Mike Raab’sROCK & ROLL MUSEUMof the Hudson ValleyMUSEUM MAILSome of our e-mail has been edited down, for any one of several reasons. If a band sends us information that already appears elsewhere in The Museum, for example, we won’t run it here. We try to avoid redundancy, keep things interesting and make it a gathering place for friends and musicians alike. Got something to say? Send your e-mail to: MichaelRaab@bellsouth.net. We love hearing from you! 12/29/08 Hi Mike. I'm not sure if you remember me but I was a few years behind you in high school. My name is Gene Annan. I found your site on HVMusic.com. Great job. Scrolling through the picture gallery and the videos brought back a lot of old memories of the "good old days". the Elmbrook, the Tradewinds and the Circus. I was surprised at how many of the old musicians I remembered and how many like Mike Angelo and Mark Gamma are still out there doing their own thing. Keep up the good work and I'm going to spread the word as much as I possibly can about your site. - Gene Annan 12/27/08 It's good to see the work you're doing. Did you know that Lenny Frank and the Rhythm Rockers once had a live radio show on WEOK on Saturdays? I may even have one old tape. Live radio ... not too many groups did that. I also have one photo of my first group, the Starlites, with Howard Dubin, Tony Grosso, Jeff Emma, Tony LaFalce and me. All of us continued to work with other groups with the exception of Jeff whom we lost at Woodstock. - Tom Phelan 12/20/08 I love your site and seeing all the bands I loved. How can I get my "Brandywine" band in there? As you know, we played right next door to Lenny at my night club, Phase 3. I have always felt fortunate to live in an area that had, and has, so many fine musicians and bands. - Matt Jordan 12/18/08 Wow, what a fantastic piece of work! Loved the website. Thank you so much for all your hard work. I have some archive material to contribute if there is any interest. - Mike Palladino 12/09/08 Hey man, cool site! I have some old pics of me with John Platania, Don McClean and the first Northern Star, which was me on bass, Calvin Bampton on guitar, Ernie Barchie on guitar (runs SIR in Nashville). FYI, Bill and I are in The Albert Cary Band, not Maddog. - Rick Mullen Note: Rick's website is www.rickmullen.net. 11/19/08 Hi Mike - I don't know if you remember me but I played music all through school in Cornwall (1963-1969). I lived in Firthcliff and knew everyone connected to music. I played sax and autoharp in a number of local bands like The Utopians, MT Soul and the Country Pie Band. Anyway, you have listed the D'Jow Band and all the members but Willy Cercone, the drummer who is responsible for the forming of the band. By the way, do you know who drew the Firco Rat on the underpass? - Peter Barber Note: Peter has been living in Missoula, Montana for the past 30 years. You can check out his business at www.netguitar.com and his current band at www.myspace.com/zeppomt. 10/06/08 Hey Mike how are ya? My stepson tipped me to the Hudson Valley Rock “n” Roll Museum site after reading an article in The Cornwall Local on it. I was wondering if you would be interested in some pictures of the D’Jow band from Cornwall in 1970 playing at the first Pete Seeger Sloop Festival in Newburgh. Band was composed of myself and John Horos on guitar, Steve Agostini on bass, Gary Orsino on keyboards and Billy Cerone on drums. All Cornwall boys and hardcore Rolling Stones fans. Nice to see somebody interested in keeping the Hudson Valley music scene from back in the day alive! - Arte O’Dell Note: You can check out some of Arte’s luthier work at http://www.myspace.com/arteo39dell and see some photos of a couple of jams he had with old players under the name of The Black Rock All-Stars at the old B&H bar in Cornwall at http://www.myspace.com/blackrockallstars. 10/06/08 I was delivering some stuff at my Cornwall store Monday when I got mobbed by groupies. They must have recognized me from the article in the paper (The Cornwall Local, Friday, October 3). Actually, there were two 90 year old women walking by my truck after I bought the paper and I was going to ask them to check out the picture (Dutchpop). Very nice site. Looking forward to new additions. Love to see things about the Sapiens, Sting Rays, Phog and all those guys from back then. Cornwall people might like that band that Armand Assante was in (The Constellations). - Joe Babcock (Dutchpop) 10/03/08 I didn’t know if you seen that Greg Wickline had passed away. Do you remember his band, The Stingrays? None of them had a car at the time so I drove them to their gigs for a while and they played all over. - David MacMorran 10/01/08 I worked with Charlie Staxx last night at the Rocking Horse Ranch. He’s one of the original members of The Phantoms and he did see the video on your website. We all agree - you did a really nice job documenting all the music oldtimers here in the Hudson Valley. - Dennis Blandino (Harvest) 09/22/08 Congratulations on the ROCK & ROLL MUSEUM of the Hudson Valley. It was great getting your card and going into the program. It brings back a lot of memories. I hope you keep adding to it. Keep in touch and let me know when you are going to be in the area. - A fellow Firco Rat, Bill Lee 09/19/08 Hi Mike! I was having fun through email with my best friend Art Ebert all week, talking about you and your group and your website. You look as good as when I saw you last, you have never changed. I put the Jelly Bean Bandits on my site. Best of luck to you! - Noela Starr (The Ponytails) 09/12/08 Here is what I know about former members of Bunz: Charlie Cirrone - lead singer, sax, flute - living in Boston selling real estate, acting There were other members who I have not been in contact with. I would like to get info on your site. - Steve Atwood 09/10/08 Hey Hombre! I checked out the site ... Awesome. (Thank you Mike, for keeping us all going!) I would love to be added to The Museum. I can collect some things I think will work and get them to you to see what you think. Keep in touch, talk to you soon. - Barry Petrillo (The Hotrod Band) 09/02/08 Just a short note to say your Rock & Roll Museum is GREAT! To see and hear a lot of people I knew when I played back in the old days was rewarding. Would like to see a picture of our OLD group, Chip and the Countdowns or The Chips of Time. Again I say it’s a great site. - Lenny Chidgey
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