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01 Jan 08 - 06:47 PM (#2226405) Subject: Vance Gilbert & The Moonlighters in NJ From: WFDU - Ron Olesko Happy New Year!! This is a note for all NJ/NYC Mudcatters! If you are not in our area, perhaps you can forward this note to your friends who are local! This is going to be a fun evening!!!!! The Hurdy Gurdy Folk Music Club will kick off their 2008 series of concerts this Saturday January 5th with singer-songwriter Vance Gilbert and special guests the Moonlighters. The 8:00pm concert will be held in the Fair Lawn Community Center located at 10-10 20th Street in Fair Lawn, NJ. Vance Gilbert burst onto the singer/songwriter scene in the early 90's when the ex-jazz singer began appearing at open mikes in Boston. The word spread of this Philadelphia-area born and raised performer to New York where Shawn Colvin invited Vance Gilbert to be special guest on her Fat City tour. Gilbert took audiences across the country by storm with his enthralling tenor vocals, powerful guitar styling, whimsical sense of humor and a talent for writing songs that would garner airplay on adult contemporary radio across the country. Since 1994, Vance Gilbert has released eight best selling CD's and is currently working on a project called "Sounds Like…" which will feature songs written by Gilbert in the style of other contemporary songwriters. Vance Gilbert also continues to tour as the opening act for comedian George Carlin. Opening for Vance Gilbert at the Hurdy Gurdy will be the Moonlighters , a local group that has been a part of the New York City jazz and pop music scenes since they formed in 1998. Based around a core of harmonized vocal duets backed by warm acoustic instruments including Hawaiian lap steel guitar, ukulele, guitar and bass, their original songs encompass many styles of 20th Century jazz and pop: ragtime, swing, Hawaiian, country, blues, and even be-bop flavors. Tickets for the concert are $25 ($22 for Hurdy Gurdy members) and can be purchased online at www.hurdygurdyfolk.org or at the box office at the Fair Lawn Community Center on the night of the concert. (We suggest advance order to insure your tickets and to save time waiting at the box office). Additional information can found at our website or by calling the Hurdy Gurdy Hotline at (201) 384-1325 We hope to see you there!!! Ron Olesko President The Hurdy Gurdy Folk Music Club |
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03 Jan 08 - 01:09 PM (#2227591) Subject: RE: Vance Gilbert & The Moonlighters in NJ From: WFDU - Ron Olesko refresh |
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04 Jan 08 - 09:28 AM (#2228184) Subject: RE: Vance Gilbert & The Moonlighters in NJ From: GUEST The Bergen Record has a nice article about the Moonlighters in today's paper. Seems there is a resurgance of Hawaiian steel guitar and the sounds of the 20's and 30's. |
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05 Jan 08 - 10:15 AM (#2228986) Subject: RE: Vance Gilbert & The Moonlighters in NJ From: WFDU - Ron Olesko Final refresh The advance sales have been incredible for this show! We should have a full house. Advance tickets are still available through our website - www.hurdygurdyfolk.org . I know that I am partial, but I can't think of a better way to spend a winters night! If you are in the area, I hope you will join us. Vance is an incredible performer - superb voice, wonderful guitarist, and a great sense of humor and stage personna. The Moonlighters are also an exciting group to watch and their music, which captures the spirit of jazz bands of the 20's and 30's, has a strong following here in the NYC area. I'm really looking forward to this evening - hope you can join us! |