Welcome to a night of holiday music with the Rhythm Kings Acoustic Duo at the Cooperage Inn!
The Kings at the CoopCathy and Larry, enjoying some of the finest food and dring on the North Fork. They felt the music wasn't too shabby, either. A contest: |
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The Cooperage Inn Fall Festival 2009The Cooperage audience. Note the age range, from just starting to walk all the way to still walking. The audience responds. They seem to be having a better-than-average time, don't you think? Sure it was Tony's birthday - Tony is the one with the baseball cap on the right - but methinks the music helped a bit, too. And a handsome audience it is, too. That's Joe Murphy discussing radical Celticism with Joe and Pete. Love is a beautiful thing. That's Miss Denise snuggling with John Potter. John took this great batch of pictures at the Cooperage. Apparently Joe Murphy's radical Celticology drove off the other Joe. The fine young fellow on the right is actually approaching the Rhythm Kings guitarist for an autograph, which he'll undoubtedly treasure for, oh, three weeks or more. The stage accepts the Rhythm Kings. The band plays to their special guests, the pumpkins and the cornstalks. Note the GUESTBOOK on the steps. If you're in that book, you're probably looking at this picture. Douglas and Philip dig in. This could be during one of the jams in "Cripple Creek," or perhaps "Superstition." Or maybe "Reelin' In the Years." Quick, name another band that covers The Band, Stevie Wonder and Steely Dan. The Coyote, relaxing between sets with Mo and Joe (mo's brothers-in-law are sadly obscured). Of course Mo and I have the stupid looks on our faces while we sip teetotalingly on vitamin water and soda, while Joe looks totally relaxed with a tray of McBrewskis nearby. Miss Mo spooning with Philip Gardner on bass. The spoons, by the way, are from Newfoundland. Miss Mo is from Rocky Point. Chris "Hadj" Hadjopoulos lays down a righteous groove on his sixties vintage champagne-sparkle Ludwig kit. This fabulous babe is definitely on our short list of stand-by drummers, should Hadj be unavailable. The Coyote breaks out his very rare Ibanez Artist 2700 series guitar. You can read a little more about it if you travel over to my "Tools" photo gallery. |
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Huntington Lighthouse 2009Here we are at the lighthouse, looking over the shoulders of the King Wellington band, who perfromed just before the Rjhythm Kings. We are looking west towards Lloyd Harbor. Another view of the King Wellington set, looking slightly northwest towards Lloyd's Neck. This and the previous picture will give you some idea of the HUNDREDS of boats that filled the harbor on this beautiful day. Unfortunately, the Coyote's camera was not properly set and all of his pix of the Rhythm Kings were overexposed. If/when more pix of the Lighthouse Festival become available, they will be posted! |
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Popei's Deck, July 2009The fans! Without them, there'd be no music. John Glatt is a famous true-crime author. His web site is http://www.johnglatt.com/ . The groovy chick in the Foster Grants is his wife, Gail Freund. She is one of the most creative contributors to our Guestbook. See some of her Guestbook art on my current events page. Scroll down to "Guestbook Art" - you can't miss it! Marianne with her son Dylan (left) and Taylor Baldwin, the Coyote's son. The outdoor deck at Popei's is definitely family-friendly! Fans sitting in with the band. I've unfortunately forgotten this fellow's name, but he will always be remembered as the "self-employed" guy singing "Takin' Care of Business." Cathy, adding harmony to "You Ain't Going Nowhere." An audience-eye's view of the band on the deck. That festive red-and-white awning is a life-saver. Click on the photo, and you'll see that, even with the protective covering, Brian and I are displaying our Northern European complexions turning from pasty gray to several shades of lobster. I appear to be playing a G#m or G#5 chord. Hmmmm... In what song would I play that chord AND sing? Send your answers to coyotelk@optonline.net. Contemplative, or just resting, but certainly drenched in sweat. Note Gollum-like strands of hair plastered to my ever-expanding forehead. Enjoying a cool breeze. NOT the one from the crappy fan I bought that day. (I got my money back the next day when I returned it to P. C. Richards Appliances. The tongue is out again, but the song's not ending!!!! A moment of climactic dweedle-de-dweedle-de-dweedle pentatonic minor pull-off guitarism, perhaps? |
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The people that make the music happen - May 2008People in this picture are cramming just a little more enjoyment into their lives. Are you in this picture? The enjoy-o-meter has been abandoned. Everyone's having too much fun to be looking at a freaking measuring device. Ciscolito and her Ciscolero. Note the Cisco Kid in background with mustaccio. I hear that happens after menopaussio. "Hi! We're having more fun than you because we're on Popei's deck with the Rhythm Kings and you're staring at a computer screen!" I understand that Joe grew those muttonchops so that his smile would not touch his earlobes. Note the constructive use of the little Coronas, or Coronitas, available five to the iced bucket at Popei's for only $10. |
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Creative contributions to the band guestbook - click on the pix to enlarge!If you've been to one of our gigs, you know the tradition of the passing of the Guestbook. In addition to allowing us to keep in touch with you, we love it when the creative muse strikes and YOU give your talents back to us! Here are some of the drawings and fun pages we've found in the ol' Guestbook, post-gig. The one above was done by a couple of young fans at the Millhouse Inn in Yaphank. This little love note was actually delivered on a napkin from a couple of friends of Douglas. Rick is one of Douglas's longest-studying private students, and Maria is a great 'cellist. Here's a serendipitous collage. We're not sure where the lipstick kiss came from, but the graffitti art was from a patron of the Grey Horse Tavern on Halloween night. Another contribution inspired by the Grey Horse Tavern. That spooky girl is Gail, Douglas's sister-in-law and her bespectacled admirer is her husband, John. |
