Bill will be appearing at The Music
Center at Strathmore in Rockville, MD at the Tribute to Bob Dylan Concert
August 22, 2007
Bill will step into the limelight August 22 at Strathmore Arts Center in Rockville,
MD as part of a tribute to the songwriting of Bob Dylan. He will be singing
and playing “When I Paint My Masterpiece” with an all-star band
of old pals. Joining him will be John Jennings and Bill Starks on guitars,
Jon Carroll on accordian, Bill Craig on organ, Ronnie Newmyer on bass and
Robbie McGruder on drums.
Bill will also appear with the Nighthawks later in the show, along with added
guests Tom Principato and Tommy Lepsom. They will perform “When You
go Your Way and I’ll Go Mine” and “She Belongs To Me.”
The sold-out 2,000 seat concert will feature 27 Dylan songs performed by Bill
Kirchen, Eric Brace and Marci Marxer and Cathy Fink and many others.
RIP Kurt McGettrick July 1, 1946-May 6, 2007
An Appreciation of Kurt McGettrick from
the Overture July 2007
THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF PROFESSIONAL MUSICIANS, LOCAL 47, LOS ANGELES,
CA, AFM, AFL-CIO, CLC
BY MEMBER STEVE SPIEGL
On May 6, I lost a dear friend and irreplaceable colleague,
Kurt McGettrick. After playing in my Big Band every Monday morning for almost
35 years, his unique talent and quiet presence will be more than terribly
missed. He was an accomplished master of numerous woodwinds and genres, who
always brought the highest level of professionalism and musicianship to his
art, both playing and writing, and always with the most personal, muscular
and unique style that became a hallmark of all his artistic endeavors. He
had a dry, very witty, cynical sense of humor that always had biting insight,
but what I have always valued most of all about him was his exceptional character
as a person, with standards, values, and kindness that defined how he lived
his life, as a husband, father, artist and colleague, who had one of the most
"live and let live" attitudes of all the people I have known. He
brought the same enthusiasm and pride to such diverse interests outside of
music as car racing and cooking as he did to his profession. He was the very
definition of a "singular" and unique voice artistically, and we
are all diminished by his loss. Monday morning music making will never be
the same without him. Thanks for sharing your talent with us, Kurt.
Bill shoots the breeze with Blue Note Records recording artist guitarist Earl Klugh at Recording Arts Day on Capitol Hill Sept. 6, 2006. NARAS (The Recording Academy) sponsors the annual event at which artists, producers, managers and other music industry reps come to D.C. to meet with lawmakers about issues such as artists' rights, piracy, and the need for music and arts programs in the nation's school. Bill was asked by NARAS to cover the event for GRAMMY.com.
Bill plays for Junior
On Thursday July 20th there was a benefit concert at the State Theater
in Falls Church, Virginia, for one of the D.C. area's favorite singers, Daryl
Jr. Cline.Cline, who has been performing hundreds of dates each year since
forming his hugely popular rhythm & soul band, Jr. Cline & The Recliners
in the late 70's, has been undergoing treatment for problems with his thyroid
& has had surgery for disc troubles, was most recently hospitalized for
a ruptured spleen & other injuries after a very serious fall from
a ladder while doing yard work. He has had to severely curtail the busy schedule
he previously maintained, while working to recuperate from these injuries.
Like many full time musicians, Jr. does not currently have medical insurance
and is facing mounting medical bills and a grueling & costly rehabilitation
process.
Over the last 30 years, Cline has been a tireless volunteer for a myriad of
benefit concerts & shows, donating his bands services many times each year
to help out friends and strangers struck by misfortune. The tremendous goodwill
he has so tirelessly engendered for those in need has not been overlooked,
as area musicians have responded in kind to lend a hand to help out one of
D.C.'s best loved singers & most colorful personalities.
Performers included;
The Nighthawks!
Ruthie & the Wranglers!
Maryann Redmond!
Dixie Power Trio!
Patty Reese!
Cathy Ponton King!
Billy Hancock & Johnny Seaton!
Mary Shaver!
Catfish Hodge!
Tommy Lepson & Soul Crackers!
Nightman Reunion!
Jon Carroll!
Bill Holland!
Groovy!
& many current & ex- Recliners!
**
Produced by
Ronnie Newmyer
Bandhouse Gigs
ronco1954@aol.com
Tribute
to The
Band
Concert at Strathmore Hall Rockville MD Aug 10
Pictures
from the Show
Bill played with the Rent's Due Band and
has written the program notes.
Click here for Bill's
program notes
Ronnie Newmyer produced the event which includes the Rosslyn Mountain Boys,
the Nighthawks and more
New:
Bill's a BMI guy
http://www.bmi.com/musicworld/musicpeople/200502/songwriter101_panel.asp
http://www.songwriter101.com/
