My View of Life on the Dock
Hello friends!
I wanted to let you all know… they’re going fast, but plenty of good seats remain
for my September show with Jon Butcher at Shalin Liu! Â Call 978-546-7391, or
(even easier) click on the link below. Â Looking forward to playing for you some
brand new songs from my upcoming CD! ~ Fly
Together Live:
JON BUTCHER AND FLY AMERO
Shalin Liu Performance Center
Saturday, September 28, 8pm
37 Main Street, Rockport, MA
http://www.rcmf.org/jazz-world/9-28-13.html
Looking forward…
…to seeing you at the Rhumby!  🙂 ~ Fly
Special: Tenderloin Tips over Salad!
Wednesdays Only!
Hello everyone!
Wednesday, July 31st
Special Guest: BILL GLEASON!
His actual name is Howlin’ Blind Lemon Mississippi Delta Billy
Boy Junior Gleason, but we just like to call him Bill.  It’s the
genuine blues, folks.  He puts on a clinic every time. ~ Fly 🙂
Dinner with Fly Amero: 8 – 11pm
*Each week features a special, invited musical guest
Dave Trooper’s Kitchen…
Tenderloin Tips over Salad – Â $11.95(while they last)
Prepared fresh weekly by “Troop”… always good!
Upcoming…
Thank you, Allen Estes for hosting the next few weeks while
the Orleans/Sail Rock Summer Tour kicks into high gear!
Check my touring page at… Â http://www.flyamero.com/
Aug 7: Allen Estes hosts w/guests Old Cold Tater
Aug 14: Allen Estes hosts w/guest Marina Evans
Aug 21: Allen Estes hosts w/guests The Backwoods Ramblers
Looking forward…
…to seeing you there!  🙂 ~ Fly
Enjoy a Sunset Music Sail on the Schooner Thomas E. Lannon on THURSDAY, July 25th from 6:30-8:30 p.m. featuring music performed by Allen Estes and  Fly Amero.
These two awesome musicians wow everyone onboard every year with their amazing guitar playing and singing.
Schooner Thomas E. Lannon
Thursday, July 25
6:30 – 8:30pm (be at the dock by 6:15)
Seven Seas Wharf
63 Rogers Street
Gloucester, MA Â 01930
(978) 281-6634
http://www.schooner.org/
The Rhumbline Fly Amero with special guest Allen Estes (always a great show when these two get together) @ 8:00pm
You can also see Allen preview some new songs on Local Music Seen at 6:30pm on Cape Ann TV Cable channel 12, or you can watch that show right now here.
Harbor Loop Concert @ 6:30
Honky Tonk Women of Gloucester
@ 7:00
ToneKat
@ Dog Bar 9:00pm
Brad Byrd with Special Guest (you never know who will show up)
The Big, BIG STRUM
Saturday, May 18
The Gloucester House
63 Rogers Street
Gloucester, MA
Doors @7pm
Purchase tickets ($20-advance, $22-at the door)
The Gloucester House – 978-283-1812
Gloucester Music – 978-281-4874
Fly at the Rhumb Line Tonight!
I know it’s Hump Day and it looks like it’s going to rain, but get out tonight.  Fly as Ron Schrank as his special guest, Dennis Monagle has the amazing Dejas and you never know who is going to join John Rockwell.  See the full list here
KBMG will be at Jalapeños on Thursday to make up for the Water Main break.  Call now to make your reservation so you can welcome Dan King back to Gloucester. Make your reservation now – 978-283-8228!
 Surf & Turf Specials!
Wednesdays Only!
Hello everyone!
Wednesday, May 8th
Special Guest: Â ALLEN ESTES!
No contest… we’re talking about Cape Ann’s most prolific poet
and songwriter. Â But, of course, what goes along with all that is
a generous, personal giving of himself each time he performs.
Beautiful, insightful music and lyrics pour from his heart and
fill the room. Â But what greets you is the kind and gentle soul
from beneath.  Mama taught him real good, right from wrong’s
my guess. Â Please say hello to my good friend, Allen Estes! ~ Fly
Dinner with Fly Amero: 8 – 11pm
*Each week features a special, invited musical guest
Dave Trooper’s Kitchen… Surf & Turf Dinner –  $11.95 (while they last)
Tenderloin Tips with Grilled Garlic Shrimp!
