Monday night (err, Tuesday Morning) and still thinking about the weekend.
Ok, to let some proverbial cats out of the bag:
1. Friday night we did a special Shea Stadium set in honor of the final year of the New York Mets' home field that will be torn down at the end of the 2008 baseball season. So much for history, eh? Let's see...The Beatles, Grand Funk, The Who, The Police, not to mention a pair of World Championships. I guess nothing will stand in the way of "progress".
2. In Saturday Night's set, we played a special tribute to one of the newest inductees to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, The Dave Clark Five by performing one of their biggest hits, Because.
3. We aren't going to disclose our full sets because we don't want to spoil things for both the Vegas and Chicago Festers. But we will let you know what tunes we played with the guests:
Saturday Night
Cast of Across The Universe
Timothy Mitchum
Let It Be (solo - vocals and piano)
The Word (with harmonica solos)
T.V. Carpio
I Want To Hold Your Hand
I Saw Her Standing There
Dana Fuchs
Helter Skelter
Oh!, Darling
Former Wings' Members Denny Seiwell and Laurence Juber
Too Many People
Smile Away
Live And Let Die
Coming Up
Rockestra
Band On The Run (w/Dana Fuchs)
Mark Hudson
Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except For Me And My Monkey
Birthday (to Jessica Lapidos)
Birthday Jam (to Hope Juber) w/DS & LJ
Medley: Long Tall Sally/I'm Down/Oh!, Darling w/DS & LJ
Slow Down w/DS & LJ
Got To Get You Into My Life w/DS, LJ, Dana Fuchs and Timothy Mitchum
Finale
Hey Jude/Give Peace A Chance - sung by Dana Fuchs and Mark Hudson
Sunday Night
Former Wings' Members Denny Seiwell and Laurence Juber
Smile Away
Live And Let Die
Rockestra
Band On The Run
Mark Hudson (with DS and LJ)
Medley: Kansas City/Hey Hey Hey
Medley: Long Tall Sally/I'm Down/Oh!, Darling
Encore - with Denny and LJ (on Lead Vocals)
Johnny B. Goode
Whew...
Now, on to the REAL important stuff:
This weekend was one of the best Fests we've had in the NY/NJ area in a very long time. We hung out with some old friends and made a bunch of new ones. Each night was special in its own way and it meant a lot to share it with you all. Thank you all for letting us be a part of your weekend!
Special Thanks to: The Lapidos Family, "Doctor Robert" D'Elia, Ardie Ilardi and the entire Sound and Light crew, Warren Melnick, Mike Pico, Madooo, Jim Demes, Jeff, Leigh, Cheryl, Martin Lewis, Russ Leese, and the entire BeatGearCavern.com "crew".
Please feel free to post your comments below and tell us about your personal NY/NJ '08 Fest experience!!
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4 comments:
guys you were on your game this weekend. the band was tight and i loved the set you did on saturday night. the guests were really alot of fun LJ AND DENNY SEIWELL were on the money. The across the universe guests was a great change of pace. Ofcourse Mark Hudson always is a great time. Just watching him controll the stage when he is up there is unbelievable. ( you guys should make an album and have him produce you)
And ofcourse seeing all the familiar faces coming back every year is great to see.
<<<( you guys should make an album and have him produce you)>>
Uh...NO, YOU SHOULDN'T*
*Mark is really great live tho'.
It was great watching you all weekend, you were supurb as always, can't will till August, wait I'll see you in Geneva!
Jamie
Great shows!! You all sounded terrific and looked like you were having some fun up there. NJ fests have a vibe to them don't they?
Thanks for all of the Wings stuff.
Smile Away?!! Who DOES that?? ;)LOL Glen-you were excellent!!
I had to leave the ballroom for a few minutes and while I was outside, I got a chance to really listen to the band without all the visuals and you sounded amazing.
Since we aren't naming the other setlist songs, I'll stop there, but I could go on.
Are you sure you guys only gig 4 times a year??
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