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you notice the new "Link-back
Friends" banner? This site has links
to over 2,000 band/musician and venue
pages. Many return the favor by linking
back to MVLiveMusic.com. The banner pays
recognition to those who honor us with a
link. If you install a link to this site
on your web page (or you already have
one that I missed), please let me know
and I will add your site to the banner.
Frankie sent in two songs that
demonstrate his diverse talents -
acoustic ballad "Shade Tree", and "The
Chase", a rockin' instrumental.
Austintown's Signature Event describes
their "Context" release, and tunes "6/8"
and "The Question", as tracing "various
genres and soundscapes; it is a
multitextured collection that explores
the meaning of existence, 21st century
surveillance paranoia, the infinite
chambers of the subconscious, and the
last echoes of the death of that
consciousness."
LJ Fortier submitted his CD collection
of vintage recordings of his 70's band
Freeman Sound, appropriately titled "LJ's
Mix". I have included two tracks here -
LJ's "Time Has No Sympathy", and
"Wanting To Be Free", penned by bandmate
John Harrow. You can also watch
videos of John and LJ performing as
Freeman Sound at the 2011 Breast Cancer
Benefit Reunion.
Modern Roots also graciously mailed
their CD "No Apologies". You can hear
two cuts here, "Strike" by guitarist Ken
Baker and "As If We Knew" by keyboardist
Jeff Alviani. Jeff recorded five albums
with "Mississippi Magic" Terry Evans,
along with Ry Cooder and Jim Keltner,
before returning to Ohio and joining
Modern Roots. The band will be playing
at
Fernengels this Saturday, 1/21.
Scroll down through the music player
list to hear the new additions without
waiting for them in random play. Check
out the artists' websites for additional
music and information.
John
McGreevey deserves a special "thank
you" for his generous unsolicited
donation to this website. John played in
area bands in the 70's and has returned
home from Toledo to take the stage at
the Blues Benefit Reunion Concerts the
past three years. In fact, you can
listen to him play in
videos from those concerts on this
site. Although he no longer resides in
the Valley, John appreciates this site's
support of local live music and asked if
he could help with a contribution, which
was gratefully accepted. Thanks again,
John.
It has been suggested that I put a
"Donate" link button, or something
similar, on this page to help with the
expenses of maintaining this website and
related travel costs. I don't use a tip
jar when I play, and you probably won't
ever see that button here, either. But,
just as I don't turn down unsolicited
customer tips, I won't refuse site
donations. The Sponsors ads in the
column to your right have always been my
primary plan for offsetting expenses.
Unfortunately I haven't made the effort
to "pound the pavement" (the current
sponsors have all approached me for
ads), but I hope to change that
situation soon. Meanwhile, if your
business, or a friend's business, would
like to be seen in 10,000+ page
views/month in an ad on this site,
please email so we can discuss it. It's
cheaper than you can imagine. The
details are at the bottom of the
Sponsors page. And, dear readers,
please tell my sponsors that you saw
their ad here.
Area
51is back together and
performing again, to the delight of
their fans, for the fourth time in
eleven years. You can catch them tonight
(12/30) at
Quench Bar & Grill, on New Years Eve
at the
Clark Bar, and on 1/27 at
Cricket's. Better catch one or more
of these shows because it's anyone's
guess how long they'll last this time!
Time Capsule
Freeman Sound LJ Fortier - drums Kurt Sunderman - rhythm guitar, vocals Ray Escott - lead vocals, percussion John Harrow - lead guitar, vocals "Buster" McCarthy - bass guitar, vocals
Promo DVD and CD services: Since
the time I started to include videos of
band performances on this site I have
received many requests for help with
promotional discs. My video uploads are
another free service I offer in support
of local musicians, along with band and
show listings, and I shoot a few songs
at my leisure while I'm out on the
nightclub circuit. Special video
requests require extra effort and I have
been charging a relatively small fee for
those services. The number of requests
has reached the point where I felt a
need to establish standardized fees.
Services and cost are now available on a
new page -
Promo DVD & CD Services, and include
editing and creating a master disc,
shooting sessions, and disc duplication
with labels, cases, and inserts. I can
also extract live performance audio from
video clips for promotional audio CDs.
