The Hi-Flyers
Autumn Pear Chowder…
Jamaican Clam Chowder…
Corn Crab Chipotle Chowder…
Roasted Local Corn and Irish Sausage Chowder…
Philly Cheesesteak Chowder in a Homemade Bread Bowl…
Hefeweizen Cheddar Bacon Corn Chowder with Chipotle Garlic Croutons…
Dangerous on Decaf
NAME: Terri Roben
BAND AFFILIATION: Dangerous On Decaf
INSTRUMENT: Guitar, banjo, ukulele, mt. dulcimer
1. THE FIRST ALBUM I EVER BOUGHT WAS: “Clouds” by Joni Mitchell
2. THE FIRST CONCERT THAT I EVER SAW WAS: Simon & Garfunkel in 1969 at SPAC
3. THE FIRST MUSICAL INSTRUMENT I EVER OWNED OR PLAYED WAS: a violin in third grade
4. THE FIRST SONG THAT I EVER PERFORMED IN PUBLIC WAS: “Scarlet Ribbons”
5. THE FIRST BAND I WAS EVER IN WAS: the duo Terri & Maria
The multi-talented Terri Roben teams up with her Dangerous On Decaf bandmates for performances at Carmen’s Cafe in Troy at 6 & 8pm on Friday (August 24). Admission is $5. The trio will also be performing outdoors at Coxsackie Riverfront Park in Coxsackie at 6:30pm on Sunday (August 26). Admission is free.
Pete Levin
NAME: Pete Levin
BAND AFFILIATION: David Malachowski & the Woodstock Allstars, Uncle Funk, Python Soup, more
INSTRUMENT: Keyboards
1. THE FIRST ALBUM I EVER BOUGHT WAS … Oscar Pettiford & Julius Watkins. A 10″ LP. I don’t remember the title.
2. THE FIRST CONCERT I EVER SAW WAS … Not sure. I think the Mitchell-Ruff Duo. (Bass & French Horn) They came to my school.
Ribs and rockin’…
Blues and barbecue…
Brisket and bluegrass…
It all awaits you this weekend as foodies and bands alike will be doin’ some serious smokin’. It’s the fifth annual Troy Pig Out in Riverfront Park, and downtown Troy will once again be transformed into a gigantic smokehouse with at least two dozen different food vendors on hand offering samples of their mouth-watering wares. The fest runs from 11am-10pm on Saturday (July 14) and from 11am-4pm on Sunday.
(photo by Andrzej Pilarczyk)
Review by Fred Rudofsky
Photographs by Andrzej Pilarczyk, Stanley Johnson, Timothy Reidy and Richard Brody
“We want the funk! Got to have that funk!”
When Albany’s funkateers come out of the woodwork – in the thousands on a perfect mid-June evening – and begin chanting those nine words, all is well in Nippertown.
Bootsy Collins, showman extraordinaire equipped with his star-shaped, rhinestone-encrusted bass, led an energetic 10-piece band for nearly an hour and a half of righteous grooves that largely drew upon his long tenure with Parliament-Funkadelic. Judging by the crowd’s fervor – especially mid-set when he made his way like a preacher through the amphitheatre of Riverfront Park in Albany’s Corning Preserve – the ebullient Collins is welcome anytime he decides to visit.
David Malachowski and Tony Levin
A rainstorm hovered ominously in the sky last Friday evening. Would they bring the Woodstock Allstars inside the Stewart House, where the audience and band would be in tight quarters? Or was the concert going to be outside? Thankfully, the show wasn’t moved indoors, but nevertheless, the band was hot.
At their annual concert in Athens’ Riverfront Park, David Malachowski’s Allstars played a whopping two-hour set of mostly standards peppered with a handful of Malachowski originals. And the Allstars lived up to their name. Daniel A. Weiss manned the stage-left keyboards, while organist Pete Levin anchored the other side of the stage. Brother Tony Levin “filled in” on bass for the usual Graham Maby, while Gary Burke provided the muscle and big beat behind the drums.
Richard Williams (photo by Stanley Johnson)
The heat wave was roaring at full blast furnace levels last Thursday.
“What are we doing here?,” bassist Billy Greer asked his bandmates and the crowd. “Are we out of our minds?”
The thermometer was bubbling just under 100 degrees, but the fans and the curious alike were out in force at Corning Preserve’s Riverfront Park. Veteran rockers Kansas were churning out their complex, grandiose sound for the latest installment of Albany’s Alive at Five concert series.
The inaugural Downtown Albany Jazz Fest Competition will take place in a variety of downtown Albany bars and restaurants from 6-10pm on Friday, September 9, which just happens to be the day before the 10th annual Port of Albany Riverfront Jazz Festival lands at Riverfront Park in Corning Preserve.
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