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DannyG
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Great gig last night. Every night is a blessing. I'm having such a good time being a Houserocker. This is the best band I've been with. Between my Orchard Hill Church gig and the Houserocker's I feel like I'm the luckiest musician on earth. I'm surrounded by such wonderful friends and amazing artists. The Houserocker's get better and better every night. I can't wait until The Rhythm House.
No funny stories from last night but check this out from the Sto-Rox gig. We did a 'Meet and Greet" for the school board members and some students before the show. After a few autograph signings and some hand shakes a cute little punked out chick says to me, "Do you know who you look like?"
Expecting the usual Rod Stewart or something (which annoys me )I say "No, who?"
This chick says, "Barney Rubble."
Barney Rubble! Can you freakin' believe it? I laughed my ass off and gave the girl a big hug and a "Thank you!" At least Barney had the hotter wife. I mean, if had to do Wilma or Betty you would have to pick Betty hands down. I thought that was hysterical!
Later. See ya at the Rhythm House
15 April 2007 - IRSville
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Susan
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Set list for Twin Oaks-4/14/07
You and Tonight
Party Tonight
Dirty Water
Lucky Man
Pumpin' Iron
Biddle Mine(for Mrs.G and Aunt Meki)
Safe At Home
Is She the One
Coming Home
No Strings Attached
Gimme Shelter
Hide Away (awesome drums, Joffo)
Beauty Fades( for Kathleen)
Too Hot To Think
Juniors's Bar
Everything's Gonna Work Out(for Kimmy and Frank)
Fingerprints
Searchin For My Soul
Dance With Me
Honky Tonk Woman
Hang on Sloopy
Labor of Love
Chain Smoking
The Shape I'm In ( with JohnnyG)
Code Of Silence
Talkin' To the King
Down The Road
Great show!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
15 April 2007
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Joe G
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Oops almost forget. Check out the link to an interview on the news page.
See you in McKeesport tonite
14 April 2007 - Home
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Joe G
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We had a great show in the Rocks last night. A big thanks to all the kids who played and helped out, Another big Thank You to the Houserockers, Rick, Brian, Johnny G , The Pucker Factor, and Dirty Sunshine. We could not have done it without the support and hard work of Melanie, Herb, Lou Ann, Lisa, and especially Josh Lucas and his great band.
This just in!!!!!
JOE GRUSHECKY
& THE HOUSEROCKERS
THE WONDERBAR
ASBURY PARK/21+ ONLY
SAT JUL 7 2007 8PM DOORS
14 April 2007 - Hideaway
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Keith G. Kondrich
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Local Scene: 04/12/07
Thursday, April 12, 2007
By Scott Mervis, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
JOE IN THE ROX
Joe Grushecky -- rocker by night and special ed teacher by day -- plays a concert with the Houserockers to benefit the fine arts program at Sto-Rox High School. Grushecky says of his class work at the high school, "It is not an easy gig, by any means. Inner-city schools present a wide range of problems these days. We are working hard to bring a positive attitude and a sense of achievement to our kids." The concert is Friday at 8 p.m. Sto-Rox High School in McKees Rocks with The Dirty Sunshine and a Sto-Rox Student band. Tickets are $8 for adults and $5 for students.
12 April 2007 - Pittsburgh, PA
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Joe G fan
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-Rox 'School of Rock' inspires students to take lead
By Richard Byrne Reilly
TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Thursday, April 12, 2007
Melanie Kerber and Joe Grushecky make an unlikely team.
Kerber, principal of Sto-Rox High School, is the sophisticated, globetrotting wife of a former State Department official. Grushecky, who stands 6 feet, 2 inches, is a well-regarded local rock 'n' roller who counts Bruce Springsteen as a close friend and whose hard-driving band has played in smoky clubs around the world.
The two have teamed up to turn Sto-Rox High School into a "school of rock" to get students interested in the arts, improve grades and encourage them to go to college.
"The arts are a very good investment in human capital. The kids are getting revved up, and kids involved in the arts tend to do better," said Kerber, who became principal last April.
On Friday, Joe Grushecky and The House Rockers will headline a benefit concert in the main auditorium to raise money for the school's arts program. The Pucker Factor, a student band, will open. Sto-Rox chemistry teacher Josh Lucas, a guitarist who helps teach in the high school's innovative rock school, will perform with his band. Grushecky's son, Johnny, will jam with his band, Dirty Sunshine.
"It's our own version of the 'School of Rock,' " Lucas said, referring to the 2003 movie starring actor Jack Black about a private elementary school whose fourth-grade class forms a rock band that plays at a battle of the bands competition to rave reviews.
Grushecky began a "guitar school" in February that enrolls 12 students. The school, which teaches rock music with instruction in guitar and drums, is the first of its kind at Sto-Rox.
"What we're ultimately shooting for is to give the kids a creative outlet to get their own stuff going on. It's straight-ahead rock 'n' roll," said Grushecky, a special education teacher at the high school.
Kerber said the excitement generated by the rock school has spilled over into other arts classes, which were gutted in the 1980s by budget problems created by the collapse of the steel industry.
The school's arts program includes theater arts, music appreciation and visual arts classes such as jewelry making and painting.
Kerber became principal after moving from Brussels, where her husband, a recently retired foreign service officer for the State Department, was posted. The family did stints in Jamaica and West Africa. Kerber, a whirlwind of energy, says her focus at Sto-Rox is encouraging kids to achieve their dreams.
