Local Vocal + Hearing Things + David Luther @ The Way Station

8pm- Local Vocal
Local Vocal is a review-style show featuring some of the better and more interesting performers in the Tri-State area. Hosted by Stanley John Mitchell this show will feature 5 to 6 acts each doing 3 to 4 songs each. This fast moving show is highly entertaining and perfectly suited to the venue. This month featuring....

Billy Woodward and Band
Billy is a dynamite performer with a dynamite voice. He played Elvis and Johnny Cash in the hit Broadway Musical ‘Million Dollar Quartet’. Billy has also appeared on the PBS Special ‘Live From Sun Studios’. He performs regularly in NYC.

Monica Passin
Monica is a mainstay of the NYC ‘Americana’ community. Being a highly talented performer she brings with her a great repertoire of originals as well as breathing new life into some great classics.

Jesse ‘Kid’ Cohen
Jesse is a compelling singer-songwriter and a new-comer to the New York scene. His voice and style brings a freshness often lacking otherwise. The ‘Kid’s’ got a future !

Stanley John Mitchell and His Band of Buddies
Stan originally hails from the Island paradise of New Zealand but has carved a niche in Brooklyn NY. Stan’s music is rooted in the American music he grew up loving but its also infused with a unique South-Sea flavor that’s all his own.

10pm- Hearing Things
Genre: Instrumental Rock and Roll
For fans of: The Champs, Booker T & The MG’s, Sun Ra

We enjoy surfing the Oceanus Borealis and stripping at the drive-in but we’re equally comfortable relaxing with a good book while the technocrats fistfight in the streets. Prudes, ghosts and tittyshakers; the hustlers and sweettalkers alike, will sway to this brand new beat.

“Matt Bauder is a dyed-in-the-wool jazz musician, but he’s long made virtue of his versatility. He’s not only worked as a sideman in rock bands like Iron & Wine and Arcade Fire, but also played in the house band for the musical Fela! Hearing Things is a trio that features fellow jazz musicians J.P. Schlegelmilch - a keyboardist who lays down raunchy and distorted organ here - and drummer Vinnie Sperrazza. Together the trio play a kind of Middle Eastern flavored surf rock with old-school R&B honking and striptease-worthy themes. It’s a blast of fun, the craftsmanship of the players never getting in the way of the grooves and hybrid melodies.” - Peter Margasak, The Chicago Reader

http://www.hearingthingsmusic.com

https://hearingthingsband.bandcamp.com/releases

11pm- David Luther
Genre: Rhythm n’ Blues, Soul, Rock
For fans of: Little Richard, Sam Cooke, The Coasters, Stax Records, Junior Walker, Los Lobos, The Band

David Luther is a saxophonist, vocalist, and multi-instrumentalist hailing from Michigan, and residing in Brooklyn. A pursuit of jazz eventually yielded to the carnal delights of rhythm n’ blues and rock n’ roll, especially that of the early days when shuffle was king, dancing was all but compulsory, and a honking saxophone reigned as the original lead guitar. The love and reverence for this music has informed a number of projects over the years, including the most current, The Free Alternatives: a loose confederation of like-minded musicians on a lifelong quest for deep pockets and indelible grooves. David spent much of the last eight years as a member of Meat Loaf’s band, which involved a number of world tours, TV appearances, and most recently, a residency in Las Vegas. He has also appeared with Bettye Lavette, Katy Perry, Jimmy McGriff, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Reuben Wilson, The Temptations, Clarence Clemmons, and the Easy Star All-Stars.

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