Marc Stone
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Louisiana, USA
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Posted 9 Apr 2007 6:53 am |
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and more!!!! Friday May 4th, Old Point Bar in New Orleans
We are reprising the amazing New Orleans Musicians' Clinic benefit that we put on last year with the Campbells. Being the kind of folks they are, they have volunteered yet again to fly down here for free to help out the NOMC (the premier organization for helping NOLA musicians for 9 years now) and let me indulge my fantasy of mixing Sacred Steel and New Orleans music. Last year's gig was unreal, with Kirk Joseph (the king of the funky sousaphone and founding member of the Dirty Dozen Brass Band), 3 other great horns, lots of killer singers and even Dave Easley on steel. All this in a tiny little woody bar with a max capacity of 200! Chuck Campbell recorded the show and the record should be available soon. A whole new project called Sacred Funk has evolved from that night.
This year we have the incredible Walter "Wolfman" Washington joining the Campbells, as well as Kirk Joseph and several other horns, Shannon McNally, Arlee Leonard, Lynn Drury, and more great singers. Should be a HUGE throwdown. Walter is one of the most soulful, spiritual performers out there and pure New Orleans to the core. One of the best blues/R&B guitar players alive, a truly transcendent singer, and a better definition of "funky" than Webster's could ever come up with! I can't wait to hear what this sounds like, and I hope to see some of you steel heads there!
For tickets and for info on the record we made last year, you can e-mail me. There should also be a PayPal link on my website - www.marcstonemusic.com - by the middle of this week. Thanks everybody!
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Host of the Soul Serenade on WWOZ 90.7-fm New Orleans, lifelong guitar ho. "Lil' Red" Pedalmaster S10, late 50s Fender Deluxe 8, 1940 Rickenbacher crinkle finish lap, 1930 National Triolian, 1969 Gibson Dove, 1960 reissue Les Paul, a strat 'cause my Tele drowned, 1972 Fender P-Bass, 1959 Fender Deluxe, 1966 Fender Pro Reverb, Fender Hot Rod DeVille 2x12, Fender Blues Deluxe and lots of other stuff I like to pick on |
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