Kerber said she is the school's 17th principal in 35 years.
"The other principals didn't care, but she does. I bet she knows everybody at the school on a first-name basis," said Anthony DiMichele, 18, a senior who plans to attend Holy Cross College in Worcester, Mass. He credits Kerber with pushing him to apply and helping him secure a full scholarship.
Jess Buranovsky credits Kerber with helping her get into Carnegie Mellon University, where she plans to major in mechanical engineering. "She's more family-oriented than the other principals," Buranovsky said.
On Wednesday, Grushecky, wearing a dress shirt untucked and jeans, strapped on a black acoustic Fender guitar, plugged it into the public address system, and sat in with The Pucker Factor on Buffalo Springfield's "For What It's Worth." He stopped the band mid-song and told guitarist Joe Janicki, a junior, to take it slower.
"When you do that lead, relax a little bit," Grushecky said.
In January, Kerber secured a $2,000 federal grant for the guitar school. The money bought guitars, a bass, amplifiers and drums. She wants to raise more money. Kerber said the guitar school has infused students with a sense of hope.
"Sto-Rox really never had an arts program," said Steve Bressler, 17, who sings in The Pucker Factor, "and now it's starting to blossom."
Richard Byrne Reilly can be reached at [email protected] or (412) 380-5625.
12 April 2007 - Bloomfield
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Bob Benjamin
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Sto-Rox 'School of Rock' inspires students to take lead
By Richard Byrne Reilly
TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Thursday, April 12, 2007
Melanie Kerber and Joe Grushecky make an unlikely team.
Kerber, principal of Sto-Rox High School, is the sophisticated, globetrotting wife of a former State Department official. Grushecky, who stands 6 feet, 2 inches, is a well-regarded local rock 'n' roller who counts Bruce Springsteen as a close friend and whose hard-driving band has played in smoky clubs around the world.
The two have teamed up to turn Sto-Rox High School into a "school of rock" to get students interested in the arts, improve grades and encourage them to go to college.
The arts are a very good investment in human capital. The kids are getting revved up, and kids involved in the arts tend to do better," said Kerber, who became principal last April.
On Friday, Joe Grushecky and The House Rockers will headline a benefit concert in the main auditorium to raise money for the school's arts program. The Pucker Factor, a student band, will open. Sto-Rox chemistry teacher Josh Lucas, a guitarist who helps teach in the high school's innovative rock school, will perform with his band. Grushecky's son, Johnny, will jam with his band, Dirty Sunshine.
"It's our own version of the 'School of Rock,' " Lucas said, referring to the 2003 movie starring actor Jack Black about a private elementary school whose fourth-grade class forms a rock band that plays at a battle of the bands competition to rave reviews.
Grushecky began a "guitar school" in February that enrolls 12 students. The school, which teaches rock music with instruction in guitar and drums, is the first of its kind at Sto-Rox.
"What we're ultimately shooting for is to give the kids a creative outlet to get their own stuff going on. It's straight-ahead rock 'n' roll," said Grushecky, a special education teacher at the high school.
Kerber said the excitement generated by the rock school has spilled over into other arts classes, which were gutted in the 1980s by budget problems created by the collapse of the steel industry.
The school's arts program includes theater arts, music appreciation and visual arts classes such as jewelry making and painting.
Kerber became principal after moving from Brussels, where her husband, a recently retired foreign service officer for the State Department, was posted. The family did stints in Jamaica and West Africa. Kerber, a whirlwind of energy, says her focus at Sto-Rox is encouraging kids to achieve their dreams.
Kerber said she is the school's 17th principal in 35 years.
"The other principals didn't care, but she does. I bet she knows everybody at the school on a first-name basis," said Anthony DiMichele, 18, a senior who plans to attend Holy Cross College in Worcester, Mass. He credits Kerber with pushing him to apply and helping him secure a full scholarship.
Jess Buranovsky credits Kerber with helping her get into Carnegie Mellon University, where she plans to major in mechanical engineering. "She's more family-oriented than the other principals," Buranovsky said.
On Wednesday, Grushecky, wearing a dress shirt untucked and jeans, strapped on a black acoustic Fender guitar, plugged it into the public address system, and sat in with The Pucker Factor on Buffalo Springfield's "For What It's Worth." He stopped the band mid-song and told guitarist Joe Janicki, a junior, to take it slower.
"When you do that lead, relax a little bit," Grushecky said.
In January, Kerber secured a $2,000 federal grant for the guitar school. The money bought guitars, a bass, amplifiers and drums. She wants to raise more money. Kerber said the guitar school has infused students with a sense of hope.
"Sto-Rox really never had an arts program," said Steve Bressler, 17, who sings in The Pucker Factor, "and now it's starting to blossom."
Richard Byrne Reilly can be reached at [email protected] or (412) 380-5625.
12 April 2007 - NJ
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Joe G
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Hi Everybody! I will be on WDVE with Brother Sean McDowell today, Wednesday, between 5 and 6 PM.Check it Out
Thanks
11 April 2007 - Smokin
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Joe G
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We will hit the stage at 9:15 or so on Friday.
10 April 2007 - pittsburgh
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DannyG
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Zeke,
I was told 8 til 9:30. I'm not sure if that's when the opening bands come on or us. As soon as I find out I'll let you know. Thanks for coming. I'm sure it'll be a great show for a great cause.
10 April 2007
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