Issue 2 : September 2008

CNYLIVE
Music & Entertainment
CNYLIVE is a new publication
dedicated to LIVE MUSIC and
Entertainment in Central New York.
CNYLIVE will include features on
bands, venues, concerts, festivals,
special events and community
functions.
A new issue will be printed each
month on the 15th and will be
distributed throughout the Central
New York region. The distribution
nucleus will be the city of Syracuse
and it’s subarbs, with the outer
perimeter being Auburn, Oswego,
Brewerton, Utica, Hamilton and
Cortland. CNYLIVE’s mission is to
combine these areas into one
network.
Copies of CNYLIVE will be available
at music venues, music stores,
tattoo shops, boutiques, cafes and
coffeehouses, theatres, etc. Copies
will also be distributed at festivals
and community sponsored events.
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ISSUE # 2
AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2008
CNYLIVE : Newswire
Our CNYLIVE news report
highlights upcoming CNY events.
To send us a press release
email : info@cnylive.net
BAND PROFILE : The Goonies
Check out our interview with
Illumination from The Goonies
CNYLIVE : Music Calendar
Our music calendar is full of
upcoming CNY events, including
the State Fair’s Grandstand
and Chevy Court lineups.
To submit your calendar dates email
info@cnylive.net
CNYLIVE : Newswire
The 9th annual Musefest returns to Newhart Lodge, just
outside of Ithaca August 22-24. Musefest is a celebration of
music, art and community. Musical acts include Ekoostik
Hookah, Seepeoples, and many of the Ithaca areas finest
talent. For info visit : www.musefest.org
The musical acts for the New York State Fair have been
announced. Mohegan Sun Grandstand acts include Daughtry,
The Goo Goo Dolls, Def Leppard, Toby Keith, and Rascal
Flatts. Chevrolet Court will feature Joan Jett & The
Blackhearts, The Outlaws, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Eddie
Money and Ted Nugent. Complete NYS Fair info can be found
at www.nysfair.org
moedown 9 returns to Snow Ridge in Turin August 29-31in
what promises to be another jam packed Labor Day Weekend.
Joining moe. for their annual event is Yonder Mountain String
Band, The Levon Helm Band, The Sparrow Quartet featuring
Abigail Washburn and Bela Fleck, The Presidents of the
United States of America, Fishbone, and many more. For
complete moedown info check out moe's website at
www.moe.org
Eastern Artists has announced its fall lineup of events in CNY.
O.A.R. will play the Utica Auditorium in support of their new
release “All Sides” on Saturday September 13. Rusted Root
will visit the Saranac Brewery Courtyard on Friday
September 19 in support of their new release “Animals Love
Touch”. And finally Cardinals featuring Ryan Adams will
appear at the Landmark Theatre in Syracuse on Friday
September 26. Tickets for all 3 shows are available through
Ticketmaster, the venues box offices, or by calling 315-472-0700.
Sterling Stage, located 15 minutes west of Oswego and only
minutes from Lake Ontario, will host their first annual
‘Last Daze of Summer’ music and camping festival September
12-14. Grateful Dead vocalist Donna Jean Godchaux will
appear with her new band The Tricksters on Saturday
September 13. Other weekend acts include U-Melt,
The Buddhahood, Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad,
The Family Dawgz, Assassins of Hip, Soul Risin’and many
more. For festival and ticket info visit www.sterlingstage.com
or www.myspace.com/lastdazeofsummer
The first ever Utica Music Fest will take place September 18-20
throughout the city of Utica. 18 venues and over 200 bands have
signed on for this one of a kind CNY event. UMF will be a great
chance to network with regional bands, promoters, venues, labels,
and fans. For more info visit www.uticamusicfest.com
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Illumination: Clam Weezy was one of the first people to buy
my album. He’d mentioned that he was trying to get into Hip
Hop and I told him about the things I was doing with Mt.
Olympus . He gave me his demo cd and I called him the night
I listened to it.
CNYLIVE: How did the Goonies come about? When did you
decide to go with the band hip hop format?
CNY BAND PROFILE : The Goonies
An interview with Illumination
Illumination is part of a new movement. The movement is
centered around bringing enlightening hip hop to you in a
musically diverse format. The live band, in hip hop, is the
genuine article. Only a few bands in this genre have sounded
unique and distinct. The Goonies from Syracuse, are one of
those unique and gifted examples. Their self titled album,
produced by producer legend, Hans Dekline, is an amazing
snapshot into what an instrument laden hip hop band can be!
