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Tonight Dan and seven other students were inducted to Medway High School’s Tri-M Music Honor Society. Dan also performed “Come Away, Death” by Roger Quilter from the Shakespeare Songs. Congratulations Dan, music is your passion, I can’t wait to see where it takes you.
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First Monday of the month, talented men and women gather at The Tradesman and entertain the masses. It is always a great time.
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OK, so this should had been yesterday’s post, but with the musical it got bumped, that does not diminish it at all. Buckcherry, crooners of classics like Say F*@# It, Lit up, Sorry, Crazy Bitch and plenty of others played Pinz in Kingston, MA. The place was crazy, packed wall to wall, not much room for me with my camera but I made the best of it. My second favorite marriage (?) opened for them, Bad Marriage and plenty of their fans trekked down to Kingston too. Keep in mind this was the night of the storm, and this place was crammed with people… go follow Pinz Kingston, do not miss a show there – so much more than a bowling alley. I know some of the possible upcoming gigs, trust me you want to know when they are announced, you might even get in some of my photos.
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Milford TV celebrated the opening of their brand new Studio B and their 5 Year Anniversary last night. I had a photo booth set up, their was music, food, tons of visitors and the event was capped off with a live performance from Bad Marriage. Congratulations to all my friends at Milford TV the place looks great.
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The Tradesman in Milford was a stop for Toby Lee, an 12 year old guitar phenom from England. Check this kid out, he kills it on guitar. He is on his way to International Blues Challenge in Memphis representing the UK in the youth category, in town with family and put on a quick show to a packed house. Good Luck Toby!
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Added another great band to the list last night, I photographed Living Colour at Pinz in Kingston, MA.
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Last night I photographed two incredible bands at the Palladium in Worcester. It was awesome to see Fitzy, Todd, Jon, Ian and Delaney of Bad Marriage get the crowd ready for Extreme. And that is what they did, they killed it as the opening act. Then Extreme was as great as they were 20 years ago the first time I saw them. Not a bad weekend considering I saw Collective Soul and Sammy Hagar the night before at Foxwoods. Congrats to the Bad Marriage guys, last night a ton of people learned what many already knew, Bad Marriage kicks ass, and I got some photos to prove it, with some of Extreme too.
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I shoot Fuel tonight at Pinz in Kingston, awesome show.
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Ellis Paul will have 7 shows in 4 days at Club Passim this weekend to celebrate his 25 years of touring. We caught show #2 tonight with the family. Less shooting photos, more reliving my early 90’s. Great show Ellis, here is to 25 more.
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I helped Dan set up a recording spot today for his music. He made a YouTube channel, added a few videos from today. “The George Sessions” George the Tortoise costars in all the videos, George always comes out when Dan plays. The first song he added is Daydreamer, a song he wrote while traveling to Iceland.
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Checked out Nail’d It! at their Liz’s Diamond debut. Great band, awesome set list. Go see them.
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For Dan’s Birthday he got a new guitar and a songwriting lesson with Ellis Paul. The Skype session was tonight. It was cool to listen to them brainstorm on a song Dan is working on, bond over AC/DC and just talk music. Ellis even sang some of Dan’s new song, I think that was his favorite part. I will use it as another excuse to share one of my favorite videos of Dan and Ellis singing 3000 miles. We highly recommend booking a mentoring session with Ellis if you are interested in such things, he is the best at what he does. As for Dan’s new song – it is a work in progress but is awesome. He will be debuting it at the Tradesman’s show he is doing August 27th.
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