Greetings:
Please respond to Hubbardconcert@aol.com, Jollyconcert@aol.com, or Sidestepconcert@aol.com; to express your interest in attending their Monuments in the Desert concert on Sunday, July 26, 2009. The correct time for the concert is likely to be between 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. The venue will be in Manhattan. The venue will be conclusively determined within the next week pending confirmation of all indications that the current venue will not be big enough to accommodate all those interested in attending. The price of a ticket to the general admission event is $40.00. The concert will include a set by each artist or group and a finale as a fourth set. Each of the artists wants to insure that there are enough tickets available for friends from their youth in addition to current family and fan base. Kindly respond to one of the email addresses above to indicate your interest in attending the concert. Please provide your name, address , phone number, and the number of tickets you are likely to purchase. The actual tickets will be printed when the venue is selected. Time is of the essence…Please respond as soon as you can.
Jim Hubbard is an accomplished musician, singer, and songwriter who regularly performs in Honolulu. Jim’s music is a synthesis of the rock and folk music that influenced his growing up in the Gerritsen Beach area of Brooklyn. Jim received the Hawaii Music Award for Most Popular Folk Music Artist in 1999 after the release of his CD called “The Window of Innocence”. He was a nominee for the Hoku award after the release of his third album, “Noisy Dreams” in 2001. His most recent CD, “It Never Ends” is a collection of stories that have been written over a six year period. “It Never Ends” was composed while Jim was undergoing chemotherapy and radiation therapy as he fought cancer after undergoing surgery. Jim calls “It Never Ends” a triumphant celebration of music and a new personal beginning. You can learn more about Jim Hubbard by visiting his website: www.jimhubbardband.com.
Jeff Jolly grew up on a dead end street in Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn. Jeff wrote his first song, “You Can’t Play The Blues On A Banjo after Santa brought him a banjo, his first instrument, when he was nine years old. Jeff attributes his inspiration to create, play, and share his music to the20joy his sister and grandmothe brought to family members while they sang that Christmas at the piano. Jeff bought his first guitar a week after he ventured into Manhattan to see2 0Neil Young play live for the first time. As his talent for the playing flourished his friends wo uld bring “the Bible” over to his house so they could sing while Jeff played for them. “The Bible” was a compilation of lyrics and musical scores from compositions by Bob Dylan. In 1994 The Jeff Jolly Band released “The Runner”, its first CD, while the band was in San Francisco. “The Runner” received critical acclaim from the trade publications and was played over the airwaves of several California radio stations. Jeff’s third CD, “Jeff Jolly Live” was recorded in Paris, France. Jeff’s band played before 60,000 people in 2007 at San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park where the city celebrated the 40th anniversary of “The Summer of Love”. Jeff Jolly has opened for artists that have included David Crosby, Edgar Winter, Bad Company, Little Feat, George Thorogood and Elvin Bishop. More about Jeff Jolly can be found at
http:// jeffjolly.net/bio.html.Ken Lovelett creates, builds, and plays his own unique percussion and sound instruments. He is co-owner and producer of Sonart Recording Studio which is located just outside of Woodstock, New York. As a member of Sidestep Ken has collaborated together with Vincent Pasternak and Barbara Tr uex over a lifetime. Ken ‘s percussion can by heard on works that include The Ghost of Tom Joad (Bruce Sprinstein and Pete Seeger) and Green Sparrow (Mike Gordon from “Phish”). Ken has& nbs p;appeared on records or in live performances for artists and groups that have included James Taylor, David Bromberg, John Wesley Harding, Karl Berger, Joe Beck, Warren Bernhardt, Lou Soloff, Livingston Taylor, REM, and The Memphis Symphony Orchestra. You can learn more about Ken’s work by visiting www.americanpercussion.com.
