New England Music Scrapbook Newsletter
Alan Lewis, Editor

Our Corner of the Rock 'n' Roll Life

June 21, 2008
Issue 2008:280
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We've got Thrills, chills, Dirty Water
. . . What more do you need?
When the big beat hits ya
Comin' from your transistor
. . . Like the T at full speed
When the big beat hits ya...

"Boston Lullaby," Dudick/Naihersey.
. . . Copyright c. 1980 by Camaraderie Music, BMI.
. . . All rights reserved. Used with permission.

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BRATTLEBORO, VT, June 21 - Our news e-mail receipts this week were
very strong: moreso than one might think from the size of this
newsletter issue. We also received a good many general correspondence
e-mails, a lot having to do with the death of Jack Rootoo. Special
thanks to the several folks who sent us additional and updated
information on this topic. I knew just as soon as we received the
first news from Artie Freedman that, though very sad, this would be of
great interest to many of our readers.

A reunion of the Pioneer Valley and New York City 1970s all-female
trio, The Deadly Nightshade, is in the works; and we received much
correspondence, as well, about this. We were reminded by Ray Mason,
of the Lonesome Brothers and the Ray Mason Band, that one of the
Deadly Nightshade albums, in particular, was loaded with supporting
musicians who already were or who went on to become high profile
players in the music business. I heard The Deadly Nightshade on the
greatest of all and longest-running rock 'n' roll television
broadcast, "Sesame Street."

It has been a busy week, though less reading matter than has been
usual lately came out of it.
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NEW RELEASES LISTED BY NEWBURY COMICS

<> The only item on the latest Newbury Comics new releases list that I
recognized as being a New England-connected product is

SEBADOH-Bubble And Scrape-$11.88

Newbury Comics also seems to have Bang Camaro pint glasses on sale.

Bang Camamro Pint Glass for $2.99 (reg. priced $4.99)

I was REALLY surprised to see reference to a 2-CD deluxe edition
release of "Pacific Ocean Blue," the solo album by Dennis Wilson of
The Beach Boys.

Dennis Wilson "Pacific Ocean Blue: Deluxe Edition" 2-CD set for $19.99

Dennis Wilson was the sex symbol of The Beach Boys; and when one
considers some of the publicity he got, he must have had an image as
something of a bimbo. Yet when his famed brother Brian Wilson stopped
contributing new material in large quantity to The Beach Boys, Dennis,
more than anyone else, took up the slack. Dennis Wilson's songwriting
was inconsistent, ranging from brilliant to quite dreary, and he was
far from prolific. But he turned out classic songs such as "Forever,"
"Only With You," "Slip on Through," and "Steamboat." Who knows how a
2-CD deluxe edition would come out, but I really liked the original
version of "Pacific Ocean Blue." And the cover looked fantastic on
the twelve-inch vinyl release.

SOURCE: Newbury Comics, "June 16 Newbury Comics Coupons and New
Releases," June 16, 2008.
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THE PRESS RELEASES RECEIVED THIS WEEK

<> Guitar Hero: Aerosmith. Not really a press release, this is a
somewhat longer piece made up of two items that have been circulating
on the Web. It ought to be of interest to fans of Guitar Hero and
Aerosmith.

<> The Deadly Nightshade Reunion, July 2. We have received a decent
amount of correspondence about this reunion show already. Scroll on
down and get the full scoop.

<> Rock Opera. I have no idea how many of our readers are interested
in rock opera, though a lot seems likely. To those who ARE interested
in rock opera and might be curious to take a look at something related
and from a very different point of view, I suggest scrolling down to
the press release which I have headed

