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Joe G Fan
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Congrat's to Johnny G on your appearance at the Warp Tour, Englishtown NJ. Heard you did a great job. See you at the Warp tour on Wed, Starlake.
6 August 2007 - Oakmont
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Huh??
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A tribute to Kansas??
6 August 2007
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Keith G. Kondrich
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 Joe -
Just bought a copy of "The Magnificent Seven" off of Yahoo Music. Incredible! Fantastic! Once again you have outdone yourself! Only YOU could do justice to this classic by The Clash!
Now if you could just do a tribute to Kansas!
Keep on rocking! You are the best!
4 August 2007 - Pittsburgh, PA
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dc
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dr. joe grushecky
danny g
hard rock cafe
make a wish benefit
pittsburgh, pa
august 2, 2007
boxscore:
dance with me
party tonight
beauty fades
pumping iron
a good life
admission: $10.00
parking: $8.00
bar tab: $41.54
Hard Rock Cafe acoustics: horrible (as usual)
Joe & Danny: very excellent
what's next?: crash the private party at Heinz Field
3 August 2007 - ohio
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DannyG
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New news!
Joe and I will be doing a benefit for Make-A-Wish this evening at the Hard Rock Cafe. It should be a great event.
Saturday is a private show at Heinz Field.
Next Sunday is the Annual Polkapalooza Summer Jimmy Sinclair Beerfest. Great food, lots of beer and music by the Knobs and the Houserockers. Last year was amazing. I still didn't score any pigs in a blanket recipes but there's always this year. I'm arriving early and staying later this year.
Then we're off to Vegas where I have two missions. A new tattoo and a quest to see how many Vegas showgirls I can squeeze into one hotel room. Sort of like the Clown Car you see at the circus.
Joe just booked the Cadillac Lounge in Toronto for October 6. I love Toronto. It's my favorite city. Sammy, here we come!!
So, this patient says to me. "What's up the hair?"
"I'm letting it grow out. Why?"
"Last year it was cut short and looked nice. Are you going to wear it in a pony tail?"
"No. I'm just going to let it hang in my face."
"Well, I don't like it." She says.
"Well. I don't care." I replied.
"How rude!" the woman says to me.
I'm still laughing. That was two days ago.
Peace and out.
2 August 2007
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Jimmy Sinclair
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Enjoyed the Article from The Aquarian.
Thanks for posting it!
31 July 2007 - Biddle, PA
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Joe G
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Please join Danny and me for an acoustic show on
Thursday Aug2 at The Hard Rock Cafe for the
Great Rock and Roll Auction to Benefit Make-A-Wish
with the Yards, the Delaneys, and Liz Berlin
Doors at 5:30 Joe G at 8PM.
30 July 2007 - Safe at Home
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southside johnny and the asbury jukes
joe grushecky
south park
july 27, 2007
boxscore:
happy
key to the highway
28 July 2007 - turnpike
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Houserocker fan
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It was great to see Joe and Southside tearing it up together at the show in South park last night!!!
28 July 2007 - The burgh
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Steve and Jim
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Great Article on Joe and the band from The Aquarian (New Jersey). I think it's one of the better articles that I have read about Joe. Enjoy!
Joe Grushecky And The
House Rockers/Live! At The
Wonder Bar 7/7/07
A lot of journalists use the same catch phrases to describe
Joe Grushecky—“the underdog” or America’s “least known” cult
musician—and in the same breath gushingly blurt out the
Springsteen connection. I know Joe and Bruce are good friends
and frequent writing partners, but I see similarities beyond this
general comparison that have more to do with what he has in
common with the many important story tellers as a group rather
than a single individual. Sounds complicated right? Well, when you sit
down and actually remove the preconceptions about this guy
and listen to the music, you’ll
see that Grushecky shares compositional space with several
traditional American songwriters including Bob Dylan, John
Fogerty, John Mellancamp, Levon
Helm, Bruce Springsteen, the late great Billy Chinnock and
other roots based rockers—blues, folk, rock and country—all
embraced and practiced as a whole. And like these great artists,
he has his own unique interpretation. And that’s the key sentence here.
