Collette & Playmore Jam Night at P-House 11-21-14

[Photos by Gina Jordan 11-21-14]

Collette & the Mudcats with Willie Playmore Band at P-House 11-21-14

I truly was not planning to go out until I called & found out 2 of my local fave bands were somehow performing together on Friday Nov. 21, 2014, so I had to try & capture some of this jam on video. 

Collette and the Mudcats (without a couple members) along with Willie Playmore Band (without 2 of their guitarists) performed live from 9p to 1a at Panther Mountain Inn, Chestertown, NY, a playlist of mostly classic rock, some blues and a tiny bit of C&W or southern rock, depending on your tastes.

In the video below, Collette Blessing seems to be channeling Stevie Nicks from Fleetwood Mac in her cover of Gold Dust Woman:



And besides my camcorder, I used my mobile to get this little 30 seconds blues awesome snippet of Curt Cleveland on lead guitar:

I stayed through their second set, hoping to hear Cheap Sunglasses, but they probably played it later. One of my fave songs of the night I for some reason didn't film, All Right Now by Free, which they did a long jam of that was excellent and gave me goosebumps. I hate to start filming in the middle of a song but should have made an exception I guess, kind of regret not doing that now.

There was a guest guitar player and singer during their second set, but I was outside and didn't get any video of him, though he did a really rocking CCR cover and some Tom Petty before handing things back over to Collette.

I always love to be around spontaneous jam sessions, when everyone is unsure of what will be played, who knows what songs, and ANY thing can happen, that kind of creative energy is rare; to be a part of it even rarer. I had went expecting to hear a mix with more blues on the Collette side of things, and more hard rock on the Playmore side, and mixed together something like Led Zeppelin perhaps, lol. Instead it was a classic rock celebration, my fave music genre.

For more info on the bands, see their websites below:

Willie Playmore Band willieplaymoreband.com

Collette & the Mudcats http://www.colletteandthemudcats.com/

Venue - http://panthermountaininn.com/

Below are some gifs I created during the show:

I really love Willie Playmore Band's LED light system, and the dancing lights on this pole charmed me so much I created a gif of it (the servo spotlights in the top third center of pole):

All materials (video, images, text, etc) above created by Gina Jordan 11-21-14, all rights reserved. Contact for permission to re-use, thanks.

Car Show & Dennis Dross 8-2-13

Debra Eves models the spirit of the 50's & the '37 Chevy Coupe

Another month, and another classic car hop & cruise around town here in the southern Adirondack mountains. Ride along with me in a 1965 GTO with a 389ci motor, check out the 1937 Chevy Coupe among many other cool cars & trucks. This video is a compilation of the trophy winners, a panorama view of the cars & crowd, followed by an exhilarating drive in a growling classic "goat". 

These monthly car hop events, open to all models and year vehicles (not just classics), are free family friendly gatherings for all to attend and enter the competition for 3 trophies! Children can compete in a coloring contest for cash or gift certificate prizes. Car show's are held from 6-8:45p or so, 50/50 raffle, coloring contest winner and trophies are awarded about 8:15, the cruise at 8:30p, followed by live music down at the pub, also no charge!

1st place, an antique & cherry condition 1937 Chevy Coupe

2nd place, Marty & his Ford Falcon mint condition classic

3rd place, a classic blue beauty of a SS Chevelle

Following the car show, Dennis Dross performed live at Panther Mountain Inn Pub, Chestertown NY from 9p-1a on Aug. 2, 2013. Many guest vocalists joined in, including Michelle Howland, AKA Bass Diva, so check out all the videos in the playlist. Also check out the May 2013 playlist for his previous show at P-House by following this link: 

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEiEKUoq9f6VFAfSVuUrHsidINCPayIWC

Below is the video that starts the 8-2-13 playlist:

Filmed, photographed & written by Gina Jordan, 8-2-13.

