Host
PetConcert.com Rock & Roll Party
An Afternoon
Of Rockabilly, Honky Tonk, Country
Blues, and BBQ
To
Benefit The Stevens-Swan
Humane Society
Pauline Ann Worden,
1932 - 2009
Sunday May 2, 2010
Doors open 1p.m. Music Starts 2p.m.
MOOSE
LODGE
302 BARRINGER ILION NY
Phone: 315-894-1021
ADMISSION: $10.00 Per Person Plus One Bag Of PET FOOD
ALL MONEY & PET FOOD
FROM THE DOOR
GOES TO:
The Stevens-Swan Humane Society
( BBQ Sold Separately by: Moose Lodge )
Music
By:
The Nighthawks, from Washington DC, have spent over 35 years playing at least 200 one-night stands a year in the USA, Canada and Japan. They've backed up, and or shared a stage with, such greats as Gregg Allman, Warren Haynes, Elvin Bishop, Carl Perkins, Dr. John, Muddy Waters, and Roy Buchanan, just to name a few.
Rolling Stone Magazine once called The Nighthawks the "Worlds Greatest Bar Band." Mark Wenner is considered by many to be the worlds greatest Harmonica Player,
The Nighthawks have also played many times in the Utica/Rome area, including several charity shows to help Dave Morgan collect food for Stevens- Swan Humane Society and victims of domestic violence, at Nardi's in Hamilton NY in 1992 and to raise money for Hospice in Ilion NY in 2007 and 2008 and Stevens Swan Humane Society in 2009.
WATCH THE NIGHTHAWKS LIVE ON YOU TUBE BELOW!!
With Very Special Guests
The Tichy Boys
(Featuring John Tichy, co-founder of the original Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airman and his son Gram)
"My pappy said son, your going to drive me to drinkin', if you don't stop drivin' that HOT ROD LINCOLN"
My dad loved John, Commander Cody and the rest of the Airman. It is so neat to turn your dad onto one of your music hero's and years later that same hero helps you help others.
WATCH THE TICHY BOYS LIVE ON YOU TUBE BELOW!!
Opening The Show
(Photo above Al & Genesee Joe w/his best friend Dozer, adopted from The Stevens-Swan Humane Society)
Catch Genesee Joe weekdays from 3-7pm on WOUR 96.9 Utica NY
Catch an interview with THE NIGHTHAWKS HARP PLAYER MARK WENNER on Joe's show April 29th.
Al will bring with him an all-star lineup of local musicians including Genesee Joe, George Deveny , Danny Porter, and (my other brother Darryl) Mattison. Coming from well known local bands from the last 30+ years, such as, Blueprints, Solid Oak, Rollin Easy, Out Of The Blue, Seven Turns, and Puttin On The Ritz.
Also A Special Appearance By
As some of you may know Annie was almost starved to death by a lovely couple from Utica NY.
They went to court and as per usual, they were oh so gently slapped on the wrist, and sentenced to that ole community service. This may be the closest thing they've both had to an honest job in their life.
At first I felt they both needed to spend time in prison, but the more I thought about it, a prison term would only reunite them with both of their families, and you and I would have to feed and bed them on our dime.
As people who abuse animals and children sometimes do, they feel the need to breed. Lets hope that both of them and many more like them, are shooting blanks, so there won't be anymore of them.
Anyway Annie is doing very very well, in the great town of Whitesboro NY, with her adopted dad Jim. Anne and Jim will be my guests of honor at the benefit. They will be eating BBQ, (most of it will go to Annie) and walking around saying hi to all. ALSO, AND THIS IS BIG NEWS, Anne plans to sit in with The Nighthawks and do a version of “Walkin The Dog”
Thanks to all who gave over $3000 to SSHS for medical bills to get her back on her feet. I hope to see you all May 2nd..........Dave Morgan
About this concert: This whole thing from May 2007 until now has been about my ole man. Hospice took great care of him in the end and I was glad to give back. But from now until I stop doing this, it will be about both our never ending love for dogs.
Forest Morgan was and will always be the original DOG WHISPER. He had a magic with dogs that I've never seen or may never see again. The closest may be Jerry Kraus from the Stevens Swan Humane Society. There is no better man on earth for that job.
Forest and I, A.K.A. Pa, fought with each other, laughed with each other, and got flat on our ass drunk together. I still consider those times to be the best times of my life. He loved his dogs more than me, and I loved my dogs more than him, and in the end we had each others backs and loved each other and all those dogs with a passion. I think of him and miss him every day!
Special thanks to The Ilion NY Moose
Lodge. They are the ONLY people in Oneida and Herkimer
County that I contacted that didn't want to charge me an arm
& leg and my
first born male child to do a benefit in their building. They truly
understand the meaning of giving back to the community. They have been a
pleasure to work with and I'm honored to know such fine
people......Dave Morgan
Pauline Worden was an aunt and blood kin to Liz, and my dear friend and adopted aunt. She was also a person I fell in love with some 25+ years ago and felt truly blessed she thought of me as family.
Some of you may remember this 77 year old senior citizen with the rosy cheeks and the most beautiful smile in the history of the world, on the dance floor at the last two benefits. A novel the size of War & Peace couldn't begin to describe how amazing this BUNNY HUGER was.
She should have been put in the Guinness Book of World Records as the biggest Nighthawks fan and for having the largest crush on Nighthawks harmonica player Mark Wenner.
As she lay in the hospital not knowing she wasn't going to get better, her last wish was to get get out of there and make the benefit to hear The Nighthawks and see Mark and help the pets.
Unfortunately she passed. “WE MISS YOU PAULINE AND THE BENEFIT WILL NEVER BE THE SAME WITHOUT YOU!!!!!!
Mark Wenner, harmonica player for THE NIGHTHAWKS with his girls! (all 4 came from shelters)
