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October 31, 2009-Saturday

Night Of The Living Dead Fest: Evans City,PA

It was a cold and rainy day, thankfully the rain stopped but the cold stuck around. This was a very cool event with some of the cast and crew of the film hangin out talkin to da peoples. I didn’t take my coat off till the fourth song, but I sho nuff did warm up. “Lazy Bones”, “Rebel Rouser”, “Nightclub”, “Rock n’ Roll City”…………I made a promise that we would play “Monster Mash”, then broke into “High Times” which, by the way, smoked. At this point, a small group of kids all screamed out together….”Play Monster Mash”……..and so we did….. It came off very nicely, thank you very much. We banged out a couple more, “Somethin’s Cookin” and “T-Bird”. Stutso then sang “You Go Your Way” and really got a big response. We closed out with “Comin Home”………Everybody’s attention then went to the huge blowup movie screen that featured a short funny film. Then “Song of the Dead”, the short action packed film that I appeared in with Shari Richards followed. The star of the show, Night Of The Living Dead, in all it’s glory, entertained this parking lot full of beautiful middle Americans sitting under blankets on lawn chairs…………….fact is…….I was dam proud to be a small part of it

October 10, 2009-Saturday

Moondogs: Blawnox, PA

Harry, Stutso and I opened things up with “Rebel Rouser”, “Rock n’Roll City” and “Comin Home”. Glenn Pavone came thru the side door and Gil Snyder came in from the back room and now we were five. “I Hate a Nickel” got us rollin. Kenny Blake came trickling in the front door and was onstage for his piece of “Lazy Bones”. “Little Things” and ”Somethin’s Cookin” both just smoked out loud. Kenny ripped up “Mercy Mercy”, and then we slow cooked “Hoochie Mama”. “Shit House Rat” came off very well with the large unit. Bud, bass player of 8^th Street Rocks, was in da house n’ lookin strong. I metioned that I saw a Gil Snyder impersonater sittin at da bar. Things heated up big time for set two which smoldered out da startin gate with Stutso singin “Amazing Grace” center stage as Whitey Cooper took over on da tubs. This was da first time Whitey had been at a gig in a year. “Shotgun” was a Blake fest deluxe. “Heartbreak Shake” got a few girls on da floor. Stutso crushed “It’s My Own Fault” and set up da big cheese, Glenn Pavone for a heart wrenchin solo dat got da whole joint into da man, da legend, Mr. Pavone. A special request for “Victoria’s Secret” was delivered, as was a request for “You Go Your Way”. Stutso got back behind the drum kit and Whitey Cooper took center stage to sing “Shama Lama Ding Dong” and wouldn’t ya know that I called the tune in the wrong key and had to stop it, then restart in the proper key. I’m such a dork. Whitey sounded great n’ da house lapped it up. We ripped right into “Mojo” and closed out da show. It was quite a treat to be onstage with Whitey, guess you could say that I’ve missed him…….

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