Illumination spits knowledge! With his love of the craft, and
his band members being top notch and ahead of the curve,
anything is possible for this great Upstate band. The band,
which recently won a SAMMY award for best new act, is
coming to a town near you, and you had better check them
out! Recently, I had the opportunity to catch up with
Illumination to talk about everything in the land of The
Goonies!
CNYLIVE: Who are your biggest musical influences?
Furthermore, do you have other people who influenced you
in the realm of what you do?
Illumination: Quincy Jones, Stevie Wonder, Jimi Hendrix and
Duke Ellington. People who have influenced me in Hip Hop
and Rock for that matter are Eric B. and Rakim, KRS One,
Run DMC, The Beastie Boys, Slick Rick and The Rza.
CNYLIVE: Before the Goonies, what were you doing on a
musical level? How long have you been writing verse?
Illumination: I’d just completed a solo album entitled Victors
Circle. I’d also started up my label and I’d begun working
with numerous aspiring artists on their projects. I’ve been
writing and rhyming since I was 8 years old.
CNYLIVE: How did you meet Clam Weezy initially?
Illumination: We both taught each other things that changed
the science of us. He introduced me to the real instruments
like bass and electric guitar and I showed him how you do
real hip hop, beats rhymes and life. Working together built
camaraderie. We both realized that we were on the verge of
something special. The band was the only way our music
could translate from the studio to the stage. You see our first
record was a studio record, only me and Clam played on it.
But the music was so immediate, so real, that spitting on top
of the instrumental wasn’t enough. We needed the music to
live again at that very moment the audience hears it, a band
was the only way to accomplish it.
CNYLIVE: How tough has it been bringing hip hop into clubs
that historically, would have none of it?
Illumination: Well, I’d already seen in the past, what happened
in Syracuse when you approached bars and said you were a
Hip Hop artist with a DJ. They’d tell you quickly that only
bands played there. The only way to get in the door was with
instruments. So when we (me and Clam) had this record
finished and we decided to promote it with live shows, I
immediately said we need a band. To me we had something
so good, that I was coming knives out to get it heard. It was
still hard to get that first gig. Hip hop let alone a Hip Hop
band, is still a tough pill to swallow for live venues and it
took a lot of footwork to get people to take us seriously. It
was tough, at times frustrating and it was the best thing that
ever happened to me as a musician because it built character.
CNYLIVE: What aspect of the movie “The Goonies,”
influenced the band name?
Illumination: Well first off, every time I’d tell Clam something
he’d be shaking up that stupid inhaler and taking a hit. It’s
pretty hilarious, but even more so when there’s all these people
around writing lyrics about fighting in the streets, or
harmonizing about some hot chick and here’s this kid sitting
at my side hitting his inhaler while I’m teaching him how to
sequence a hip hop beat. One day I said, “You’re like that
White boy from The Goonies!” It stuck and that was also the
day that I proposed we start a Hip Hop group called The
Goonies.
CNYLIVE: How was it working with a genius like Hans
Dekline on your debut record? What prompted you to reach
out that far on your first record?
Illumination: Working with Hans Dekline is a blessing,
nothing less than that. What he does for independent musicians
is nothing short of benevolent. First thing he’s a great person
to talk to, second his demo master of our song “The Truth” is
the one that made the actual album. It was like instant record.
I was floored. As far as why I reached that far out( Los Angeles
), it was because the record deserved it. I wasn’t going to be
another rapper with a blank face CD, with cheap inserts.
I wanted this record to be the real deal. I remember telling
Hans how much I loved the mastering on Big Pun’s first album
Capitol Punishment. He went and bought the record and used
it as his reference for our album. Hans made the most sense.
He still does.
CNYLIVE: I see you are spreading out, and expanding the
show base. What is next for The Goonies on every level. Are
you planning on doing some more recording?
Illumination: As far as what’s next, it’s always about the
next show, the cities we haven’t played yet, one day the states
we haven’t played yet. In the next couple of years we’re
thinking the countries we haven’t played yet. As far as
recording, it’s a constant for us. Clam always has ideas, me
I’m always coming up with new material and the band now
is contributing to the songwriting process, so there’s a lot
more to come from us. It’s a beautiful thing because it’s self
sustaining. Plus the band is the group now, so it’s a complete
metamorphosis from 2 guys rapping with players to a
complete band (Illumination and Clam Weezy - vocals and
keys, Elizabeth - drums, Chris - bass, Tom and Jon - guitars).
