Light of Day Wonder Jam- Wonder Bar Asbury Park 1/16/2014

   The Light of Day festival kicked off this week in Asbury Park New Jersey. I have included a couple very blurry pictures I took last night at the Wonder Bar in Asbury Park New Jersey.
    The Light of Day festival, mentioned in detail in earlier posts, aids in the funding or Parkinson's research.
    I was able to catch Poppa John, Quincy Mumford & the Reason Why and Lisa Bouchelle who were part of the Wonder Jam show.
    Poppa John and Lisa Bouchelle performed on the acoustic stage to the side of the main stage. Poppa John's set included a version of the Beatles Here Comes the Sun, while Lisa Bouchelles included a cover of Dolly Parton's Jolene and a new song which I believe was called Life.
    Quincy Mumford and the Reason Why's set included No Excuse, A Hard Place, Baby Don't Go/D'yer Maker and  Under the Covers.

   Steal Your Face from Pennsylvania opened the show, but I only was able to catch their last song, a cover of the Grateful Dead's Shakedown Street.
    I hope the festival is a huge success, all for a good cause.

2014 Academy Award Predictions

 Tomorrow morning nominations for the 86th annual Academy Awards come out. Here are my predictions for the films which will get the Best Picture nomination.

                American Hustle
                Captain Phillips
                Gravity
                Her
                Lee Daniels The Butler
                Nebraska
                Philomena
                Saving Mr. Banks
                12 Years a Slave
                Wolf of Wall Street

                Possible dark horse nominees

                 August:Osage County
                 Fruitvale Station
                 Inside Llewyn Davis

Eusebio

                       Eusébio da Silva Ferreira. The Black Panther. The Black Pearl. O Rei.

                                             

 

 

   
                                                                        Rest in Peace

Happy New Year

Quincy Mumford & The Reason Why-Stone Pony 12/21/2013

 Quincy Mumford and The Reason Why held their second Annual Christmas benefit at the Stone Pony this past weekend.
 The show featured 3 sets of music; one semi acoustic, one performing the bulk of their latest CD It's Only Change and a final set comprised of R & B and rock covers with a slew of special guests.
 The show was, as expected, very good and the band gets better and better as time goes on. The band was accentuated by a 3 piece horn section, featuring Michael Ghegan on saxophone, for several songs.
 The final set is incomplete, and a few song titles are incorrect. Those that are incorrect will be followed by a question mark.

             Set 1: Madeline
                       Sunshine
                       Another Love Song
                       Free From It all
                       The Christmas Song(Merry Christmas to You)

             Set 2: A Hard Place
                       Baby Don't Go / D'yer Maker(Led Zeppelin cover)
                       Under the Covers
                       For You
                       Change
                       Time Won't Wait
                       Eventually
                       No Love

             Set 3: Rock With You(Michael Jackson cover)
                       No More? w/James Dalton
                       Instrumental w/Michael Ghegan & James Dalton
                       Piece of My Heart(Big Brother & the Holding Company cover) w/Christine Martucci
                       Manic Depression(Jimi Hendrix cover) w/Joe Parella of Deal Casino
                       Dancing Machine(Jackson 5 cover) w/Joanna Burns
                       Crazy(Beyoncé cover) w/Joanna Burns
                       Every Morning(Sugar Ray cover)
                       ??????????????  w/John Leidersdorff on drums
                       Signed Sealed Delivered(Stevie Wonder cover) w/JT Bowen
                       It's a Man's Man's Man's World(James Brown cover) w/JT Bowen
                       Sex Machine(James Brown cover) w/JT Bowen
                       2 songs fronted by new bassist
                       Merry Christmas(War is Over) (John Lennon cover) All

  

Peter O'Toole - In Memoriam

 

 

A true Legend! Rest in peace.