MOE.: “WE LOVE OUR CAREER”
By Michael Lester To listen to moe. guitarist Chuck Garvey tell it, rock stars are no different than their fans when it comes to exploring the aesthetics and quirks of concert venues. Garvey treats ...
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TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND DISPLAYS STRONG CHEMISTRY
Photos by Jim Gavenus ALLENTOWN -- Moments after opening their show at Miller Symphony Hall in downtown Allentown last week with “Misunderstood,” from their new album, “Made Up Mind,” Susan Tedeschi ...
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OBVIOUSLY FIVE QUESTIONS: AL SCHNIER
By Michael Lester moe. guitarist Al Schnier, 45, grew up on classic rock in upstate New York. He covered Neil Young and Rush tunes in his first band, Cuttin’ Loose, which he launched as an 8th grade...
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SCI IMPRESSES AT LOCKN’ FESTIVAL
By Michael Lester ARRINGTON, Va. -- Vehicular gridlock welcomed travelers from all over the country entering last weekend’s inaugural four-day Lockn’ music festival and funneled them into a grass par...
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FOR FLOODWOOD, “THIS IS LIFE”
By Michael Lester moe. guitarist Al Schnier was determined to form a funk band for his latest side project a couple years ago. Then his father, a 1990s liver transplant recipient, became seriously i...
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COVERS AND COLLABORATIONS
denson Karl Denson By Michael Lester Photos by Jim Gavenus SCRANTON -- Seemingly inspired by their surroundings at the canopy-covered Toyot...
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KARL DENSON JAZZES UP PEACH FESTIVAL
By Michael Lester Muscularly chiseled, musically innovative jazz-funk improv saxophonist Karl Denson chuckled at the suggestion he may rival Gov’t Mule/Allman Brothers Band axman Warren Haynes as the...
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RAILROAD EARTH TAKES LONG ROAD TO SUCCESS
By Michael Lester Mandolin player John Skehan of Railroad Earth credits 1950s comedy duo Abbott and Costello — of all people — for his route to Susquehanna University in Selinsgrove, Pa., in the earl...
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STEVE MARTIN IN WILKES-BARRE
WILKES-BARRE ?Comedian, actor, author, moviemaker and Grammy award-winning musician Steve Martin lost his wallet Tuesday in Wilkes-Barre ?of all places ?while bicycling downtown. The silver-haired Ma...
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TOM PETTY IN SARATOGA, N.Y.
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. ? A nostalgic Tom Petty quarterbacked his band into a cover of Paul Revere and the Raiders’ “Not Your Steppin’ Stone,” introducing the ’60s psychedelic tune made popular by The...
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