Everybody does their part. It totally changes the landscape,
spiritually, visually and sonically. This is our evolution.
CNYLIVE: Tell me about Mt. Olympus Records, and what it
is you do?
Illumination: Mt. Olympus is the independent label I own
and run. Technically, I’m the CEO, but I’m an artist too. It
was started as a place for independent artists who were seeking
a fair deal on their contracts. My motto is still half for the
label and half for the artists. My brother I Born Justice (the
label president) helped me distribute my first record Victors
Circle in Connecticut and New York City . What we learned
from that experience, helped when The Goonies record was
released. Currently, I’m involved in the musical as well as
the management aspect of the label. In short, I’m usually up
at 6 am and in bed around 130 am. It never ends.
CNYLIVE: Syracuse has been very good to you. Tell me
about what Syracuse, and Upstate in general, mean to you?
Illumination: Syracuse is my home. It’s where the band is
from. Syracuse taught me Hip hop, taught me humility, helped
me grow as a musician. The advantage with being here
(Syracuse and Upstate) is that you have this huge musical
community that isn’t really corrupted by form or function.
You don’t have a lot of music schools here, most of the people
are folks who grabbed an instrument or started singing because
it called out to them. There’s no obligation to be musical here
so its much more natural of a environment. Plus in Syracuse,
we do anything we want here. Be it cultural mixing to musical
mixing, we have no defined lines over what is and isn’t taboo.
Anything is possible here.
CNYLIVE: You have often been compared to another Upstate
band, Gym Class Heroes. What do you think of those
comparisons, and where do they end!
Illumination: Well to me Gym Class Heroes and The Goonies
for that matter are both part of the same movement. Like two
books on the same shelf. So in that regard I don’t mind
comparisons because we both embody a lot of similar positive
ideals, as far as the quirkiness and how that can be cool, the
merging of musicianship and Hip Hop and the unifying
multicultural elements of the bands. As far as where the
comparisons end? Well I think that The Goonies is a very
heavy, very raw product. We’re definitely rough around the
edges and it shows in our choice of songs, how we approach
them and what we continue to deliver to our fans and new
audiences. Gym Class Heroes are an awesome band and I see
them as a much smoother, polished take on the Hip Hop band
format. Sort of like The Goonies are like (P funk) Parliament
and Gym Class Heroes are like Earth, Wind and Fire. Both
are dope bands, but there are definite distinctions between
the two.
Fri August 15
Stone Soul Foundation @ Station 58 - N. Syracuse
Unholy / Descending Angel / seven50seven
@ The Lost Horizon - Syracuse
Japhy Ryder / Pia Mater @ Funk 'n Waffles - Syracuse
Soul Risin' @ Bull & Bear Pub - Syracuse
Midnite Lightning @ Dinosaur Bar-B-Que - Syracuse
Stroke @ Shifty's - Syracuse
Child's Play, Scarcophagus and N.F.U.
@ Suzy's Tavern - Auburn
Mimi McHale & Second Wind
@ Big Kahuna's Raw Bar & Grill - Auburn
Kat Tale @ The Falcons - Auburn
Tuff Luck @ Ukranian National Club - Auburn
Dark Hollow @ Lake Effect - Baldwinsville
The Infinite Jesters @ TC's Tavern - Cato
About Time @ Macs Bad Art Bar - Mattydale
Stix & Stones @ Dominick's Sports Tavern - Oswego
Al Jarreau @ Turning Stone - Verona
Caustic @ Mr. McGill’s - Utica
Chenango Blues Festival - Norwich
Sat August 16
Grupo Pagan @ Dinosaur Bar-B-Que - Syracuse
Caustic / DropClutch / Stemm / S.A.N.E.
