US: Northeast Upstate New York

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Hope y’all are well in Upstate!

One of my bands is set to be fully vaccinated by end of March, and we plan on rehearsals soon after. We’ve also been booking outdoor gigs for summer, yay! Haven’t yet had “the talk” about when we will accept indoor gigs...

Some sad news in Ithaca today, they finally tore down the Haunt Apparently though someone bought the rights to the name and is looking for a new location:
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Demolition of iconic live music spot The Haunt begins, but a relocation is coming - The Ithaca Voice

Awwww. Saw some great shows there.

 

[rickshaw]

That's sad about The Haunt, though I never saw it or heard of it before. I live in Albany and haven't been to Ithaca for a while - I think it is beautiful there.

 

[HeadWind]

Used to go see shows at the old Green St. location back in the 70s/80s.

How about this poster:

 

[CallMeAl]

There’s a new venue in ithaca called deep dive. Not sure if it’s the official haunt replacement but it’s about the same size. Biggest venue besides the state theater
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Live music in general seems to be thriving here. A few other small venues are opening/renovating and tons of brewery and winery gigs around. Great to see the pandemic recovery!

 

[CallMeAl]

You guys should appreciate this one. Sub gig from this summer when I met Dave B of Hipshot (which is in Interlaken NY, just a bit north of ITH)

Sub gig, Grassanova at Firelight 7/26/22 (w/ celebrity content!)

 

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Jam spam

Who wants to Jam? Bill's house, Sun, Feb 18, 2024, 1:00 PM | Meetup

Finally got my house more or less cleaned up and renovated enough to begin hosting jams... starting small though...

 

[Sam Evans]

Grew up in various small towns in St. Lawrence county, my dad is still there and I visit him yearly. Spent plenty of time in the Syracuse area (anyone remember the Penn Can shopping mall?!). Lived in Ithaca briefly, used to catch shows at The Nines. Lived in the Albany area a couple of years, hit QE2 once or twice. Lots of visits to Rochester and the House of Guitars. The missuz is from Rome, spent some time down there when we were first courting. Neat to see some fellow non-City New Yorkers here.

 

[JimmyO]

Henrietta, NY here. Took time away from playing for some years but recently got back in the groove and joined up with a new cover project. No name yet. Twelve songs down and we’re aiming to get out there by summer.

 

[MuseChaser]

Syracuse here, but mostly a jazz pianist who plays the odd jazz bass gig.

 

[Mike N]

If any of you Rochester, NY guys are available tomorrow night, my new band Last Call is playing the Spencerport VFW from 7-10pm.

Address is 691 Trimmer Road, 14559.

 

[Mike N]

For all my Rochester peeps, Last Call is playing Nashville's this Friday.

@marmadaddy , @godofthunder59 , @dragon68 , @jazzbass_5

 

[Mike N]

Went to a local bar & grill tonight named Ridge runners and saw @jazzbass_5 with his band Salvatore.

Powerhouse three piece, these guys rock!!

 

[Jscriv]

Might be a long shot, but anyone in here from punk/ska/hardcore corner of the world?

 

[jazzbass_5]

Went to a local bar & grill tonight named Ridge runners and saw @jazzbass_5 with his band Salvatore.

Powerhouse three piece, these guys rock!!


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Thanks mike! It was really good seeing you my friend.

 

[Mike N]

Thanks mike! It was really good seeing you my friend.

Gary, you guys are super tight and kill it as a three piece, can't wait to see another show.

We're playing The Smoking Eagle BBQ in LeRoy on April 12th. Hope you guys can make it out to see us.

 

[Major_Rager_4MF]

Rochester area folks might remember this one

 

[MuseChaser]

Any interest in me posting jazz gigs in the Syracuse/Oswego/Cortland/Elmira CNY area? I won't pollute the thread if not ... It IS jazz...we don't expect people to like it ...

 

[JimmyO]

Rochester area folks might remember this one

Remember it?? That guy still owes me like $50 in store credit for a crooked trade we did in 1998. I went to college at Geneseo and spent a lot of time in that joint. He’s still around as of last summer when I was last in. But he’s getting up there and slowed way down. Fond memories of Buzzo, in his bathrobe, and his band playing at the Idle Hour…

 

[Don Kasper]

Rochester area folks might remember this one

I see your Buzzo and will raise you a HOG Easter Bunny commercial...
Thx!

 

[Mike N]

I see your Buzzo and will raise you a HOG Easter Bunny commercial...
Thx!

I was in a HoG commercial..... Christmas 1983 I was one of two people standing behind Santa Claus waving Iron Maiden records while he was playing Jingle Bells on a tiger striped Ibanez.

That happened totally by chance...... my buddy and I walked in while they were filming the commercial and Armand (HoG) owner told us to grab a couple records off the rack and stand behind Santa.