Art Fredette
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I popped into Slidin Dirty in Troy on Wednesday afternoon for a visit with one of my favorite bartenders. After the usual hellos and what are ya having, she excitedly blurted out, “The guy who plays Carl on Shameless was in last night and he is singing at The Hollow tonight!” My response,” That is […]
On Friday night Sean Rowe took the stage at The Hangar on The Hudson with a quiet smile and a sure stance. He joked about not having played the room in two years and then went right to work. The crowd fell silent and Sean’s Johnny Cash meets Lou Rawls voice filled the room. Accompanied […]
“Standing on a corner, suitcase in my hand, Jackie’s in his corset, Jane is in her vest and me honey, I’m in a rock-n-roll band” the opening line of “Sweet Jane” by The Velvet Underground. Sometimes, the opening line or verse of a song says it all. It can set the stage for everything that […]
A long time ago Jim Barrett and I were booking bands for The Uncle Sam’s Blues Jam and we came across a band called Swamp Yankee. Their guitar player was named Albert Cummings. We added them to the line-up and they played the Scoreboard Saloon in Lansingburgh. Since then a lot has changed. Albert Cummings […]
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