The Rhumb Line…..Fly is back to the original hours 7-10pm… Tonights special guest is Bradley Royds and the Shipyard “comfort special” is Beef Stroganoff with your choice of Shipyard Ale only $10.503

From Mr. Dave Sags,

I’m shuffling off to Baltimore this week to see the Redsox, so i’m turning it over to Greg, who’s bringing in his awesome band, BAD MOON RISING.  sort of a Credence cover band with a fruity taste and a slight oak finish. All your faves will be there: Dave brown on gootar, Dave Synchromattacks, on skins, and Johnny P. on bass and vocals. Have fun! See you next week with LISA MARIE!

Myspace page ~ About Bad Moon Rising
Bad Moon Rising is New England’s premier Creedence Clearwater Revival tribute act, honoring one of the greatest American Rock bands in history.

This band is comprised of all veteran musicians with the collective experience of tens of thousands of live performances spanning over three decades, locally, nationally and internationally.

This is not just another sound alike act. The original recordings are not just copied here. The Swamp rock sound is emulated with great respect to historical mood and feel. CCR reached their pinnacle of success during the Vietnam era. This was a tumultuous time in American history and CCR’s raw, soulful power contributed prominently to the soundtrack in American life.

These well loved classics are performed with stellar execution. The recordings on this site were made without any of the high-tech digital editing we’ve all become accustom to; no pitch correction, nudging of tracks or machines were used, just live musicians playing live music. The same way the original recordings were made.

Close your eyes and be transcended to an age when America was in flux, Rock ‘N’ Roll was young and all the world was rocking out to Creedence Clearwater Revival.

Read more: http://www.myspace.com/badmoonrisingband#ixzz0yH5xKWYI



Click here > http://www.myspace.com/chelseaberrymusic

CHELSEA BERRY
Walk With Me
10-song CD

Ms. Berry’s voice is heard to evincing effect on numbers such as the lovely “Walk With Me” and the mesmeric “The One I’ve Waited For,” and fans of Van Morrison’s Astral Weeks will find a great deal to like in these particular compositions. Otherwise, overall this seems a largely anodyne collection of sometimes overly solipsistic confessional songs and character pieces, though never less than competently executed. Her compositions are often jazzy and melodic in a restrained fashion, which is seldom the cause of any undue offense, yet also all too seldom evocative of any particular sense of wonder. (Francis DiMenno)

From the very first time I heard Chelsea Berry’s song  ” The One I’ve Waited For”  I said this should be number one on the charts. It is number one in my mind along with ” Walk With Me”.  Being a romantic I can easily get caught up in her music. Chelsea’s songs hit home in many ways and I am sure once you have listened to them you  will certainly agree. Check out the links to get a taste of Chelsea’s music.

http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=521699209648&ref=mf

http://www.myspace.com/

http://chelseaberry.com/

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click here

Just got the news from Bradley Royds that James Montgomery will be playing this Thursday September 3, 2010. I am really looking forward to this one!

Photo by Sharon Lowe

Here’s a teaser for our last summer concert:

“On Sunday, 7:00pm  ~ August 29, the Rockport Legion Band will present the final concert of the 2010 summer season. Jason Howard and Steve Thomas will co-conduct the program which will include marches by Panella, Sousa, Hall, Maquet, Meacham, plus a march written for the band by a former member of the band; a salute to the American Armed Forces, a Broadway medley, and Tchaikovsky’s “1812 )\Overture”, which will feature live rifle fire provided by the American Legion Post 98 Honor Guard.

