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Monthly Archives: August 2007

Rockin’ Basie

26-Aug-07

Rockit For Kids took a big step when they played a gig at Red Bank, New Jersey’s Count Basie Theatre. A sound system can make a difference, a huge one. To be sure, the young musicians are improving wonderfully, but having Loretta Lynn’s gear, leftover from the night before, gave their sound a huge kick […]

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The Scooter

14-Aug-07

It was a sad day. Yankee Hall-of-Famer Phil Rizzuto died in his sleep Monday night due to complications from pneumonia. He had been in a nursing home for more than a year in Northern Jersey. Depending on which newspaper you read, he was either 89 or 90.
Meeting him was very special to me. Two times […]

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