Barnacle Bill: Dates

After this show the band played two sets at Paddy Reilly's, then at the Middle East (Cambridge, MA) on Friday night and at The Asylum (Portland, ME) on Saturday.

We thank Tim Cloherty for having us as part of his annual benefit to help his brother's family.

What a great night this turned out to be. Make noise up-town.
Thank you so much to the great crowd this night.

Montclair is our co-first home, with NYC.

This was a Streams of Whiskey show. For more info see http://www.myspace.com/streamsofwhiskeyusa

This was a really well-organized benefit with input and donations from hundreds of people and many local businesses (for a seemingly endless series of raffle prizes) and great entertainment all day long. From our viewpoint the benefit was a big success, and we thank the organizers for having us as part of it.

For this one we morphed into "Bollocky Bill," our Pogues alter ego (Steve sang most of the tunes and Stu played a lot of banjo).
It was successful and fun beyond our expectations (it was great just preparing for this show) and we might take the show to other venues. Most of all, it was the appreciative crowd at Egan's, ready to have a blast, that capped the afternoon (not to mention the 'car bombs' being served by Egan's proprietor, Shannon. We send out special thanks to our expanded band, which included Susan (fiddle), Matt (drums), Gregg (acoustic guitar, vocals), Karen (keyboards).

One of the best bands to come out of NYC in the '90s, The Rakes' Progress benefited by having one Stu Klinger as its lead guitarist.

Adding to the fun, Yianni also subbed for the band's extraordinary bassist, Bob Donlon, for two shows one glorious summer.

The band, comprised of Stu, Tim Cloherty, Greg Lapkin, Peter Klinger and Bob, sounded as good as ever, like they play together all the time. Do it again!

Wow, what a great event. We are honored to have been part of a unique cause and to have helped raise over $12,000 for "Football for Life." Plus, I got to talk briefly with Yogi Berra ("If you come to a fork in the road, take it"), who lives in Montclair and was visiting Egan's this wonderful day.
Thanks to everyone who came to Egan's throughout the day, to those who contributed money, volunteered time and work, or performed (Random Test were truly inspiring), and hats off to our drummer Steve for doing a phenomenal job as one of the benefit's organizers.
--Yianni

Thanks very much to everyone who came out on this 92-degrees-in-the-shade day's night. You were part of our largest audience ever and it means a lot to us.

It was thrilling to play and celebrate the release of our CD. Thanks to everyone who came to see us and helped make our show such a success. And for honoring us by making noise for an encore.