. . EAST VILLAGE OPERA COMPANY
. . . . Transforms Classical Melodies
. . . . Into Rock Epics
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<> I WILL DO MY VERY BEST to keep this newsletter going. But the
task has always been quite hard and really time-consuming. Our
newsletter readers see only a part of what we do, and this is truly a
very big undertaking. It is not even the slightest exaggeration to
say that the changes Yahoo has made lately to Yahoo Mail Classic are,
from our point of view, a total disaster. These changes already make
several steps in our work harder and more time-consuming. The e-mail
account attached to this Yahoo Group, though, remains untouched ...
for now. But if and when it is converted to the new Yahoo Mail
Classic, it would almost certainly make this newsletter, as we have
known it up to now, prohibitively labor-intensive. The only good news
- beyond the fact that, for some reason, Yahoo has spared this account
from the company's recent ill-advised destructiveness - is that I have
gotten a list of the problems Yahoo has newly created into the hands
of Yahoo's quality control department. This is no small thing. Even
back a few years ago when Yahoo was mismanaged beyond belief, getting
the attention of quality control still could do some good. So this
newsletter may be facing doom and gloom or we may not: we just don't
know yet. Meanwhile, as I said, if I can keep it going, I will. This
is a sort of thing I have wanted to do going back at least to the
mid-1970s, and I have no doubt whatsoever that this is a worthwhile
effort.
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<> We have a little more news - not much - and a press release of a
size that means it will have to keep until I can get on a high-speed
public-access computer after sending this issue. Since timeliness is
important, I am going to mail this newsletter issue with what I have
already compiled into it. Some and maybe even all of what is left
over will still be current next week.

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TOAD ANNIVERSARY
Saturday, June 21, 2008

<> Rick Berlin sent the following information about the anniversary
celebration of the Boston-area nightspot, Toad:

SATURDAY 6/21
TOAD ANNIVERSARY

Berlin @ 4PM
Rick Berlin - 4PM
The Low Anthem - 5PM
Tom Bianchi and The Vagabond Family Singers 6PM
The Asa Brebner Band 8PM
Jimmy Ryan and Hayride (Hellride? No Duke...) 9PM
Dennis Brennan Band (DB, me and Andrew thus far) 10PM
Christian McNeill and The Redeemers 11PM

1920 Massachusetts Ave
Cambridge, MA 02140
(617) 497-4950

http://www.toadcambridge.com/

SOURCE: Rick Berlin, "Three Big Ones," June 17, 2008.

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HEAP AND THE REDUCERS
The Latest Rock 'n' Roll News
Out of New London, Connecticut

SATURDAY, JUNE 21: HEAP HAPPY HOUR AT THE TRASH BAR

. . . WHO? > Heap
. . . WHEN? > Saturday, June 21, 11pm
. . . HOW MUCH? > TBD
. . . WHERE? > The Trash Bar, 256 Grand Street,
. . . Brooklyn, New York

[The following is not self-explanatory ... not to me, at least. I am
including it here against the possibility some of you may clearly
understand its meaning or will research it further, say, at the
Reducers website. - Ed.]

Coming Soon ... Real Soon

The Reducers - Guitars, Bass and Drums

http://www.rave-on-records.com/

SOURCE: Rave on Records, "Heap at the Trash Bar," June 20, 2008.

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THREE DAY THRESHOLD
At Atwood's Tavern
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Saturday, June 21, 2008

<> "Come on out Saturday night! This is the last gig (as a full band)
before THREE DAY THRESHOLD leaves to play a series of shows in the US
military bases in Honduras to help support our troops as part of their
Independence Day/4th of July celebrations. I hope you can make it.
There is no cover charge at Atwood's and they have one of our favorite
Belgium beers, (LaChouffe!) on tap.

. . . Saturday, June 21
. . . Three Day Threshold
. . . Atwood's Tavern

877 Cambridge St, Cambridge MA (Just outside Inman Sq.)

"We play from 10-1, no cover, great beers and hot bartenders.

"Peace and Whiskey,
Three Day Threshold"

http://www.myspace.com/threedaythreshold

http://www.threedaythreshold.com/

SOURCE: Kier Byrnes, "Come Support the Band That's Supporting the
Troops!" June 19, 2008.

MY OWN KNOWLEDGE OF CURRENT AFFAIRS is not at all current these days,
so I took the liberty of checking in with Kier Byrnes of Three Day
Threshold about the United States military mission in Honduras. At
its heart - or at least in one very important aspect - the mission is
pretty much what one might guess: working to cut the flow of illegal
drugs into the United States. A recent overnight radio broadcast
about this effort - specifically, the effort in Mexico - was not at
all encouraging. So it seems likely that the troups in Honduras have
their work cut out for them. Kier and his bandmates clearly attach
much importance to this Three Day Threshold show of support for US
troups who are doing a difficult and, no doubt, very dangerous job.
Best of luck to the members of Three Day Threshold and to the members
of their audience in Honduras. - Ed.