Prepared fresh weekly by “Troop”… always good!
Upcoming…Â May 15: Ron Schrank
Coming soon…Â Charlee Bianchini
Looking forward… …to seeing you there!  🙂 ~ Fly
DENNIS BRENNAN returns for another week with the Woodpeppers at Jalapenos Tonight. Â The Woodpeppers are always great but adding Dennis Brennan to the mix is something you don’t want to miss – check out his video below and get over to Jalapenos tonight
FLY AMERO WITH SPECIAL GUEST JOHN HALL at the Rhumbline on Wednesday.  Don’t miss this rare opportunity to see Fly & John.  Who knows if it’ll ever happen again.  The Orleans concert at North Shore Music Theatre last summer was great.  
LITTLEWOLF  All the way from the great state of Texas!!  Alternate Roots Magazine 2013 Debut Artist of the Year @ Captain Carlo’s – Friday May 3rd.  LITTLEWOLF fashions a unique, dynamic roots/blues/rock explosion: a fusion of Steve Lett’s 35 years of experience and Kristi Clanton’s youthful exuberance.  You have to check them out, Friday at Captain Carlo’sÂ
LOIS LANE & THE DAILY PLANETSÂ at Minglewood on Saturday May 4th. Â Lois Lane & the Diaily Planets specializing in classic rock, blues, rhythm and blues (R&B), funk, jazz, rock, soul and pop music, Lois Lane and the Daily Planets are sure to satisfy even the most demanding audiences! Â Check out the video
There is so much great music happening on Cape Ann that there is no reason you are not out enjoying some great music. Â See the full lineup of music here: Â http://www.gimmesound.com/Gloucester.cfm
Purchase tickets ($20-advance, $22-at the door)
The Gloucester House – 978-283-1812
Gloucester Music – 978-281-4874
More than likely you know someone who was at the Marathon. Â Here’s a small-world example: Vickie’s brother-in-law works for a medical device company in Cedar Falls, Iowa and his boss is the father of the eight-year-old boy who died. Â Even if you don’t know someone who was there, you’re probably reeling from the shock that terrorism has struck so close to home. Â I know I am.
Music has a way of healing wounds of all kinds. Â And musicians have known this since humans began making music (when ever that was).
I was Speaking with T Max today about this and he gave me a quote perfect for this week from Leonard Bernstein, one of my musical heroes — I watched his Young People’s Concerts on TV as a kid (see them on YouTube here).  He says,
“This will be our reply to violence:
to make music more intensely,
more beautifully,
more devotedly than ever before.”
Maestro Bernstein’s healing words ring true as local musicians carry his reply to over a dozen venues in Gloucester and Cape Ann this week. Â See the complete live music schedule here.
Tonight T Max is Fly Amero’s guest at The Rhumb Line. (Fly’s on the cover of T Max’s  Noise Magazine this month — read the story here).  Both T Max and Fly are tuned into the power of music to heal (here’s one example of how Fly transformed a dark day).
Tomorrow there’s another Singer/Songwriter Shuffle at Giuseppe’s with top local stars, including Inge Berge, Satch Kerans, Steve Caraway, Will Hunt, Randy Black, Brian O’Connor & Jake Pardee.  And just like last week you will still have time to catch rising star Brad Byrd at The Dog Bar after the Shuffle.  Currently I’m under an intense deadline that is forcing me to work late, but one way or the other, we’ll try to get to at least one local live music show over the next week or so.  And I’m sure it will help us heal.
Here’s a video that may seem a bit idealistic and hippy-dippy-trippy, but I find wisdom appropriate for our time in it’s simple, haunting lyrics especially this stanza:
Nothing you can know that isn’t known.
Nothing you can see that isn’t shown.
Nowhere you can be that isn’t where you’re meant to be.
It’s easy.
Good Morning Gloucester 