@ The Lost Horizon - Syracuse
Tipp Hillbillies @ Coleman's Irish Pub - Syracuse
Kid Andersen & The Rock Awhile Band
@ Dinosaur Bar-B-Q - Syracuse
Turnip Stampede @ Shifty's - Syracuse
Stone Soul Foundation @ Belvedere Lounge - Auburn
Bacon Lips @ Suzy's Tavern - Auburn
Johnny Bender @ Ukranian National Club - Auburn
Sinners Ink @ Jake’s Grub & Grog - Brewerton
The Soulmine Band @ Meghan MacMurphy's - Liverpool
Emerald City w/Hand of Fate
@ Macs Bad Art Bar - Mattydale
Dave Hawthorn @ Dominick's Sports Tavern - Oswego
Fazeshift @ Club Crystal - Oswego
Bill Oeinck @ Charlies Place - Hastings
Mecca Bodega @ Electric Company - Utica
The Watch @ The Willowvale Tavern - Chadwicks
Chenango Blues Festival - Norwich, NY
Sun August 17
Honor Bright @ The Inner Harbor - Syracuse
Sharon Cerio Benefit
@ Ukranian National Club - Auburn
Stevie Wolf Blues Express
@ Morris's World Famous Grill - Auburn
Dee Specker & Tres Swing @ Swaby's - Auburn
The Tarzan Brothers @ Swifty's - Auburn
Mon August 18
Mercy Mercedes / The Summer Set / Go Crash Audio /
Lannen Fall @ Mezzanotte Lounge - Syracuse
The Mongoloids @ Westcott Comm. Center - Syracuse
Tue August 19
Everclear, Soul Asylum, Cracker @ Turning Stone - Verona
Open Mic Nite w/Bill Oeinck
@ Jake’s Grub & Grog - Brewerton
Open Jam w/ Big D @ Dinosaur Bar-B-Que - Syracuse
Wed August 20
Walls Of Jericho / 36 Crazyfists / It Dies Today / Sea
Of Treachery @ The Lost Horizon - Syracuse
Naughty Lil Pig Show @ Dinosaur Bar-B-Que - Syracuse
Open Mic with Big D @ Shifty's - Syracuse
1-2-3 Wednesday w/JP Shaggy
@ Jake’s Grub & Grog - Brewerton
Joe Whiting & Terry Quill
@ Big Kahuna's Raw Bar & Grill - Auburn
Thu August 21
Daughtry @ Mohegan Sun Grandstand - NYS Fair
Asleep at the Wheel @ Chevrolet Court - NYS Fair
Soul Risin' @ West End Bar and Grille - NYS Fair
The Reissues w/ Whiskey Mae and Kate Tale
@ Inner Harbor - Syracuse
The Mike Estep Band @ Shifty's - Syracuse
Studebaker John & The Hawks
@ Dinosaur Bar-B-Q - Syracuse
Dark Hollow @ Coleman's - Syracuse
Jonezetta / Meg & Dia / Dropping Daylight
@ Saint Claire Theater - Syracuse
Sarah Horner & Greg Carroll
@ Kosta's Bar & Grill - Auburn
Joe Whiting & Terry Quill @ Tinker's Guild - Auburn
Cliff McCann @ Parker's Grille - Auburn
The Goonies @ Oswego Riverfront Festival - Oswego
The Retropolitans / Choke Slam
@ Saranac Brewery - Utica
Charley @ Electric Company - Utica
The Undesirables open mike
@ Mac's Bad Art Bar - Mattydale
August 22-24
Musefest @ Newhart Lodge - Enfield
**Ekoostik Hookah, Seepeoples, Jsan & the Analogue Sons,
Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad, Blue Sky Mission Club,
Thousands of One, Revision, Jimkata, Ayurveda, more
Fri August 22
Goo Goo Dolls / Gavin DeGraw
@ Mohegan Sun Grandstand - NYS Fair
The Spinners @ Chevrolet Court - NYS Fair
Bernie Clarke and the Rhythm Sharks
@ West End Bar and Grille - NYS Fair
Huela & Chris Lizzi @ Talent Showcase Stage - NYS Fair
Greezy Wheels w/ Penny Jo
@ Dinosaur Bar-B-Que - Syracuse
Tipp Hillbillies @ Limp Lizard Lounge - Syracuse
The Goonies @ Empire Brewing - Syracuse
Keith Caputo / Just Joe / Fairmont
@ The Lost Horizon - Syracuse
Joetown @ Station 58 - N. Syracuse
Dead Rose @ Suzy's Tavern - Auburn
The Barrigar Brothers
@ Big Kahuna's Raw Bar & Grill - Auburn
Stone Soul Foundation
@ Ukranian National Club - Auburn
The Brethren @ Jake’s Grub & Grog - Brewerton
Agony Hill @ Macs Bad Art Bar - Mattydale
Bill Oeinck @ Lagrafs - Oswego
Page Nine @ Dominick's Sports Tavern - Oswego
Mike Bogan Band @ Woodchuck’s - Oswego
Wreckloose @ The Blarney Stone - Norwich
Caustic @ Schultzie’s In The Plaza - Phoenix
Sat August 23
Journey / Heart / Cheap Trick
@ Mohegan Sun Grandstand - NYS Fair
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts @ Chevrolet Court - NYS Fair
Chris Terra & Blue Smoke
@ West End Bar and Grille - NYS Fair
Marc Broussard @ Landmark Theatre - Syracuse
John Puma & Booty Inc. @ Dinosaur Bar-B-Que - Syracuse
The Fabulous Ripcords @ Shifty's - Syracuse
Tangled Grace @ Station 58 - N. Syracuse
Whiskey Mae @ Suzy's Tavern - Auburn
The Flyin' Column @ The Blarney Stone - Auburn
The Mary Rose Band @ Ukranian National Club - Auburn
10-2-Midnight @ Back on Track Again Tavern - Central Sq.