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EILEN JEWELL BAND
News and More News

<> "The Sacred Shakers have signed off on the final mastering and
artwork details and their debut album has gone to production. The
self-titled album is set for an August release. Northeastern US tour
dates are currently in the works. Shows will soon be announced in the
Boston area as well as Western Mass and NY's Hudson River Valley."
. . . . .
"The rest of the year is looking very full with returns to the west in
July, the UK in August and Southeast in the Fall ... as well as
returns to the Midwest and a debut in Alberta.

"Eilen and the band will return to Chris Rivals's Middleville studio
in September to begin work on a new release for Signature Sounds. The
album will most likely be released in late winter/early Spring '08."

SOURCE: Webmaster at EilenJewell Dot Com, "California, UK Tour, and
More," June 11, 2008.

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SOUL CITY
To Play the Free Summer Concert Series
Plymouth, Massachusetts
Wednesday, June 25, 2008

<> "Soul City returns to the Free Summer Concert Series brought to you
by Project Arts of Plymouth. Bring a blanket or lawn chair, something
cool to drink, sit by the water and listen and dance to New England's
top soul band."

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25th 2008
Pilgrim Memorial Park, Plymouth MA
6 - 10:30pm

http://www.soulcityband.com/

SOURCE: Soul City, "This Week in Soul City," June 18, 2008.

This looks like a really nice concert series. - Ed.

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LYS GUILLORN
At Cafe Nine
New Haven, Connecticut
Thursday, June 26

<> "thu 6/26 - cafe nine - new haven, ct 9:30ish 21+
supporting Tippy Canoe, and Uni and Her Ukulele, also Chris Arnott"

Source: "Lys Guillorn" Website, http://www.lysguillorn.com/, accessed
June 20, 2008.

According to LG, Tippy Canoe's backing group is called The Paddlemen.

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DAVID MALLETT
On Prairie Home Companion

<> "Listen to David on Garrison Keillor's 'Prairie Home Companion' on
http://prairiehome.publicradio.org/programs/2008/05/03/."

SOURCE: NLightsMgt at AOL Dot Com, "David Mallett's Itinerary," June
17, 2008.
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APOLLO SUNSHINE
Free Download of Track From
Forthcoming Album

<> "Download 666: The Coming of The New World Government from our
upcoming release, 'Shall Noise Upon.'

"Vinyl and digital release: August 5. Full release: September 2."

SOURCE: Apollo Sunshine, "Free Download of Our New Song," June 18, 2008.
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ROCK BAND SORT-OF NEWS
A Virtual Drum Set

<> "Also in Rock Band news, but not really news, with a PC, a freeware
program, and a patch Microsoft intended for the use of XBox 360
controllers as a PC controller, you can actually use the Rock Band
drums as a virtual drumset, including recording and exporting files at
.WAV and .MP3 formats.

"This is really cool to me. Since I've gotten both Heidi and Ray into
Rock Band, I've been thinking about getting the drums for the
multiplayer element. Getting a cheap drumset out of it might make it
even more worth it."

SOURCE: Stephen Lewis, "Odds and Ends," June 18, 2008.
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GREGORY DOUGLASS
New Album in the Works

"SUMMER IN THE STUDIO

<> "Aside from a few exciting shows up ahead, I'm officially home all
summer and the recording has resumed! Just to recap, I spent the
winter hibernating in my little home studio to write and record a
bunch of new songs. I successfully demoed enough songs on my own for
the next album so my plan has been to hire a co-producer and the right
band over the summer to finish things up. Meanwhile, I've been on the
road the past few months for my spring tour and have taken a nice
break from the songs so it's nice to come back to them with 'fresh
ears' as they say in the biz."

