears open for some more benefits.

ON SUN. 10/28 FRANK WOOD presents a benefit for the families of SQUAD 1 in Brooklyn. This will be a sendoff for Two Chicks and a Casio(www.twochicksandacasio.com) before they head to the west coast. They will be followed by HUEY LYNCH and friends (these are actual members of Squad 1),
BLACK FLAMINGO (www.mp3.com/blackflamingo),GOD-THE BAND, and 69 NOVA (www.69nova.com).

GRAND OPENING
CLUB 10/50 November 11, 2001 Benefit for the twin towers families and also SCORPIO birthday party (mine is 11/11/55), stay tuned for more info.

WOOD'S PICKS
THE FAMOUS 'WOODIES' RATING SYSTEM: = 'heard about it' = 'heard about it..from a reliable source' = 'I...Myself actually reccomend it' = 'You better not miss this' = ' Contact me, I may be able to get you in, it will be soldout"
October 16	UNHINGED at CBGB (Bowery at Bleaker St.) 9pmWW
October 18	GOD-THE BAND at SIDEWALK CAFE (94 Ave. A) 10pm
October 19	GINO at BAR-B (Allen St. b/w Houston & Stanton St.) 7pm
	ARUN LUTRA at Shelly's (104 west 57th St.)9pm-1am WWW
	RED BETTY at ARLENE'S 10pm
	BLUE NO. 9 at DESMOND'S (433 park Ave. South) @ 10pm - Stephanie leads this multi-faceted group thru many various stylings with special guests Ada Ravotti and Elephunk.
	SLAGS @ DON HILL'S (Spring & Greenwich sts) 11pm. Also appearing is PAINT.
	DAVID BYRNE at BOWERY BALLROOM (6Delancy St.)

That's it for now, Take care,
FRANK WOOD.