Clinton NY Arts and Music Festival - Clinton
Master Thieves @ Amber Inn - Marietta
Wyldside @ Dominick's Sports Tavern - Oswego
Low Down & Dirty @ Club Crystal - Oswego
Black Foot Jack @ Electric Company - Utica
Sun August 24
Def Leppard @ Mohegan Sun Grandstand - NYS Fair
The Outlaws @ Chevrolet Court - NYS Fair
Bertha Hope featuring Bernie Upson & George Reed
@ Swaby's - Auburn
ShakeDown Blues Band
@ Morris's World Famous Grill - Auburn
The Works @ Swifty's - Auburn
Charley Orlando @ Lake Effect - Baldwinsville
Benefit for Donny Redhead-5 Bands
@ Back On Track Again Tavern - Central Square
Mon August 25
Brooks & Dunn / ZZ Top
@ Mohegan Sun Grandstand - NYS Fair
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band @ Chevrolet Court - NYS Fair
Panhandle @ West End Bar and Grille - NYS Fair
Fazeshift & Anorexic Beauty Queen
@ Talent Showcase Stage - NYS Fair
Tue August 26
Boston / Styx @ Mohegan Sun Grandstand - NYS Fair
Eddie Money @ Chevrolet Court - NYS Fair
Panhandle @ West End Bar and Grille - NYS Fair
The Icon and The Axe & Ghost of a Stranger
@ Talent Showcase Stage - NYS Fair
Legendary Jones Gang @ Dinosaur Bar-B-Que - Syracuse
Pat Benatar / Neil Giraldo @ Turning Stone Casino - Verona
Michael Crissan @ The Blarney Stone - Auburn
Open Mic Nite w/Bill Oeinck
@ Jake’s Grub & Grog - Brewerton
Wed August 27
Vanessa Hudgens and Corbin Bleu
@ Mohegan Sun Grandstand - NYS Fair
Poco @ Chevrolet Court - NYS Fair
Cousin Jake @ West End Bar and Grille - NYS Fair
Mandate of Heaven & Rocko Dorsey
@ Talent Showcase Stage - NYS Fair
Los Blancos @ Dinosaur Bar-B-Que - Syracuse
Open Mic with Big D @ Shifty's - Syracuse
Phil Petroff & Natural Fact
@ Big Kahuna's Raw Bar & Grill - Auburn
1-2-3 Wednesday w/Bill Oeinck
@ Jake’s Grub & Grog - Brewerton
The Beach Boys @ Turning Stone Casino - Verona
Thu August 28
Toby Keith / Carter’s Chord / Mica Roberts & Trailer Choir
@ Mohegan Sun Grandstand - NYS Fair
Ted Nugent @ Chevrolet Court - NYS Fair
Cousin Jake @ West End Bar and Grille - NYS Fair
Kh’Mi & The Action @ Talent Showcase Stage - NYS Fair
One Hard Krank w/ Goonies and Dead Rose
@ Inner Harbor - Syracuse
Jamie Notarthomas @ Shifty's - Syracuse
Zac Harmon @ Dinosaur Bar-B-Que - Syracuse
Howie Bartolo @ Kosta's Bar & Grill - Auburn
Mike Sims & Stan Prezley @ Parker's Grille - Auburn
Shannon Rae & Marty Lee Flynn @ Tinker's Guild - Auburn
Los Blancos @ Saranac Brewery - Utica
Pre Moe.Down Throw.Down w/ Rhubarb
@ Electric Company - Utica
The Undesirables open mike
@ Mac's Bad Art Bar - Mattydale
August 29-31 :: moedown9 @ Snow Ridge - Turin
**moe, Levon Helm Band, Yonder Mtn String Band,
The Presidents of the United States of America,
Sparrow Quartet, Fishbone, The Duo, Cornmeal, more
Fri August 29
The Jonas Brothers / Demi Lovato
@ Mohegan Sun Grandstand - NYS Fair
Royal Crown Revue @ Chevrolet Court - NYS Fair
Chris Terra & Blue Smoke
@ West End Bar and Grille - NYS Fair
Mat Burke & The Erika DeSocio Band
@ Talent Showcase Stage - NYS Fair
Radio Soul @ Dinosaur Bar-B-Que - Syracuse
Soul Risin' @ Shifty's - Syracuse, NY