As usual, refreshments will be available and parking is free, but listeners will need to provide their own seating. Copies of the band’s CD will also be available. Further information may be posted on the band’s web page at: http://rockportlegionband.wordpress.com “

Steve Thomas, Music Director
Rockport (MA) Legion Band
WEB:  http://rockportlegionband.wordpress.com
E: rockportband@gmail.com

Hello, here is an update for this weekend for The Topside Grill…

Who: Ten Foot Polecats

When: Thursday 8/26/10. 8:00pm

Where: Topside Grill

Who: Jamie Kent

When: Friday 8/27/10: 9:00pm

Where: Topside Grill

See below for more info…

Thursday August 26
Ten Foot Polecats
Ten Foot Polecats are a punk blues band with their deep roots drawn from the North Mississippi Hill Country.  Even though they are basically in their sophomore season, they have made quite an impression on the National and local music scenes as they are currently one of the few blues based bands booked across the region in the rock, blues, punk, rockabilly and psychobilly circuits.  They have also been recently signed to the Hillgrass Bluebilly Record Label out of Austin, Texas. Known as a record label that is at the forefront of the raw & primal roots revolution movement, Hillgrass Bluebilly, and Ten Foot Polecats seem like a perfect match. Nationally, Ten Foot Polecats have been showcased at the 2009 Deep Blues Festival in Minnesota, The 2008 & 2009 Keene Music Festival in New Hampshire, the 2008 Boston Music Festival, and are scheduled to appear in the 2010 Muddy Roots Festival in Nashville, Tennessee and 2010 Heavy Rebel Weekender in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.  They have also toured the United States in 2008 & 2009 and played venues from New York City to Seattle and have shared the stage with such nationally known acts as T-Model Ford, Kenny Brown, Kent Burnside and The New Generation, Bob Margolin, Wayne Hancock, Billy Joe Shaver, Black Diamond Heavies, Left Lane Cruiser, Cedell Davis, The Scissormen, Robert Cage, Elmo Williams, The Goddamn Gallows, Sasquatch & The Sickabillys, The Koffin Kats, and more.
“There ain’t a lotta scrappy-ass electric juke-joint blues comin’ outta Allston (Massachusetts), but this dirty trio’s first full-length album makes it seems that the Charles River is a direct tributary of the Mississippi as The Ten Foot Polecats add muscle, blood, and heart to a genre in need of all three.”
– Ted Drozdowski,  Boston Phoenix Check out more at www.myspace.com/thetenfootpolecats

Friday August 27
Jamie Kent:
Neoteny is Jamie Kent’s debut album and is a true reflection of his personality, song writing, talent, and aspirations. The album takes listeners on a journey through the depths of Kent’s mind, touching on experiences in his life that we all can relate to and introducing us to characters that have emerged through Kent’s playful nature and heartfelt imagination.
PRESS:
“Kent possesses a great voice and a fearlessness to be admired as he drifts through glimpses of blues, jazz, and rock notes that suggest Steely Dan influences without being derivative. This one has true promise.”
– Donnie Moorhouse, The Springfield Republican
“A fresh, young 23-year-old singer-songwriter with big dreams and an ever-expanding fan base, local artist Jamie Kent’s future as a performer looks quite promising. Drawing on influences from modern artists like Jack Johnson and Jamie Cullum, as well as paying tribute to classic greats Johnny Cash and Frank Sinatra, Kent’s perfectly mellifluous tunes are roll-the-windows-down, soak-up-some-sun kind of good.”
– The Iron Horse Entertainment Group Check out more at www.jamiekent.com

Thanks,

Doug Silva

General Manager

Topside Grill

50 Rogers St.

Gloucester, MA

(978) 281-1399 (Business)

(978) 335-1014 (Cell)

www.topsidegrill.com

The Harbor Loop @ Fitz Hugh Lane Park

August 26, 2010 6:00pm to 9:00pm

Dented School Bus is a local all-star group with members from Garfish, Scarlett, Megan McKenzie Band, Phat Maxx and other Gloucester bands.

The following folks might wander onto “the Bus” over the course of the evening:
John Silviera, Walter Piscitello, Frank Bernadini, Doug Comeau, Kevin Lopes, Theresa Gray, John Donlon, Frank Hawks, Brian Madey and Thad Bernard.
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Opening band:

Josh Caress & The Glasnost Gang team up with members of Magnolia:
Josh Caress (formerly of Gloucester favorites The Troubadours): guitar & vocals, Jud Abts: guitar, AAron Butt: guitar, Ken MacLeod: drums, Dan Hayward: Bass, Dan Kaplan: piano & vocals, Eleanor Halgren: vocals.