Packard Breast Cancer Benefit Reunion
DVDs: DVDs of the 9/4 concert are
available at the TMH Foundation for $15
each. All profits go into the fund for
breast cancer patients. Call Peg at
(330) 841-1900 for order and pick-up
info. These are the professional DVD
created by Clear Choice Creative,
featuring performances by Tommy McCoy,
the Deadbeat Poets, Mariano Longo & his
orchestra, Roger Hatfield, Antoinette
Manganas, Madam Weez, Poobah, Roger
Lewis, Steve Acker, members of the
Shaddows, the Holes in the Road,
Sideshow, and MF Rattlesnake, and many
others.
Videos revisited: I tried an
experiment while uploading to the
Videos page and clicked to sort the
647 current clips by "Most Viewed". I
would have assumed that my Dave Grohl
videos have received the most hits,
obviously because more people would be
searching YouTube for his name than for
any of the local bands I support here.
That is partially correct - the three
Grohl videos all have over a thousand
views, and the clip of Dave drumming
with
Love Turns Hate is ranked second on
my page, with 3,485 hits. It was a
surprise to discover the #1 video -
Damian Knapp playing two SRV songs
at
Little Wing Cafe, with
Katelin Deutsch on bass. What's
really amazing is that the video is only
eight months old and has over 5,200
views. That's 20+ hits a day! There's
lots of surprises in the rest of the top
21 as well (all with over 1,000 views):
one of my first videos,
Blue Ash at
Cedars, comes in at
#3... the
Blues Devils are #4 and #21... #5
and #8 slots belong to the
Double Barrel Boys... and the
Huckin Fillbillys, a couple of
Breast Cancer Benefit jams (Tommy McCoy,
the
Fuzz,
Steve Acker, etc.),
Sideshow (with Katelin),
Haymaker,
Dennis Drummond (twice), Love Turns
Hate again,
Skull'rz Bane,
Gary Pirrung, and
Rick Hartley (also with Katelin)
fill in the rest of the most popular
clips. In case you weren't counting,
that's three spots for Katelin (#s 1, 9,
and 20), and she also claims #22 playing
with
Thunderstruck. Congratulations to all of you!
Mom's Apple Pie: The previously
unreleased third MAP album "The Suite"
is now available on their revamped
website -
www.momsapplepiemusic.com. You can
also hear a medley of two songs from the
album, "Austin Avenue" and "Can't Get
Used to That Feeling", in this site's
music player.
" 'The Suite' flows from one congruent
thought to the next in ordered sequence
because it was written to be presented
as a single piece of music in four
parts. "The Suite" presented by Mom's
Apple Pie brought the classic form of an
instrumental work to an artistic form of
incorporating instrumental and vocal in
a structured and continuous manner.
Hence, the original long playing vinyl
was the perfect vehicle for "The Suite,"
a featured item on the band's 3rd,
unreleased album in the early 1970s.
Please enjoy the four "acts" of a play
that looks at time, love and what could
have been -- if only." (quote from
momsapplepiemusic.com)
Lead
guitar players wanted: Two bands are
looking for lead guitar players -
Shovelhead and
Wet Lemon (click on each band name
to contact through their websites).
Here's a recent Facebook post by Wet
Lemon -
"WET LEMON, with great sadness, is
making this post. David, the father of
WET LEMON rock n roll, has decided to
leave the band and devote his time to
his family...so on that note we will be
in need of a six string shooter to fill
his shoes. If you have interest in
auditioning for this three piece band,
then send a message to Kirk Tenney or
Kevin Jaskowick to make arrangements.
David will have a say in who replaces
him in WET LEMON. We have three shows
left for the balance of 2011 and we
encourage those who are interested to
come out and see one. We love David and
will miss him...but it is only rock n
roll AND the show must go on!!"
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Did
you notice the new "Link-back
Friends" banner? This site has links
to over 2,000 band/musician and venue
pages. Many return the favor by linking
back to MVLiveMusic.com. The banner pays
recognition to those who honor us with a
link. If you install a link to this site
on your web page (or you already have
one that I missed), please let me know
and I will add your site to the banner.