Sinner’s Ink @ Station 58 - N. Syracuse
Connie Patti, Bernie McNabb & Bob Piorun
@ Big Kahuna's Raw Bar & Grill - Auburn
Group Therapy @ Ukranian National Club - Auburn
Acoustic Assassins @ Edgewater Grill - Baldwinsville
Electric Relaxation @ Macs Bad Art Bar - Mattydale
Same Blood Folk @ The Blarney Stone - Norwich
Sat August 30
Extreme @ Chevrolet Court - NYS Fair
Brass Inc. @ West End Bar and Grille - NYS Fair
Merit & Ryan Star @ Talent Showcase Stage - NYS Fair
Los Blancos @ Shifty's - Syracuse
Turnip Stampede @ Dinosaur Bar-B-Que - Syracuse
New Day @ Coleman's - Syracuse, NY
S.A.N.E. with Descending Angel and Sarcophagus
@ Station 58 - N. Syracuse
Motley Crouton @ Belvedere Lounge - Auburn
10-2-Midnight w/Scraping Bottom (3pm)
@ Jake’s Grub & Grog - Brewerton
TJ Sacco & The Electric Rodeo
@ Jake’s Grub & Grog - Brewerton
Bad Alice @ Macs Bad Art Bar - Mattydale
Emerald City @ Dominick's Sports Tavern - Oswego
Grain Elevator @ Cortland Cooperative Venue - Cortland
Same Blood Folk @ Colgate Inn - Hamilton
Mike Bogan Band @ The Good Life - Camden
Sun August 31
Rascal Flats / Taylor Swift
@ Mohegan Sun Grandstand - NYS Fair
Los Blancos @ West End Bar and Grille - NYS Fair
Honor Bright & The Morning Of
@ Talent Showcase Stage - NYS Fair
Ron Spencer Band @ Morris's World Famous Grill - Auburn
Tuff Luck @ Swifty's - Auburn
Andrea Micelli & Moss @ Swaby's - Auburn
Thrifter / Hellfish / T2M / Stix and Stonz
@ Goettel Park - Central Square
Mon September 1
Soul Risin' @ West End Bar and Grille - NYS Fair
Tue September 2
Dave Hawthorn @ The Blarney Stone - Auburn
Open Mic Nite w/Bill Oeinck
@ Jake’s Grub & Grog - Brewerton
Wed September 3
Four On The Floor
@ Big Kahuna's Raw Bar & Grill - Auburn
Los Blancos @ The Stone Lounge - Cortland
1-2-3 Wednesday w/ JP Shaggy
@ Jake’s Grub & Grog - Brewerton
Thu September 4
Veil of Maya @ Saranac Brewery - Utica
Seepeople'S @ Electric Company - Utica
Jamie Notarthomas @ Kosta's Bar & Grill - Auburn
Bone & Doolittle @ Parker's Grille - Auburn
Illinois @ Hamilton College - Clinton
Frenay & Lenin @ Shifty's - Syracuse
Rubblebucket Orchestra @ Funk 'n Waffles - Syracuse
3 Inch Fury w/ Square Pegs and Road to Ruin
@ Inner Harbor - Syracuse
The Undesirables open mike
@ Mac's Bad Art Bar - Mattydale
Fri September 5
Angelo Terrero Band / Feeding Affliction / The Influence
@ The Lost Horizon - Syracuse
Dark Hollow @ Empire Brewing Co - Syracuse
The Lisa Gentile Band @ Shifty's - Syracuse
Honor Bright @ Westcott Community Center - Syracuse
Crows Cage @ Station 58 - N. Syracuse
That 70s Band @ Suzy's Tavern - Auburn
Revival @ Dominick's Sports Tavern - Oswego
The Infinite Jesters @ Knoxie's Pub - Pompey
The Goonies @ Electric Company - Utica
Sat September 6
Bourbon Mothers @ Electric Company - Utica
One Hard Krank @ Macs Bad Art Bar - Mattydale
Cliff Diver / One False Move / An Hour Within / Augustine
@ The Lost Horizon - Syracuse
Dave Hanlon's Cookbook @ Shifty's - Syracuse
Zero Hour @ Station 58 - N. Syracuse
Kane and Child's Play @ Suzy's Tavern - Auburn
Colorscape Arts Festival - Norwich
