Christmas for Cora
What: Private Fundraiser
Description: Live music marathon fundraiser to benefit Baby Cora Delvaux, who was born premature with HELLP syndrome.
The event featured performances from many local open mic community, plus raffles and more.
When: Saturday, December 15, 2018
Where: Porter Belly's, Brighton, MA
TIMKo "Chips" in
Being a family friend of the Delvaux family, Tim realized that he could use his experience to “chip” in with the growing medical expenses of baby Cora.
Combining his skills in music event planning and his vast network of local musicians, he was happy to help a family that was dealing with a financial crunch that no family should ever have to deal with.
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Live Music Marathon FeaturinG
*STARTING AT NOON*
The Almighty Buck
Leah Ferjulian Lodato and TimKo, from the roots/rock group, The Almighty Buck, kick off the music marathon with a duo acoustic performance.
https://www.facebook.com/TheAlmightyBuck/
Minnow
Here’s a new duo featuring Andrew Macey & Matthew Pecoraro that’s sure to bring a sweet blend vocal harmonies and guitar improvisation with structure and composition, providing new takes on old tunes and some crowd favorites.
Stan Lyness
Born. Grew up. Programmed a lot... This is the most you’ll find about Stan on the web, except for his lengthy catalogue of self-penned songs. His lyrics are always clever, wry, humorous, and expertly put together. Most of the music in the country/rock/blues genres but all from an old-school perspective. Take a listen at www.stanlyness.com
Danny Pepper & Liz Kyer
Rockin’, rowdy, bluesy and fun, Danny sings and plays great original music as well as choice cover songs of his favorite musical heroes with fiddlin’ Pharmacist, Liz Kyer on backing vocals and violin.
Brian Burrill
Brian lives in the Boston area and performs at various venues around the city as well as on the North Shore and Cape Cod. He plays polished covers of popular hits, solo/acoustic and with such groups as Geez Louise, and Fat Dog.
Andrew Geano
Andrew is a Boston based singer-songwriter and acoustic performance artist. He hosts his own weekly open mic at Terry O'Reilly's Irish Pub in Newton, MA and constantly performs his own solo shows throughout all of New England. His music could be described as “acoustic, pretty sad but very melodic, tightly constructed, pop-rock, ballad-ish pseudo folk tunes…sort of.”
http://www.andrewgeanomusic.com/
Bob Greenman
Bob Greenman is a singer/song-writer whose songs tell a story. His influences include alt-country, Americana, and blues artists. His repertoire is occasionally infused with a cover or two by the artists who have influenced him.
John McGrael
John McGrael is a guitarist and songwriter who grew up in the Atlanta music scene before moving to Boston in 2016. He spent 10 years writing poetry and playing in heavy metal and indie rock bands before starting to perform as a solo artist. Be on the lookout for his upcoming debut album, Stay Warm, releasing spring 2019.
Ralph Vaccari
Ralph Vaccari is an open mic veteran from Marblehead who has headlined many sold out open mic venues across the north shore. He is a guitarist, singer and ASCAP songwriter and loves serenading crowds to the tune of Van "The Man" Morrison, James Taylor, Bonnie Raitt and, let's not forget, Celine Dion.
*MID-AFTERNOON*
Alex Kane
Loud and proud Country music, kick starting the fun!
https://www.facebook.com/AMKanerNation
Micki Dupnik
Biomedical engineer by day, pianist and singer by night. Jazz-trained, she spans a variety of genres with her sultry vocals including but not limited to classic jazz, R&B, soul and indie music.
Frayed Knot
Frayed Knot is an alternative rock band out of Massachusetts. Dylan and Jadon have been playing together since elementary school, and they picked up Rachel, their singer, about three years back. They immediately all bonded and started cranking out songs. They’ve been together ever since.
Screaming Sushi
Screaming Sushi was created in 2012 and has played many events including the Upham Ice Cream Social, Wickerstock, and Dodgefest. They were featured on Fox 25 News in 2013 when they played an original song, Santa's Got the Music. The band is made up of Jadon, Ronen and Nicholas.
https://www.facebook.com/screamingsushiband/
Grounds For Divorce
The bad boys of suburban dad rock! GFD plays hard rock classics and originals that'll rattle your molars and renew your faith in rock 'n roll. Tino DeLollis, Haig Tellalian, Karl Hammond, Dan "Thunder" Foote and Heidi DeLollis mix costumes, megaphones, and strobe lights to create a high energy show.
*EARLY EVENING*
Matty Pecoraro & Friends
Good jams, good times.
Tony Grassi
Singer/songwriter, Tony Grassi, pulls together that Heartland vibe reminiscent of such artists as John Mellancamp, Springsteen & Don Henley.
Pete LaGrange
Resurrecting the spirit of rock n' roll, Pete brings great energy and power to classic songs. Backed up by Tim Ko, Cam Robbins, Pete Kearns, Zack Bolles, and Ethan Miller.
Dreamtime Travelers
Pat Fitzgerald and Brian Reilly, playing some favorite classic rock tunes, plus fun songs from the 50’s and 60’s, with Katie Droney on keys.
Bourbon Chasers
Modern & Traditional Country, Classic Rock and Fun Hits. This high energy acoustic/electric group boasts a range of cover songs such has Garth Brooks, Eric Church, Dave Matthews Band, Blake Shelton, Darius Rucker, Eagles, and any band that has made great music over the years! The group features Cam Robbins, TimKo, Pete LaGrange & Katie Delvaux.