SOURCE: Gregory Douglass, "Gregory Douglass Newsletter June 2008,"
June 17, 2008.
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WOODS TEA CO.
"Voice Upon the Wave" CD

<> "Wanted to let you know that the classic recording from 1985,
'Voice Upon the Wave,' is now available on-line at:

http://cdbaby.com/cd/woodsteaco10

"Folks have been asking for this for many years. It was the second
recording of the group and was far more introspective. Fans of
Rusty's pennywhistle will be delighted. In addition, Michael's 'The
Road That You Chose' is a classic."

SOURCE: News at WoodsTea Dot Net, "Another Vintage Woods Tea CD
Available," June 10, 2008.
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YAHOO NEWS HEADLINE
Friday Morning

. . . Scientists classify sarcasm
. . . as evolutionary survival skill

I feel relieved. - Ed.
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YAHOO NEWS HEADLINE
Friday Afternoon

<> I imagine New Englanders have all seen this sad piece of news from
one source or another. But ex-New Englanders and Boston Red Sox fans
at large may not have have gotten the news yet, which is why I am
running it here.

. . . Curt Schilling says he's out for season,
. . . career may be over
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ROSE POLENZANI AND ANNE HEATON
On YouTube

<> "[T]he video Anne Heaton and I made for Anne's song, 'Where Your
Scar Is,' is featured on YouTube this week - they're having some kind
of Ukulele theme - Thanks! I have no idea how you decide what goes on
spotlight, but this is wonderful!

http://www.youtube.com

"The video went from like 3,000 views to 280,000 when I last checked
(it's been two days, I mean, what?) and hundreds of people have left
really wonderful comments on the video and sent me emails to say how
much they liked it."

"It's wild.

"Yay for singing live in front of the camera!

"Yay for Mac computers!!!!"

SOURCE: Rose Polenzani, "Club Passim Tonight and Midwest Tour Next
Week," June 19, 2008.

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GUITAR HERO: AEROSMITH
Some Recent Internet Buzz

<> "Two bits of news are circulating the Web regarding songs from
Guitar Hero: Aerosmith.

"Tier 6 - 'Rock N Roll Legends' (Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame)

. . . * 'Cat Scratch Fever' - Ted Nugent
. . . * 'Sex Type Thing' - Stone Temple Pilots
. . . * 'Guitar Battle vs Joe Perry'
. . . * 'Mama Kin' - Aerosmith
. . . * 'Toys In The Attic' - Aerosmith
. . . * 'Train Kept A Rollin'' - Aerosmith

"You'll note that two of the songs aren't Aerosmith. What gets more
interesting is this list:

"Misc Songs ('The Vault')

. . . * 'Walk This Way' - Aerosmith
. . . * 'Rats In The Cellar' - Aerosmith
. . . * 'Kings and Queens' - Aerosmith
. . . * 'Combination' - Aerosmith
. . . * 'Let The Music Do The Talking' - Aerosmith
. . . * 'Shakin My Cage' - Joe Perry
. . . * 'Pink' - Aerosmith
. . . * 'Talk Talkin' - Joe Perry
. . . * 'Mercy' - Joe Perry
. . . * 'Pandora's Box' - Aerosmith
. . . * 'Joe Perry Guitar Battle' - Joe Perry

"Note that there are a couple of songs from Joe Perry's solo career in
there."

SOURCE: Stephen Lewis, "Guitar Hero: Aerosmith," June 17, 2008.

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THE DEADLY NIGHTSHADE JULY 2008 REUNION
Press Release

<> Thirty years after their rise to national Almost Famous status, The
Deadly Nightshade, western Massachusetts' pioneering 1970s women's
rock/country band, is reuniting for a mini-tour, including a one-night
gig at the Institute for the Musical Arts in Goshen on July 2.

"It's fitting that we'll be playing at the Institute, considering that
it's June Millington's place," notes Helen Hooke, the Nightshade's
lead guitar/fiddle player. "She was in Fanny, one of the very few
other women's bands in the seventies that managed to land a major
label recording contract, aside from The Deadly Nightshade. In those
days record companies only wanted all-boy bands."

The Nightshade originally got together in 1972, shortly after Hooke,
rhythm guitarist Anne Bowen, and bass player Pamela Robin Brandt
graduated from Smith and Mt. Holyoke. "We'd actually all played
together during college in another female band, a rock group called
Ariel," relates Bowen. "We played the Fillmore East and had some
label interest, but didn't get a contract."

