Dave Morgan
Productions Presents
An Afternoon Lost In The Ozone Again
with The Commander Cody Band & Some Old Friends
To
Benefit The Stevens-Swan
Humane Society
Ask not, what your dog can do for you, ask what you can do for your dog!
Sunday May. 6, 2012
Doors open 2p.m. Music Starts 3p.m.
Herkimer VFW
129 Mohawk Street Herkimer NY
Phone: Dave Morgan (315) 736-7765
ADMISSION: $20.00 Per Person PLUS A BAG OF PET FOOD
ALL PET FOOD
FROM THE DOOR
GOES TO: Stevens Swan Humane Society
( Chicken BBQ and drinks Sold Separately by: VFW.)
Music By:
Commander Cody and His Band
(Playing his top 10 hits, Hot Rod Linclon, Beat Me Daddy Eight To The Bar, Lost In The Ozone Again, and many many more! )
The Tichy Boys Band
(Featuring John Tichy From Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen)
...The senior Tichy, John, is of course a founding member of the legendary Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen, the pioneering group that swept out of Ann Arbor, Michigan, and lit up the early 1970s musical scene in San Francisco with its brand of barroom country, western swing, rockabilly, and rhythm and blues. The world soon took notice, and Tichy and his bandmates helped change the face of popular music with their diverse Americana blend. The group’s albums would go down in history as some of the most noteworthy of the era.
Guitarist-singer Tichy was a key player, offering up memorably soulful vocal performances on songs such as the classic country tearjerkers “Cryin’ Time” and “Family Bible.” After confusing the heck out of the hippie generation while nonetheless ensuring their place in the annals of rock-and-roll history, the original group parted ways in 1976. John Tichy, Ph.D. in hand, embarked on a whole different path, becoming a professor in the department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Nuclear Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in Troy, New York, where he would eventually serve as department chair—a seemingly long way from the days of packed arenas and sharing stages with the likes of the Byrds and the Grateful Dead.
But while this could have been the end of one story and the beginning of another, the music simply lived on. In 1978, Tichy’s son Graham arrived, with the genetic rock-and-roll code already locked in. Reared in a house in Rensselaer County, NY, where blues, country, rockabilly, and other such raw and genuine forms of music were omnipresent, Graham sponged it up. As he grew older, he evolved into a formidable guitarist in his own right, first with his youthful rockabilly group Rocky Velvet and then with a host of other nationally notable rock-and-roll and rockabilly groups.
From his beginnings as a local sensation—consistently winning “best-guitarist” nods in his native region—he soon broke out into wider arenas, touring Europe, playing guitar for Wanda Jackson (the legendary 1950s “Queen of Rockabilly”), and even assuming the lead guitar spot (subbing for Bill Kirchen) during the long-awaited San Francisco reunion shows of Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen in 2004. The Commander himself, George Frayne, was moved to tell the San Francisco Chronicle, “[John’s] got a genius son, Graham Tichy. . . . He’s become the new rockabilly whiz-kid guitar player. He’s out on the road with Wanda Jackson as we speak. [He’s] just off the road with Robert Gordon. He’s Tichy’s kid and he plays like James Burton used to play with Elvis in the ’60s.”
And now these two musical stories from different generations merge again, as father and son blend their collective musical histories into one entity, the Tichy Boys. They may refer to themselves as the “finest father and son rockabilly duo in all of Rensselaer County,” but it’s also much more than that. It is time for a much wider audience to take note. Again.
The Moss Back Mule Band
(CNY 70's County Rock & Swing)
Moss Back Mule Band, enriched by diverse musical influences and great group chemistry, continues to maintain the ensemble that formed in the early 1970’s. Although there have been a number of noteworthy lineups, the current group is composed of four founding members along with various guest musicians.
Steve Quenneville, Bob Fleming, Hal Kent and Dave Liddy re-unite the group that led to Moss Back’s widespread success while playing Western Swing, Classic Country, Boogie and Blues for nearly four decades.
Since their inception, the band has played concerts with Charlie Daniels, Lynyrd Skynyrd , Hank Williams Jr., Pure Prairie League, Commander Cody, the Subdudes and other national acts but their appeal is in large part due to their inclusion in the Central New York music community. This deep well of talented musicians and enthusiastic fans has a rich history of freely interacting to create a memorable event for all who attend.
All of the original musicians still play consistently in various settings but as the Moss Back Mule Band welcome each new select concert and are excited to be performing with the Tichy Boys & Commander Cody. This is the 3rd time the Moss Back Mule Band has done a benefit for Dave Morgan Productions. They played a successful benefit for the Stevens Swan Humane Society in May 2011 with the Nighthawks and Sept. 2011 with the The Tichy Boys Band.
Dave Liddy & his BEAUTIFUL dog Emmy
Billy Eli
(Country Roots Rocker, FROM THE GREAT STATE OF AUSTIN TX!)