Sun September 7
Syracuse Vegfest @ Thornden Park Amph - Syracuse
Talib Kweli / Ra Ra Riot / Walter Meego
@ Syracuse University
Nancy Kelly Jazz Trio @ Swaby's - Auburn
Alibi @ Swifty's - Auburn
Colorscape Arts Festival - Norwich
Tue September 9
Paul Case @ The Blarney Stone - Auburn
Open Mic Nite w/Bill Oeinck
@ Jake’s Grub & Grog - Brewerton
Wed September 10
The KDB featuring Dave Porter & Terry Wilcox
@ Big Kahuna's Raw Bar & Grill - Auburn
1-2-3 Wednesday w/ JP Shaggy
@ Jake’s Grub & Grog - Brewerton
Open Mic with Colin Aberdeen @ Shifty's - Syracuse
Thu September 11
Ryan Montbleau Band @ Fillius Events Barn - Clinton
The Hotdamns @ Lucky's - Cortland
Austin Jimmy Murphy @ Shifty's - Syracuse
The Nighthawks @ Dinosaur Bar-B-Q - Syracuse
Under The Gun w/ Kane and The Reissues
@ Inner Harbor - Syracuse
The Country Rat Pack @ Turning Stone - Verona
The Undesirables open mike
@ Mac's Bad Art Bar - Mattydale
The Singin DJ Terri Casbarro
@ Kosta's Bar & Grill - Auburn
The Boogiemen Unplugged @ Parker's Grille - Auburn
Paul Taylor @ The Blarney Stone - Auburn
September 12-14
Last Daze of Summer Festival @ Sterling Stage - Sterling
**Donna Jean & the Tricksters, U-Melt, The Buddhahood,
Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad, Family Dawgz, Soul Risin,
Assassins of Hip, Houseon a Spring, Love Volcanoes, more
Fri September 12
The Infinite Jesters @ Patz On The River - Oswego
Tiger @ Dominick's Sports Tavern - Oswego
Kim Fetters & Andy Rudy
@ Big Kahuna's Raw Bar & Grill - Auburn
Dave Hawthorn @ The Blarney Stone - Auburn
Emerald City @ Suzy's Tavern - Auburn
Tuff Luck @ Ukranian National Club - Auburn
Reloaded @ Macs Bad Art Bar - Mattydale
Shocker and AyLyst @ Station 58 - N. Syracuse
Jeff Jones @ The Lost Horizon - Syracuse
Merit @ The Half Penny Pub - Syracuse
SuperGush @ Shifty's - Syracuse
Sat September 13
O.A.R @ Utica Auditorium - Utica
Structural Integrity Compromised
@ Electric Company - Utica
King Snyder / The Drylung Whiskey Binge / Undergang
@ The Lost Horizon - Syracuse
The Goonies @ Bull and Bear - Syracuse
The Shakedown Blues Band @ Shifty's - Syracuse
Whiskey Mae @ Station 58 - N. Syracuse
3 Inch Fury @ Macs Bad Art Bar - Mattydale
10-2-Midnight @ Kasoag Lake - Altmar
The Infinite Jesters @ Falcon Lanes - Auburn
Donna Colton & Sam Patterelli
@ The Blarney Stone - Auburn
Thumb @ Suzy's Tavern - Auburn
Charley Orlando @ Edgewater Grill - Baldwinsville
Master Thieves @ Aherin's Pub at Split Rock - Camillus
Caustic @ Checkpoint Tavern - Cleveland
Amethest @ Dominick's Sports Tavern - Oswego
Sun September 14
Punch Drunk @ Swifty's - Auburn
Tue September 16
Two Feet Short @ The Blarney Stone - Auburn
Open Mic Nite w/Bill Oeinck
@ Jake’s Grub & Grog - Brewerton
Wed September 17
Rubblebucket Orchestra @ Funk 'n Waffles - Syracuse
The Singin' DJ Terru Casbarro
@ Big Kahuna's Raw Bar & Grill - Auburn
1-2-3 Wednesday w/ TJ Sacco
@ Jake’s Grub & Grog - Brewerton
September 18-20
Utica Music Festival - Utica
**Over 200 artits are scheduled in this 3 day event
that will take place in 18 venues around Utica.
