I’m still abuzz from the fun celebration of Rick’s birthday. Crazy Mary was joined by Rick on mandolin and lap steel as well as Raven Hancock on sax and Kid Lucky beat boxing on different songs. The crowd was large and high energy, inspiring the bands, The other acts, Red Gretchen, The Joey Kelly Allstars…
With Red Gretchen, Frank Wood and His NYC Allstars, The Hipp Pipps and Puma Perl and Friends. Wow!! What can I say about this amazing evening. Frank Wood put together an amazing lineup of some of our favorite bands (and people). The crowd was great the vibes were flowing and Charles had a big smile…
With Alan Merrill, The Anne Husick Trio, Ricky Byrd, Love Pirates, The Cynz and Snake Monster. A funny thing happened a week before this gig. Joan Jett And The Blackhearts were announced as 2015 inductees into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame and their guitarist, Ricky Byrd as well as the author of The…
With Billy Magee, The Hipp Pipps, The Rewd Onez (featuring Bill Ficca of Television on drums), Puma Perl And Friends and Red Gretchen. It was a fabulous evening organized by Anne Husick of AH Presents and Red Gretchen that honored photographer extraordinaire, Alan Rand who also produced and recorded the new Red Gretchen CD. Crazy…
With The Alan Merrill Band and The Hipp Pipps. This was one of my favorite gigs this year. The band was really tight and the crowd danced all evening. It was our first gig with The Alan Merrill Band who revved the audience up right away and had them smoking when he closed with “I…
With Stronger Than Some, Adios Mafia, Blueberry High Heels and Kid Lucky. We got to celebrate Emma’s birthday in style with Crazy Mary and of course, cake. We were joined by special guests Kid Lucky who beat boxed to Fallen Angel and Matt Langone on Lilttle Sister while Charles moved to harmonica. Doesn’t get any…
With Superfecta, The Werewolves,Walter Steding and Friends and Bob Spring. This gig was the 40th anniversary of Frank Wood booking bands and it was such a fun evening. All of Crazy Mary helped out Walter before our own set and we were really well received (even though we made up a few songs on the…
With Dennis Doyle, The Rebel Factory, The Rewd Onez, Red Gretchen, Danny’s Devil’s Blues and Val Kinzler. We had such a good time at this show. Phil Gammage joined us once again to blow some amazing harp. It was great playing after a month long hiatus and seeing and playing with so many friends and…
We had just found out that The Ding Dong Lounge was about to close in its current location, and although we had never played there before, there a a sense of remorse. Instead of pouting, we decided to send the last Saturday of live music out with a bang. The place started filling up shortly…
With Blue Moon Agnostics, Au-Ralphy, Blueberry High Heels, Granny, The Hipp Pipps and Red Gretchen. Everyone was in a good mood for the Summer Solstice and the beginning of Summer, so the crowd was all too pleased to cut loose on the dancefloor for The Hipp Pipps. Red Gretchen hypnotized the audience with their psychedelic…