"One major label told us they already had an all-girl band, like a
women's band was a novelty act, The Singing Dogs," says Brandt.

"We were in another producer's office," grimaces Hooke, "and an A&R
guy stuck his head in and said, 'Don't sign an all-girl band. You'll
end up paying for their abortions."

Retreating back to the Pioneer Valley, the three were were doing
various odd jobs, including construction site clean-up. Then
Northampton's fledgling feminist Valley Women's Center, which Bowen
had helped found, needed musical entertainment for an International
Women's Day event. "We couldn't find any other women rock musicians,
and we still had the amplifiers," recalls Bowen. "So we put together
a quick and dirty band to perform there."

"The response was incredible!" exclaims Hooke. "And immediately,
offers for other gigs started coming in. We thought, 'Hmm. Sure
beats collecting garbage.'"

"So we learned around 100-150 songs, of all sorts: rock, country,
bluegrass and jug band songs for folk gigs, Motown stuff for dances,"
says Bowen. "We wanted to be able to play anyplace that wanted to
hire us."

"And we started writing our own feminist anthems," says Hooke.

"We also wrote songs about food, plastic surgery, and laundromats,"
adds Brandt.

After three years of packing venues ranging from the legendary Rusty
Nail in Sunderland [Massachusetts] and the Saints (a Boston women's
bar) to the equally legendary Max's Kansas City in New York, The
Deadly Nightshade signed a recording contract with the RCA custom
label, Phantom. During their career, The Deadly Nightshade recorded
two albums featuring original songs ("The Deadly Nightshade" and "F &
W") for RCA/Phantom. Both received preliminary Grammy nominations for
Best New Artist. The Deadlies also released two singles, including a
disco version of the theme from "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman."

"That one started as a joke at one concert when I broke a string and
Pam and Helen had to kill time," confesses Bowen. "But it charted
number 67 nationally and went top ten in Miami and Toledo."

The band toured nationally as Billy Joel's opening act. Additionally,
they opened shows for Sister Sledge, Commander Cody, Poco, Peter
Frampton, Elvin Bishop, Don McLean, Lily Tomlin, and Kermit the Frog,
among others. "We appeared on lots of TV shows," said Hooke. "But
about half-a-dozen segments on 'Sesame Street' were the biggest thrill."

[For me, too! Seeing these gals on "Sesame Street" was easily among
the high points of my television-watching career. The first time I
watched these three on "Sesame Street" I was quite simply astonished.
- Ed.]

Clubs that The Deadly Nightshade headlined include the Bottom Line,
the Other End, and Folk City (New York), the Troubadour (Los Angeles),
the Boarding House in San Francisco, Passim (Boston), the Main Line
(Philadelphia), and numerous rural New England bars with bullet holes
in the walls.

Folkies may recall The Deadly Nightshade as the loudest act to ever
perform at the Philadelphia Folk Festival (twice). They also played
the National Women's Music Festival three times, and blew out the
electrical power at the New England Women's Music Festival.

And dances to cap off conferences for NOW and other beleaguered
women's organizations were a specialty. "After a weekend of political
fighting, there's nothing like some 'Dancing in the Street,'" notes
Brandt.

In 1978 The Deadly Nightshade became the first women's band to be
represented in the women's history archives of The Smithsonian, in
Washington D.C. In the mid-1990s, The Deadly Nightshade was inducted
into the archives of the Country Music Hall of Fame.

Since Deadlies days the three women have pursued separate paths in
different parts of the country. Brandt's a Miami-based journalist,
Hooke manages a New York-based firm, and Bowen's varied career has led
her from the Women's Action Alliance to owning a restaurant; she
currently runs a school lunch program in Tucson. But Hooke and Brandt
also never stopped playing music professionally over the years, and
Bowen, who did hang up her guitar (and Appalachian dancing doll), is
ready for another go.

"The Deadly Nightshade played loud electric music back when it was
supposed to be a men's game," Brandt grins. "It's still supposed to
be a young people's game. Seems about the right time for some more fun.