Barbara Truex plays dulcimer, baritone and banjo ukuleles, guitar, and percussion. She is nationally recognized for her innovative use of dulcimer in genres that include jazz, pop, and free improvisation. Barbara has been part of Sidestep for several decades and has collaborated with both Vincent Pasternak and Ken Lovelett over that time. She currently performs with groups that include Loopin’ and The Maine Squeeze while serving as the resident member Sound Designer for The Mad Horse Theatre Company. Barbara recently composed an original score for Waiting for a Window, a for radio play that won the prestigious Gold Ogle Award.Vincent “Phil†Pasternak is a multi-instrumentalist, composer and session musician who has had a long career playing and/or p roducing sessions for hundreds=2 0of radio and television commercials as well as albums of every stripe and flavor: folk, blues, jazz, rock & roll, Americana, classical, religious, spoken word, a children’s record, and last but not least, an impossible to find 45RPM cult favorite by The Clams that pays homage to the legendary Spike Jones. Clam members include a trio of New York jazz & rock legends that include keyboard/synth player Pete Levin (Paul Simon, Annie Lenox, Gil Evans, Carly Simon), bassist Tony Levin (David Bowie, Peter Gabriel, King Crimson, John Lennon/YokoOno, Warren Zevon), and drummer/percussionist Steve Gadd (James Taylor, Eric Clapton, Steely Dan, Ringo Starr).
Based now in Providence, RI, Vincent has performed with several Rhode Island groups that include The Bad Band, FolksTogether, JP Jones, and the Zimmermen. His most recent endeavor has been to accompany singer/songwriter Marjorie Thompson as the opening act for New Hot Tuna, New Riders of the Purple Sage, and Geoff Muldaur.
Vince is currently finishing a samba album of original tracks entitled The Barcelona Note Book scheduled for release later this summer. Vincent is joined on the samba album by Sidestep cohorts Ken Lovelett and Barbara Truex as well as Pete and Tony Levin, trombonist Roswell Rudd, flautist Ali Ryerson, tenor saxophonist Ralph LaLama, bansuri flute master Steve Gorn, and jazz vocalist Nicole Pasternak.
Vince, together with Ken Lovelett and Barbara Truex, are founding members of Sidestep, a musical collaborative founded in the early 1970′s that remains based in southwestern Connecticut. Collaborative, complex and expansive
Jeff Jolly did not grow up on a dead end street. The block had Seba and Lois Aves. on each side. Why he keeps this myth up is beyond me.
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The family moved to Keen Ct , the last house on the water, when Jeff was in is teens so it is partially true.
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Waterfront property as a dead end Street. Must have been rough.
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Welcome home Jimmy Hubbard….who can forget growing up in the park with Jim, Peck Londis, Cheetah Volpe, Freddie Gavitt, Mike Breen, Ed “Schmedley”Manning, Paul Brincat, Phil Rocco, Ray “Chopper” Altchuler, Kevin “Bear” Hutton, Tom “Knobby” Kelly, Mike Witkowski, Rob “Mac” McHugh, Joe Fox, Ox Anderson, Jim Anderson…………..
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@Bill, Dont forget Sleepy Dopey Grumpy and Doc
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@Bill, Don’t forget Greg Budney
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@Jim Donovan, Hey Jim, Greg and me shared the same birthday.We always did a shot together .he was a cool guy
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@Bill, lol, don’t forget “B” Bastianson, and Harold Olson, Mike the K, and George the J.
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Sounds like anonymous is jealous of Jeffs success,growing up I remember a sign on Keen Court that read” DEAD END STREET”
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@poppajoe, you guys are pretty funny.God how I miss that house.I still cant go down there sonce Mom sold it
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Success? What is is annual income the last 20 years? I bet it averages to 20 grand a year. If he is lucky. What he is trying to imply by dead end street? Being jealous of Jeff is joke. He is a glorified street musician.
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OOH~~~~ that hurt!
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@, A wonderful trait shared by musicians is the respect that they have for one another. Even those who are most financially successful recognize that they owe their financial success to more than their talent and dedication. They understand full well that commercial prosperity often requires getting annointed by “the suits” who control the entertainment busniess and media. Listen to Billy Joel’s “Entertainer”, a classic in which Joel exposes the machine that he had to serve to avoid being “put in the back on a discount rack like another can of beans”. Look at the profiles of the artists who’ll be performing at the Monuments in the Desert Concert (which is being promoted by a corportation called, stangely enough, Collective Gratitude International). The musicians humbly mention collaborations with artists like Springstein, James Taylor, David Crosby, Edgar Winter, Eric Clapton, Steely Dan, David Bowie; and groups like REM, Bad Company, and Phish. Our community and the world would be a better place if we could all share the sense of good will and respect that musicians share within their community. Maybe Jim Hubbard and Jeff Jolly are coming home to perform because they appreciate that thier lives with their friends and families in Gerritsen Beach, on whatever kind of street, helped to shape the men they became. As for Jeff’s income…..He might not know what he makes. Some musicians, like Joe Walsh, have their accountants pay for it all.
