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Bob Hoffnar
From:
Austin, Tx
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Posted 9 Mar 2004 9:54 pm |
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Friday, March 12th, 10:30 - 1:30ish
Mood Illusion at Lillie's in Red Hook
Lillie's
46 Beard St Brooklyn NY
corner of Dwight in Red hook
718-858-9822
this link might help:
newyork.citysearch.com/profile/11518532?cslink=search_name_cust
$5 cover
Featuring the vocal stylings of Samoa www.lonelysamoans.com/cgi-bin/view.cgi?n=/band/mood.xml
Pedalsteel Guitar: Bob Hoffnar
Trumpet: Chuck MacKinnon
Drums: John Bollinger
String Bass: George Rush
The lounge band "The Mood Illusion" was first formed in 1977 by a group of
inspired and concerned teenage musicians. After 26 years of honing there
skills they are finally ready to play their third gig.
I hope to see you guys there. The last time we played Lillie's it was big fun.
Bob
BTW Lillie's is right down the street from Jon's gig.
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Lawrence Lupkin
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Brooklyn, New York, USA
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Posted 10 Mar 2004 5:05 am
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With all of the steel guitar happening in Brooklyn, I may never have to go to Manhattan again! Wait a minute...heck. I never liked going there much anyway.
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CrowBear Schmitt
From:
Ariege, - PairO'knees, - France
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Posted 10 Mar 2004 5:46 am
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| Hey Lawrence,, have you been way uptown to Ft Tryon Park and checked out the Cloisters ? |
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Lawrence Lupkin
From:
Brooklyn, New York, USA
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Posted 10 Mar 2004 6:07 am
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| Ah, a truly glorious spot. More chanting. Less steel. |
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Lawrence Lupkin
From:
Brooklyn, New York, USA
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Posted 11 Mar 2004 6:34 am
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| Move it on up. [This message was edited by Lawrence Lupkin on 11 March 2004 at 06:34 AM.] |
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HowardR
From:
N.Y.C.-Fire Island-Asheville
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Posted 11 Mar 2004 7:50 am
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| My great aunt had cloisters....wasn't a pretty sight. |
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Lawrence Lupkin
From:
Brooklyn, New York, USA
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Posted 11 Mar 2004 1:03 pm
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You are Tryon my patience, Howard.
(edited for questionable comma.)[This message was edited by Lawrence Lupkin on 11 March 2004 at 01:09 PM.] |
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HowardR
From:
N.Y.C.-Fire Island-Asheville
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Posted 11 Mar 2004 9:57 pm
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| please feel free to try some of my patients....Dr. Howard |
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Lawrence Lupkin
From:
Brooklyn, New York, USA
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Posted 12 Mar 2004 1:18 pm
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| Tonight's the night! |
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CrowBear Schmitt
From:
Ariege, - PairO'knees, - France
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Posted 12 Mar 2004 1:45 pm
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Break a leg !  |
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Tiny Olson
From:
Mohawk River Valley, Upstate NY
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Posted 13 Mar 2004 1:00 pm
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Bob:
Heck, I thought you were talkin' about Red Hook, upstate in the Hudson Valley. I used to live there but there's no live music going on there anymore. Folks from 'the City' used to get confused when i told them I lived in Red Hook, but not in Brooklyn.
Have a blast man.
Chris "Tiny" O. |
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Jon Light (deceased)
From:
Saugerties, NY
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Posted 13 Mar 2004 1:05 pm
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Hey Tiny--Smiley R. brought up the same thing recently. I used to work in Rhinecliff and live across the river so I know your Red Hook too. A bit--just a little bit--different.
Hey guys--how'd your night go? |
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Bob Hoffnar
From:
Austin, Tx
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Posted 13 Mar 2004 2:47 pm
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Jon,
Thanks for asking. It went great except for a couple details. Lillie couldn't open her doors till after 11:00 because some inspector is on her case. The Electricity has been turned off so we ran the gear from a gas generator out back. We took breaks when they needed to plug in the ice machine. Durring those breaks the trumpet player got too hammered to find the stage much less make any sort of musical decision about what notes to play. At the end of the night there was no money and nobody in charge left in the bar to pay the guarantee so I had to find an atm and pay the guys out of my pocket.
Other than that the show went well and everybody had a real good time.
Bob
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CrowBear Schmitt
From:
Ariege, - PairO'knees, - France
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Posted 13 Mar 2004 3:48 pm
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as usual Bob, one has to pay them dues to play the Blues
makes you play even better now don't it ?
la Vie d'Artiste ain't easy but it's rewarding !
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Jon Light (deceased)
From:
Saugerties, NY
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Posted 14 Mar 2004 6:46 am
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| Gaaaa! |
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Dave Van Allen
From:
Souderton, PA , US , Earth
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Posted 14 Mar 2004 7:04 am
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Just another night in Paradise, eh Bob?  |
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Nicholas Dedring
From:
Beacon, New York, USA
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Posted 15 Mar 2004 11:12 am
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Bob,
Is Lillie's going to stay open, though? It would really suck if she went under... I saw and heard the gas generator out back, couldn't figure out what the story was. Anything serious with the electrical situtation and so on??? |
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Bob Hoffnar
From:
Austin, Tx
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Posted 15 Mar 2004 11:30 am
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It looks like Lillie's is going to be fine.
Crowbear,
Have you read "Candide" by Voltaire lately ?
I personally have learned to accept that some things just really suck and there is nothing you can do about it.
Bob
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CrowBear Schmitt
From:
Ariege, - PairO'knees, - France
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Posted 15 Mar 2004 1:15 pm
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Hi Bob
unfortunately, i have'nt had the pleasure of reading Voltaire
i must be missin' somethin' - i don't read as much as i used to since i spend more time w: my instrument
fill me in will ya'
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Lawrence Lupkin
From:
Brooklyn, New York, USA
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Posted 15 Mar 2004 2:38 pm
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Think of it this way Bob...
You have great tone. That's one of the good things that nobody can take away from you.
Unless they run you over with a bus or some other equivalent.
 [This message was edited by Lawrence Lupkin on 15 March 2004 at 05:24 PM.] |
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