The Sixth Annual 'Gathering of the Slides' Concert at Brookhaven Lab Featuring Kerry Kearney Band, Chris English, and Pat Russo, January 26
December 21, 2007
UPTON, NY - The sixth annual "Gathering of the Slides," a blues concert featuring the Kerry Kearney Band, Chris English, and Pat Russo, will be held at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory on Saturday, January 26 at 7:30 p.m. in Berkner Hall. Sponsored by the BNL Music Club, the concert is open to the public. All visitors to the Laboratory age 16 and over must bring a photo I.D.
The Kerry Kearney Band, back for a sixth year at Brookhaven, plays a unique style of Blues-Roots-Delta music, with a completely original sound tagged as "Psychedelta." The band, which features Kearney on guitar, Eileen Murphy on percussion, Frank Celenza on bass, and Tony Campo on keyboard, has toured nationally and internationally. They have shared the stage with notable performing artists such as the Allman Brothers, Dickey Betts, Sonny Landreth, and John Lee Hooker Jr. In addition to their performance at the 2006 Guinness Blues Festival in Castlebar, Ireland, the band has taken the stage at many music festivals, including six of the nine annual Riverhead Blues Festivals, the June Jam in Delaware, and the Mayfair Arts and Music Festivals in Pennsylvania. They also perform in many local venues including B.B. King's, Dinosaur BBQ, and Terra Blues in New York City, and the Stephen Talkhouse in Amagansett, Long Island. In 2007, the band celebrated 10 years of accomplishments in music. Kearney's music is currently receiving airplay on blues radio stations nationally.
Chris English, a resident of Charlotte, North Carolina, began his career singing in the church choir and learning piano. He has performed with a number of bands and cites some of his influences as John Lennon and The Beatles, Brian Wilson, Jimmy Page and Peter Gabriel. In addition to his vocal skills, English plays a number of instruments, including electric, acoustic and bass guitar, banjo, piano, trumpet, and drums. As a composer, he has received national acclaim for his songwriting. His latest album and first solo recording, Alpha and Amigo, features a variety of musical styles and arrangements.
Pat Russo, a 16-year-old Long Island resident, started playing guitar at age five. He straps on a new American Custom Shop Fender Stratocaster neck, a vintage 1979 Gibson Les Paul, and a Gibson ES-335 DOT R Ibanez GAX 70 tuned to open "D" for slide. Russo has performed with the C&B Blues Band at the 2004 Riverhead Music Festival and with the Long Island band, The Groove Kings. Russo possesses strong vocals and great technique and speed, all of which have earned him recognition and school awards.
Tickets for the show are $15 in advance and $20 the day of the show. Tickets may be purchased through www.ticketweb.com or at the door. Advance ticket purchase is recommended because "Gathering of the Slides" concerts have been sold out in the past. For more information call 631 344-3846.
The Laboratory is located on William Floyd Parkway (County Road 46), one-and-a-half miles north of Exit 68 of the Long Island Expressway.
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