Venue for The Deadly Nightshade's July 2 concert is The Big Barn at
the Institute for the Musical Arts (165 Cape St., Goshen, MA 01032).
For further info about concert time and tickets: 413-268-3074, or
info@...

The Institute's website is

http://www.ima.org/

SOURCE: Pamela Robin Brandt, "The Deadly Nightshade," June 11, 2008.

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EAST VILLAGE OPERA COMPANY
Transforms Classical Melodies Into Rock Epics

East Village Opera Company Transform Classical Melodies into Rock Epics
on 'Old School'
Thursday, June 19, 2008 11:41 AM
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EAST VILLAGE OPERA COMPANY TRANSFORM CLASSICAL MELODIES INTO ROCK EPICS
ON 'OLD SCHOOL'

New York, NY-- East Village Opera Company, New York City's powerhouse
rock/opera hybrid group, have created a new album of amplified and
electrified opera masterpieces on 'Old School' (August 12/ Decca). Led by
creators Peter Kiesewalter and Tyley Ross, East Village Opera Company
takes several centuries' worth of opera's greatest hits as their
launching point for an album that took 12 months and 14 engineers to
record and
mix in 10 different studios worldwide.

As they did on their highly praised, self-titled Decca/Universal debut
album, EVOC takes some of the most recognizable arias by giants like
Wagner, Handel, Verdi, Bach, and Puccini and re-imagine them as rock
epics, using a full symphony orchestra, R&B horns, and a choir alongside
the group's guitars, drums, keyboards, strings, and singers. The
resulting pieces are instantly recognizable to any fan of opera, but also
recall visionary rock groups like Queen, Meatloaf, and The Who in their
grandiose wall-of-sound approach. Says Kiesewalter, "The pomposity of
opera lends itself to the majesty of rock, and vice-versa. We embrace it,
and we don't try to water it down. Instead, we imagine what these
composers would have used, had they been alive today. I know that Freddy
Mercury and George Frederic Handel alike would be using Pro Tools and
computers were they alive."

Lead singer Tyley Ross and arranger/multi-instrumentalist Peter
Kiesewalter co-founded EVOC after meeting in 2001 while working on the
soundtrack for a feature film in Canada. The director's request to
"let me
hear Italian opera in a way that hasn't been done before" was the seed
that eventually led the two to form the group. After a few years of
working on the tracks, they printed up a small run of 1000 discs of their
album entitled 'La Donna', which led to several buzz-building dates at
Joe's Pub in NYC, and eventually a deal with Decca Records.

Critics have been vocal in their praise for the group:

"The band rocks hard, and deranges the opera stuff with savvy skill."-
Wall Street Journal

"…nobody puts a fresher, friskier contemporary spin on opera's
greatest hits than the East Village Opera Company."- Chicago Tribune

“See them now while you can still get close. The group's charisma is
inescapable and infectious…electrifies the classics for a new
generation."-- Time Out New York

"Opera gets rock, pop makeover…markedly different." -- Billboard

"Kiesewalter and Ross produce something genuinely fresh that combines
classic beauty with rock energy." -- Boston Herald

East Village Opera Company will tour the U.S. this summer. Full track
listing for 'Old School' is below.

'Old School' Track Listing

1. The Ride (from: Richard Wagner's Die Walküre)
2. King Of The Night (from: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Die Zauberflöte)
3. Help Me (Jove, in Pity) (from: George Frideric Handel's Semele)
4. Brindisi Libera (Pop The Cork) (from: Giuseppe Verdi's la Traviata)
5. Gloria (from: Giovanni Bononcini's Griselda)
6. Walk (from: George Frideric Handel's Semele)
7. As You Were Then (from: Vincenzo Bellini's Norma)
8. Soldiers (from: Charles Gounod's Faust)
9. You're Not Alone (from: J.S. Bach's Cantata BWV 208 Was Mir Behagt,
Ist Nur Die Muntre Jagd)
10. Va Tosca (from: Giacomo Puccini's Tosca)
11. Butterfly Duet (from Giacomo Puccini's Madama Butterfly)

http://www.shorefire.com/clients/eastvillageoperacompany

http://www.shorefire.com www.eastvillageoperacompany.com

http://www.shorefire.com www.decca.com

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