July 4th 2013 Weekend Car Show, Fireworks & Bands

July 4th 2013 Weekend Car Show, Bands & Fireworks Festival 

[All Photography by Gina Jordan, all rights reserved.]

This July 4th was an incredibly busy week in my area, with many free events held in Chestertown & North Creek, NY as well as surrounding towns. I attended, photographed & filmed the Car & Bike Show Friday plus the live band Cosmic Jackson the same evening at Panther Mountain Inn, Chestertown, NY; then the North Creek, NY fireworks & music festival, Ski Bowl Park at Gore Mountain where live music played all afternoon through after the 24-minute fireworks. 

Some of the bands & events I covered included the Car & Bike show, Decadence, Cosmic Jackson, MTV Band, plus many more I didn't film. The videos are linked & shown at the bottom of this post.

The Car & Bike entries were nearly all new-to-me (& the show/area) vehicles including a 1937 Chevy Coupe, A Ural Wolf and Harley Davidson Trike. [See album link below].

[1937 Chevy Coupe winner at car show 7-5-13]

Car & Bike Show Photo Album on Flickr:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/awolgina/sets/72157634563484789/

[Fireworks image I captured 7-6-13]

I decided not to upload the 24 minute long fireworks video this year, having chosen a boggy field (after dark so I couldn't see where I was laying down, lol) to lay my blanket in, I was covered in dozens of mosquitos, and could not hold still. So I gave up photographing well before the finale, sad to say. Next time, I need to bathe in bug spray first, and watch where I put my blanket, as laying right under the fireworks was not a good perspective for filming, not to mention getting covered with flaming ashes! I laugh at my screw ups, so you can too. 

[Sunset in North Creek, NY 7-6-13]

For all the photos from the Festival fireworks & bands

see my Flickr album at:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/awolgina/

  

One of the great features at North Creek Ski Bowl was the snowmaking machine that ran all day into the night, keeping everyone more than comfy with an icy mist. As a result, that night was one of the coolest in weeks in this area, at least in the Ski Bowl. I feel sorry for the rest of the region without such relief available. See the panorama video below for the snowmaker in action on the slope.

[MTV Band covering Some Kind of Wonderful, with panorama view of the crowd]

Cosmic Jackson, one of my top favorite local bands, performed Friday night from 9p to 1a at Panther Mountain Inn's pub, Chestertown, NY. A jam band that often plays 7+ minute long songs, mostly classic rock & blues, I'm often mesmerized by Chris Schempp on the lead guitar. I only uploaded 2 videos from their show that night, and one from their festival performance the following evening after the fireworks. 

For Cosmic Jackson band info, see http://www.cosmicjackson.com/home.html

For Decadence Band Info, see http://www.reverbnation.com/decadencemusic1

Panther Mountain Inn provides free live music every Friday night in the pub (for adults of course) and free car show events monthly (family friendly!), so come on up and join the fun.

[Cosmic Jackson performing Black Sabbath's War Pigs at Panther Mountain Inn Fri. 7-5-13]

[Playlist of videos from North Creek, NY festival 7-6-13]

[Decadence performing at North Creek NY festival 7-6-13]

This coming Weds. July 10, 2013 I'll be filming the downtown music festival here in Chestertown, NY as well, with 2 free live bands from 4-8:30p, Flipside & The Master Cylinders, all are welcome to come and enjoy the evening at this family friendly event.

And last, a video of me enjoying myself Friday night doing shots with "dirty" names, lol. Thanks Cheryl & Willie ;-)

Photography, videos and post by Gina Jordan, all rights reserved.

Classic Car Hop 5-3-13 at Panther Mountain Inn, Chestertown, NY

My photos of the trophy winners and video compilation of the classic car cruise from the 1st car hop of this season, with their throbbing motors revving, burnouts (blue Chevelle especially), and the classic car cruise through town heading out and coming back in, get your muscle car thrills by checking this out. :-) 

During the warmer months, Panther Mountain Inn on Route 9 in Chestertown, NY (exit 25 off I-87) hosts a monthly classic car hop where all are welcome to attend this free event and vote on their top 3 winners. The results are tallied and the 3 winners presented with trophies right before they do a cruise of all the vehicles from the show, through town.

