Post by jptheprofessor on Dec 11, 2005 23:09:41 GMT -5
In Local Music News…
Eastern PA-based party band juggernaut UUU has announced that they are hanging it up. According to a report in the December issue of Pennsylvania Musician, the group had gradually lost the desire to perform week in and week out; and decided to ride out their tenure through their tenth anniversary, celebrated last month, before calling it a day.
The State College-based party band Boost is also calling it a day. The group performed their final State College area show last weekend, and is playing out the month with several shows in Ohio. Two Boost members, bassist Bart Hipp and drummer Jim Logrando, are continuing to perform in another band project, Cool Ethan.
Flight 19 guitarist John McKelvey is reportedly doing well and on the way to a full recovery from a mild heart attack suffered before Thanksgiving. Former Electric Blue and current Matt Wagner Band guitarist Jimmy Tangeman has been filling in on guitar with Flight 19 while John recuperates.
A holiday season benefit concert will take place in the Johnstown area next weekend. The St. Vincent De Paul Family Kitchen Benefit Concert will take place next Saturday evening starting at 9:30 at Katie’s Place, formerly Dougherty’s “Terra” Tory, in Johnstown. The concert will feature the bands Pelt, House Of Cain, Killjingle and Pivot. Proceeds will benefit Johnstown’s Family Kitchen.
Middletown-based singer, songwriter and guitarist Sherri Mullen is set to release her second album. The new album, On The Edge, will be officially released this coming week, with a special CD-release event in the Harrisburg area on Thursday night. For information on obtaining the new album, you can check out Sherri’s website, www.sherrimullen.com.
Eastern PA-based party band juggernaut UUU has announced that they are hanging it up. According to a report in the December issue of Pennsylvania Musician, the group had gradually lost the desire to perform week in and week out; and decided to ride out their tenure through their tenth anniversary, celebrated last month, before calling it a day.
The State College-based party band Boost is also calling it a day. The group performed their final State College area show last weekend, and is playing out the month with several shows in Ohio. Two Boost members, bassist Bart Hipp and drummer Jim Logrando, are continuing to perform in another band project, Cool Ethan.
Flight 19 guitarist John McKelvey is reportedly doing well and on the way to a full recovery from a mild heart attack suffered before Thanksgiving. Former Electric Blue and current Matt Wagner Band guitarist Jimmy Tangeman has been filling in on guitar with Flight 19 while John recuperates.
A holiday season benefit concert will take place in the Johnstown area next weekend. The St. Vincent De Paul Family Kitchen Benefit Concert will take place next Saturday evening starting at 9:30 at Katie’s Place, formerly Dougherty’s “Terra” Tory, in Johnstown. The concert will feature the bands Pelt, House Of Cain, Killjingle and Pivot. Proceeds will benefit Johnstown’s Family Kitchen.
Middletown-based singer, songwriter and guitarist Sherri Mullen is set to release her second album. The new album, On The Edge, will be officially released this coming week, with a special CD-release event in the Harrisburg area on Thursday night. For information on obtaining the new album, you can check out Sherri’s website, www.sherrimullen.com.