Josh Caress & The Glasnost Gang team up with members of Magnolia:

Josh Caress (formerly of Gloucester favorites The Troubadours): guitar & vocals, Jud Abts: guitar, AAron Butt: guitar, Ken MacLeod: drums, Dan Hayward: Bass, Dan Kaplan: piano & vocals, Eleanor Halgren: vocals.

About Josh Caress & The Glasnost Gang

While he doesn’t always admit it up front, Josh Caress is old enough to remember the Cold War, having grown up in that last generation of American kids who lived under safety net of “assured mutual destruction” that prevented the two most powerful nations on earth from destroying each other because of their diametrically opposed ideologies.

But for a kid growing up in suburban Illinois in the 1980’s, these things were in the background. For Josh anyway, life was good – his parents loved each other, there was a street to ride your bike, a yard to play baseball, and an older brother to pick on you. Josh used these experiences as the starting point for his 2007 breakthrough album, “The Rockford Files,” called “a lovingly crafted and heartfelt work of the highest order” by independentclauses.com.

But he left Illinois when he was ten, moving around the country from L.A. to Michigan, to New England. And now Josh Caress is a grown-up, with a family of his own, and things are much more complicated. And “Perestroika” is a complicated record. The imagery of the title track, “Perestroika On My Mind,” evokes political struggles and spiritual warfare, while other tracks like “Deconstruct,” “Lies” and “Problem/Solution” bring indictments against the darker side of the current cultural climate. But at the heart of “Perestroika,” there is still a little kid from Rockford, Illinois, struggling to resist cynicism, rescue innocence, and kindle the lanterns of hope in all of us.

“Perestroika” is Josh’s sixth self-released record since 2005. He has played all over the United States, from Boston’s Club Passim to Chicago’s Uncommon Ground. He also opened for Rosie Thomas in Grand Rapids, MI, where he was named a finalist in at the FFM festival at Calvin College in 2007. His music has been heard in the film Still On Her Keel by Halfway Rock Media, and has earned consistently positive reviews at independentclauses.com. Josh and his band, The Glasnost Gang, are currently performing in the Boston area and looking to add more dates to the schedule. Josh lives in Massachusetts with his wife and their son, Noah.

About Magnolia

After a chance meeting between singer songwriter Dan Kaplan and drummer Ken Macleod, Magnolia quickly added longtime friend and guitarist Judson Abts to the lineup. After several months of writing and developing new material, the lineup was filled out with bassist Santiago Saenz, violinist Tina Muzzi, and vocalist Eleanor Halgren.

With myriad influences ranging from traditional folk music and Americana to more contemporary indie and pop, Magnolia combines to form a sound that is at once familiar, but altogether their own.  Abts’ guitar playing is both soaring and untamed, but can also be reserved and ethereal – he brings a keen ear for pop hooks and an impeccable ability to provide the perfect textural backdrop to Macleod’s rhythmic foundation.

All the while, Kaplan explores recognizable themes of love and loss, emotional insecurity and mortality, but manages to survey the landscape of twentysomething trials by fire without sounding derivative. Coupled with a delivery that is both heartfelt and honest, Kaplan’s tales of longing, youth, and world-weariness defy categorization into any one genre.

“I’ve always been drawn to the idea of not being constrained by any preconceived ideas of what music has to be…the goal has always been to figure out how to break the patterns that are so easy [for me] to fall into – to constantly challenge myself to write better melodies, better songs.”

And with an extensive back catalogue already, including 3 solo EPs and a new full length album due out this spring, it’s clear that there’s no end in sight to his creative potential.

Now equipped with a full time practice space and studio in the coastal town of Gloucester, MA, Magnolia will continue to bring their unmistakable style and sound to Boston and throughout the surrounding area.

This is when the magic begins. I would not miss this for the world.

Joanne