Generally the event starts at 6p, the final votes are in by 7p, trophies are awarded about 7:15 and the cruise takes place shortly after 7:30p. All cars all welcome to compete, paying a small fee to enter a vehicle into the show. Last year we even had a few late model cars. This was the 1st car show of the season, and had only about ten cars entered, so odds are great to win in these shows. If you have a beauty of a vehicle to show off, why not come to the next one? 

Three trophies were awarded in the following order:

1st place-Red Ford Falcon (1965/67 I believe) owned by Marty

2nd place-Silver SS Chevelle owned by Palmer

3rd place-Maroon Malibu owned by the Brennans (this was their 1st time ever entering their car in a show, anywhere, and I think they were a bit shell shocked to win :)

I also photographed the vehicles (from every angle, each one) and will post a link to the album once it is uploaded.

Filmed, edited and uploaded by Gina Jordan, All Rights Reserved.

Dan the Pole Dancing Man at Panther Mountain Inn 5-3-13

A couple patrons at Panther Mountain Inn, Chestertown NY, last night, 5-3-13, dancing around the poles. It's so rare to see a GUY dancing around the pole, had to capture this moment. Fun times at the local bar, sexy and hilarious too.

Filmed by Gina Jordan, 5-3-13.

Washington County Line Bluegrass LIVE Show 9-22-12

Washington County Line Bluegrass Band performed live at Carol Theater in Chestertown, NY on Sept. 22, 2012. Incredible skills mark this as one of the top bluegrass bands performing today. Since the 6-30-12 show I filmed had all of the same songs except for 4 new ones in this show, I decided to do this as one video of the entire set. See below why it had to be broken up into 4 parts. New to this performance is member Andy Bing playing a beautiful dulcimer during the newer songs, and on some of the old standards. This video also includes the band's introductions and comic banter between songs for the full first set, giving viewers the feel of being there in a front row seat. I highly recommend seeing these guys live the first chance you get, for a foot stomping, head nodding experience you won't soon forget.

For band info & contact, visit their web site at:

http://www.washingtoncountyline.com/

Filmed, edited & uploaded by Gina Jordan, AKA ginazoneny & gmj2012. All rights reserved 9-22-12.

Due to youtube limits I have uploaded the full 1st set in 4 parts. Instead of doing separate videos for this show, I filmed the entire set as one video. Unfortunately my 1st upload took 22 hours and was removed by youtube for being too long, so I had to re-edit this into 4 parts and start the upload over again today. 

Classic Car Hop at Panther Mountain Inn 9-14-12 720p HD

Short video from the Sept. 2012 classic car hop show at Panther Mountain Inn, Chestertown, NY. This is a free event held monthly on Fridays from 6-9p.

Cosmic Jackson at P-House

Cosmic Jackson performs live at Panther Mountain Inn on June 1, 2012. An amazing harmonica jam. For the rest of the videos from this show, see the playlist at http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4FE056BF4AF90DB4

Impromptu Harmonica Blues Jam Performed live by Cosmic Jackson with Isaac Hyde on harp, at Panther Mountain Inn, Chestertown, NY on June 1st, 2012. Band Info below:
FB: http://www.facebook.com/cosmicjackson
Youtube 1: http://www.youtube.com/user/cosmicjacksonband
Youtube 2: http://www.youtube.com/user/TheCosmicjackson?ob=0

Filmed, edited and uploaded in 720p HD by Gina Jordan also of GMJ2012 & ginazoneny youtube channels. All rights reserved, copyright 6-1-2012 Gina Jordan & Cosmic Jackson.
Youtube for GMJ2012: http://www.youtube.com/user/gmj2012?ob=0