If you were looking for a closer description of the man, the music
and the band, then this particular Saturday night was the place to
be as Joe Grushecky And The House Rockers were roarin’and
ready to go Asbury Park style. Welcomed with open arms on
this hot July night at The Wonder Bar, The House Rockers blazed
through a set of classic gems that included songs from the Iron
City House Rockers’ albums as well as Joe’s newer material.
including tunes from the latest disc, A Good Life. Mixed with a
few well thought out covers, the band churned it out “old school”
style to the 400-plus crowd who simply ate it up fast and
demanded more. I really liked the interaction
between The House Rockers, many who have their own unique
history, including Pittsburgh’s own Iron City Original Art Nardini
(brother to my old friend Norman Nardini of The Tigers fame) on
bass as well as Joe’s son Johnny
Grushecky, an accomplished and upcoming guitarist in his own
right. Joe and Co. moved The Wonder Bar crowd along with
top-notch tunes like the Dylanesque “Beauty Fades,” with
its introspective view on life’s curves and swerves, and the big
bold Warren Zevon vibe of “A Good Life,” as well as cool covers
like “Dirty Water” by The Standells. The show had to be
one of the largest successful turnouts for The Wonder Bar this
summer, thanks in good part to Tony Pallagrosi, former Asbury
Juke and owner of the well known Concerts East. With high quality
shows like this, I can only hope that he stays involved throughout
the area. Joe’s career path has produced some interesting
stories and successes over the last 28 years or so, such as
working with Steve Van Zandt, Ian Hunter, Steve Cropper, Mick
Ronson, and the ongoing collaborative partnership with
Springsteen, starting around ’95 and continuing to this day with
Joe’s CD, A Good Life, which includes “Code Of Silence,” a
tune that was co-written with Bruce Springsteen and sung as
a duet with him as well. Joe Grushecky also has a
documentary film on his lifetime accomplishments called A Good
Life: The Joe Grushecky Story, a project from Flat Broke
Productions, which is now in post-production.
I spoke with Flat Broke Productions partner Steve Caniff
who told me, “The reason we took on this project is because
we felt that Joe’s story is an important one and needed to be
seen/heard outside of Pittsburgh. On paper, he may just appear
to be another ‘almost made it’ musician, but he is so much more
than that. He has touched the lives of so many kids throughout
his career as a special education teacher, while at the same time
never giving up on his passion to create and play great rock-nroll
music. Think about it, one day he is on stage with a music
legend in front of 30,000 people and the next day his stage is a
small classroom filled with kids he supports both scholastically
and emotionally. It takes a special person to do that. Jim and I both
believe his story is one of passion, determination and
success, no matter how it’s measured.” Flat Broke is planning on a
late summer/early fall release. Joe plans on including an
essentials CD with the DVD, and the film will be sent to festivals
across the US and Europe. Interviews with Steve Cropper
(Booker T And The MGs, the Blues Brothers and Staxx
Records), Mike Vallely, pro skateboarder and lead singer of
Revolution Mother and of course his good friend Bruce
Springsteen are included in the film.
The Iron City Houserockers got their big break with manager
Steve Popovich (who got Boston their big break), got a deal with
MCA in 1979 and were overnight critical faves. A well known
national magazine gave Love’s So Tough, the band’s debut, four
stars, and called the blistering follow-up, Have A Good Time
(But Get Out Alive)—produced by Mick Ronson, Ian Hunter and
Steve Van Zandt—a “new American classic.”
From collaborating with the music industry’s biggest names,
to being in the trenches everyday as a teacher, as well as having
a new documentary focusing on his historic career, Joe looks to
have a firm grasp on what he’s accomplishing in his time.
Joe Grushecky will be making an acoustic appearance in
Atlantic City on Sept. 21 at The House of Blues, opening for John
Cafferty and Beaver Brown.And don’t forget that the new CD is
available at Vintage Vinyl, Borders, FYE, Amazon.com,
iTunes and grushecky.com.You can view the film trailer on the
web at flatbrokeproductions.com
27 July 2007 - Ohio
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