Collette & the Mudcats 4-5-13 Panther Mountain Inn

Collette and the Mudcats performed live at the Panther Mountain Inn, Chestertown, NY on April 5, 2013 from 9p-1a. Quite a repertoire of songs were played this evening from blues & folk, to southern & classic rock. With a new drummer (unnamed on their website), the band consists of Collette Blessing (lead vocals), Steve Pastore (lead guitar & vocals), Garard McDonald (vocals, electric, acoustic & piano guitar) & Joe McDowell (Bass, harmonica, vocals). 

For more info and booking, see the band's website at:

http://colletteandthemudcats.com

Voodoo Woman

Collette's famous voodoo doll mic stand adds hilarity to the show with some audience laughter as she explains a bit about it before the song Voodoo Woman. (Photo via their website, contact them using the link above for permission to reuse any images shown here).

My 1st love in music is classic blues rock, so this band is a win/win for me. Their show consisted of different songs than I'd heard them do before because they have a new drummer still getting familiar with the usual playlists, which normally include Johnny Lang for example, but didn't this night. 

Collette has a set of pipes such as I've never heard in a local band, and guitarist Steve Pastore has an amazing talent on lead. Garard played a guitar-piano on many of the numbers, something I'd never heard done locally (or in any band except perhaps Led Zeppelin). Joe's harmonica added the perfect notes to these classic cover songs, though I can't imagine how difficult it must be to play 2 instruments at once, each with a different melody, and keep them straight as he does so well. 

Filmed & uploaded by Gina Jordan 4-5-13, all rights reserved.

Support the Blues Foundation here: 

https://www.blues.org/#ref=index

Chestertown, NY Festival & S. L. Smith Band

S. L. Smith & Metamorphose Jones Band 7-7-2012


Filmed 5 videos at last night's festival, 2 of the band, this panoramic view with the band in the background & 2 fireworks videos (had to split the 17 minute video into 2 because of youtube limits, those 2 are still uploading-nearly 2 GB for that alone!). 


I was surprised there were so few people at this free music & fun event, but later the field was jam packed with well over 1000 people for the fireworks display. The weather was perfect, the clouds that had threatened earlier were gone by sunset, for a clear canvas for the colorful show. Other than the bugs eating me up, it couldn't have been a better evening.

9/28/12 Meet Up At P-House for Music & Celebration

Meet Up from 8pm until whenever at P-House for live music entertainment, Gina's birthday celebration, meeting in real life from Tumblr, G+, FB, Twitter and other social networks. FREE cover, must be 21+. Food and drinks served all night, not included. Reservations for the Inn if staying overnight, as well as taxi service, are available also for out of towners (see links below). Come visit the beautiful Adirondack Mountains in upstate NY.


Meet Up held at Panther Mountain House, 6359 Rte. 9, Chestertown, NY 12817. For map, click here.

For more info on the venue see these links:


http://panthermountaininn.com/

http://www.facebook.com/panther.mountaininn


Click below to view event & add to your calendar.

For examples of videos shot of live bands at P-House, see my youtube channels below:

http://www.youtube.com/user/ginazoneny/videos

http://www.youtube.com/user/gmj2012/videos

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