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@, It’s not about the money so much, although it comes in handy. It’s about a guy who forefills a dream no matter what the outcome. Great job Jeff, keep it up. I’ll see you when you get into town.
Jim
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@</a Jeff has a great life doing what he wanted to do. I have all his cd’s and listen to him regularly. I give anyone alot of credit who has the nuts to leave home and follow their dreams. He has made a great living at it, and Anonymous definitly sounds jealous. He has played with many talented and famous musicians, calling him a ‘glorified street musician’ is ridiculous. His talent is recognized by his peers and that I’m sure is far more important than what you think. Welcome home to him and to Jimmy Hubbard. Looking forward to the concert. Oh, and he lived on that Dead End Street for most of his years growing up, and was very well raised with several siblings by a very hard working single mother. It was a struggle for most people back then, living on the water didn’t make you rich. Mrs. Jolly is one of a kind.
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Well said Bill, Jim and Beachwalker……
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jeff jolly is the man and his brother chris is my uncle so watch your beeek there pal…….
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Anonymous, it’s pretty easy to hide behind a computer screen and badmouth people without putting your name on here. There is a word for it, but this is a family website. If you say being jealous of Jeff is a joke, then what is your problem? Jeff is an incredibly talented guitarist and songwriter who is living his dream on his own terms. And being pretty successful while at it. How many people do you know can make this claim??
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@Steve Galucci, You rock, Steve!
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@Steve Galucci, The philosphy of Aesthetic Realism teaches that it is every person’s “greatest, deepest desire to like the world on an honest or accurate basis.” This is what makes us inherently good and inherently happy. But there is another competing desire, born of the ego, that opposes this —the desire to have contempt for the world and what is in it – for that makes one feel superior to and more important than others. When we seek self-esteem through contempt for others —”the addition to self through lessening someone else”— we are cynical about people and their motives. Succumbing to the desire to hold the world in contempt for others is a mechanism of the ego that isolates us from one another. It leaves us lonely and angry. The happiest people are those who are blessed with the capacity to revel in the goodness of that which is around them. When one honestly cheers for his brothers or sisters one can’t help but smile. So Annonymous, think about some people that you care about. Imagine that they achieve a long time goal. We’ll know who you are by the unexpected smile on your face.
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@Bill, I was going to say the same thing, good job Bill, I concur.
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@Jim D, Two musicians who were born and raised in the Gerritsen Beach area of Brooklyn are coming home to headline a one-time homecoming tribute to Gerritsen Beach on July 26, 2009. The concert, called Monuments in the Desert, will be staged at the Dicapo theater in Manhattan. Jim Hubbard, who lives and performs in Honolulu with The Jim Hubbard Band, and Jeff Jolly, who lives and performs in San Francisco with The Jeff Jolly Band, have discussed staging such an event for several years. The musicians will be joined in their performances by a trio of accomplished musicians who have performed together intermittently for nearly three decades under the name of Sidestep.
For tickets do to the link below.
http://www.theatermania.com/new-york/shows/monuments-in-the-desert_156806/
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BTW Jeff’s latest CD ROCKS! It is not for you dweebs who think anything with a brother screaming rhymes is music. This is the real deal, any & almost all genres covered, real music from an artist. Jeff is living life & making music on his terms. He doesnt give a crap if you ass bearing degenerates don’t get his music.
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Hey guys
I just bumped into this and was really blown away by your comments.I really miss everybody back there.California will never be my home.I look forward to playing the best I can for ya when I get back.I wont have much time to see alot of you because we are heading to Baltimore to play after the show but Thanks so much for all your kind words.Gerritsen beach was the best place someone could imagine growing up in and I always get excited to get home!!
Jeff
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Jeff who can ever forget your Moms rides to GRADY in the mornings……..THOSE WERE GREAT TIMES BRO!!!!
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