Many of the bands were pretty incestuous, borrowing and trading member from other bands, so it was interesting to see who played with whom over the course of the night. Leading off was Jimmy D, who did a solo acoustic set including some pretty great songs, including Ants Marching by DMB among others. The crowd hadn't totally gathered by then but he started things off well. Next up was the 3 piece band AMP, who were pretty damn good themselves, and included a couple of other guys for some of the last numbers. Then came crowd favorite Fantasia, who pretty much brought the house down, provoking the issuance of ladies' undergarments from the crowd. Now that was hilarious!
Fantasia bassist Ron Trudeau was the organizing force for this concert, which was a fundraiser for a scholarship in the memory of a teen killed last year in a car crash that also took the life of another teenage girl. The Nicole Scontsas fund was set up in memory of one of the young girls.
One of the things we did was to create slideshows of images from the concert during the course of the night and Sky Lounge owner Alex Newell got them up on the big screen (and a bunch of the other TVs) for us. In the next few days I am going to create a larger slideshow from the entire event and post it here (and on YouTube, probably). Check back. It will be fun!
After Fantasia the legendary Nashua band Aces and Eights played. I saw them close to 30 years ago up at the Derryfield School in Manchester. I didn't recognize a single person, LOL! Finishing up was Project Mess, dedicated to the memory of Chris Messier.
Many additional images will be posted in a gallery on www.markspixels.com
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