Thu September 18
Quickchange with Taters @ Shifty's - Syracuse
Breathe Carolina / Every Avenue @ Westcott
Community Center - Syracuse
Mike Sims & Stan Prezley @ Parker's Grille - Auburn
Dave Hawthorn @ Kosta's Bar & Grill - Auburn
Fri September 19
Rusted Root @ Saranac Brewery - Utica
The Buddhahood @ Electric company - Utica
Stroke @ Shifty's - Syracuse
The Goonies @ The Lost Horizon - Syracuse
UltraFest @ Station 58 - N. Syracuse
D.I.L.F. @ Suzy's Tavern - Auburn
Prison City Party Rockers
@ Ukranian National Club - Auburn
Emerald City @ Dominick's Sports Tavern - Oswego
Sat September 20
Mountain Music Jam @ Cazenovia Ski Club - Cazenovia
Dead Rose @ Suzy's Tavern - Auburn
Sarah & Chelsea Horner featuring Gregg Carroll
@ Kosta's Bar & Grill - Auburn
Wyldside @ Jake’s Grub & Grog - Brewerton
10-2-Midnight @ Checkpoint Tavern - Cleveland
Mothercover and Wishpool @ Station 58 - N. Syracuse
The Undesireables @ Dominick's Sports Tavern - Oswego
Crows Cage @ Club Crystal - Oswego
Assassins Of Hip @ Coleman’s - Syracuse
Gonstermachers CD Release Party @ Shifty's - Syracuse
Sun September 21
Jeff Bujak @ Al's Wine and Whiskey Lounge - Syracuse
Jane Murlin & The Don Martin Jazz Quartet
@ Swaby's - Auburn
Four On The Floor @ Swifty's - Auburn
Mon September 22
The Indigo Girls / Missy Higgins
@ Turning Stone - Verona
Tue September 23
Open Mic Nite w/Bill Oeinck
@ Jake’s Grub & Grog - Brewerton
Wed September 24
Jupiter One @ MVCC - Utica
1-2-3 Wednesday w/ JP Shaggy
@ Jake’s Grub & Grog - Brewerton
Thu September 25
The Fabcats @ Shifty's - Syracuse
Jason Michael Carroll @ Turning Stone - Verona
Chris Mosley & John Schulte @ Parker's Grille - Auburn
Charley Orlando @ The Blarney Stone - Auburn
Michael Crissan @ Kosta's Bar & Grill - Auburn
Fri September 26
Ryan Adams - Landmark Theatre - Syracuse
Michael Crissan @ Shifty's - Syracuse
The Buddhahood @ Funk-n-Waffles - Syracuse
Crows Cage @ The Lost Horizon - Syracuse
Lockdown @ Station 58 - N. Syracuse
Stone Soul Foundation @ Suzy's Tavern - Auburn
Los Blancos @ Dominick’s Sports Tavern - Oswego
Brand New Sin w/ Legendary Jones Gang
@ Electric Company - Utica
Sat September 27
Motley Crouton @ Suzy's Tavern - Auburn
David Bromberg @ Clinton Central High School - Clinton
Honor Bright @ Cortland Youth Center - Cortland
Jeff The Neck @ Shifty's - Syracuse
Township Rebellion / Awesomer / Bully Boys
@ The Lost Horizon - Syracuse
Dead Rose @ Station 58 - N. Syracuse
10-2-Midnight @ Franks Roadhouse - E. Syracuse
Dam Dog @ Dominick's Sports Tavern - Oswego
Scarcophagus @ Club Crystal - Oswego
The Infinite Jesters @ R-Bar - Savannah
The Blind Boys Of Alabama
@ Munson-Williams-Procter Art Inst. - Utica
The Family Dawgz @ Electric Company - Utica
Leann Rimes @ Turning Stone - Verona
Sun September 28
The Slackers / The Action! / Royal City Riot
@ Funk 'n Waffles - Syracuse
Los Blancos @ Al’s Wine & Whiskey Lounge - Syracuse
Tuff Luck @ Swifty's - Auburn
Tue September 30
Indigo Girls / Kathleen Edwards @ Smith Opera House - Geneva