Gary
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Delrons
This is a recording from a boom box at rehearsal at Roxy Studios. The girls had just reunited and were doing original, 80s-type tunes. I met them in Washington Square Park one summer night shortly after i moved into a Hell’s Kitchen railroad apartment with a leaky flush box above the toilet, a thousand roaches,…
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Summer Music
On July 27, I jammed with Billy Bragg (along with 50 or so other people) at his big busk at Lincoln Center out-of-doors fest. In addition to a few dozen guitarists (with a broad range of expertise), there were a couple of trumpets, a small drum kit, and I played the harp on a few…
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Sing for Hope – Sunset Park
My piano was slightly damaged on the third day. It has rained every day since then. I performed as part of the Make Music New York summer solstice project on Tuesday in the Sunset Park business district.
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Sing for Hope Update
Unlocked the piano this morning. Not able to hear myself play due to Asian women doing a sort of ‘Electric Slide’ group dance with boombox music. After that there was a group of men playing those high pitched one-stringed instruments. When I went over later, there was a 12-year-old girl playing Scott Joplin better than…
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Sing for Hope Interview
I will be live on Brooklyn Channel 12 on Wednesday, June 15, 2011 at 7:20 am from Sunset Park — interview and a brief piano tune. Check it out if you can!
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Sing for Hope Pianos
Instead of Thompkins Square Park, I will be taking care of the piano in Sunset Park (much closer) and with a totally different vibe. Going to Thompkins Square as well. I will try to post daily 6/18-7/2.