Green Street Rocks

Great Show

Duncan — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:54:10 +0000

Letter to the editor, Worcester Magazine March 2010

It was a great way to showcase talented people of Worcester! On Feb. 13, the Lucky Dog hosted a show called “Green St. Under Pressure,” which paid homage to legendary rock artists Elton John, David Bowie and Queen (by allowing local musicians to display their own individual talents). The audience was a neat mix of older and younger listeners. The older folks could reminisce and enjoy the music of their past while younger people could appreciate “new” music; both could appreciate the immense talent of today’s musicians.

Thank you for this wonderful musical event. I hope there will be more.

Maureen E. Doyle
Southbridge

Ctrl Alt Music Reviews GSMS 9

Duncan — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 14:55:32 +0000

The Green Street Music Series has just completed its ninth tribute concert. Last night, the music of Queen, David Bowie, and Elton John received high caliber treatment from members of the best bands in the greater-Worcester area.

Producer Greg Munro and sound engineer Paul Dagnello have pulled off another successful night of rock music entertainment to a packed Lucky Dog Music Hall. The Lucky Dog is located on Green Street in Worcester, and that is why they call it the Green Street Music Series.

Readers should find a few minutes and maybe pour a cup of coffee as this is going to be a long review, with a lot of details about the 30-plus singers who took to the stage to honor their musical heroes. The show opened with a set of Elton John classics. The house band’s singer, Dawn Sweet, from the cover band Pet Rock, was so damn perfect for this role that it can‘t be overstated.

Sweet, with funky 1970s sunglasses, overcoat, and white boots was a very likeable, watchable presence. She also nailed all the vocal phrases in her songs. “Mona Lisa,” performed with only piano from Pet Rock keyboardist Charlene Arsenault, was a touching ballad to play acoustic before the rest of the band came up to play the haunting “Funeral For A Friend,” with guest keyboardist Mike Warren helping out with the deep, foreboding synths.

On “Love Lies Bleeding,” “Yellow Brick Road” and “Someone Saved My Life Tonight,” Sweet captured the mood and timber and she served them up with a personal funkiness. She closed out the John set with Levon, bringing the song’s emotional dimension to the forefront by reaching for some place deep and personal within.

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Saturday Night’s Alright

Duncan — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 17:55:40 +0000

Whether you’re a Honky Cat, a Rocket Man, a Star Man, the Man Who Sold the World, a Fat-Bottomed Girl or Somebody to Love, we can all be heroes just for one night when the Green Street Music Series presents “Green Street Under Pressure: A Local Celebration of the Music of Elton John, David Bowie & Queen.” at 8 p.m. (sharp) Saturday at the Lucky Dog Music Hall, 89 Green St., Worcester. Local supergroup Total Blam Blam (featuring John Donovan, Roger Lavallee, Andy Rivers, Charlene Arsenault, Dan Gorman, Sam James, Dawn Sweet and Duncan Arsenault) will rock you like champions as it performs more than 50 songs for five-hours-plus of music. In addition, a who’s who of Worcester’s best talent (including Annie Eggleston, Bill Beck, Keri Anderson, Krista Van Guilder, John Nelson, Jody Ryan, Ryan McMullen, Nicole Langlois, Tom Hurley, Sam James, Rob Ledoux, Paul Starvarski, Erick Godin, Mike Kittredge, Brendan Mahoney, Dan Burke, Scott Ricciuti, Niki Luperelli, Neil Lucey, Jodee Frawlee, Paul Dagnello, Dan Jenkins, Amanda Lirange, Michael Thibodeau, Kala Dalay, Chris Drzal, as well as various members of Total Blam Blam) will sing beloved selections associated with the Thin White Duke, Captain Fantastic and Ready Freddie. Whether it means saying, “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road,” tying your mother down for the evening or running from scary monsters and super creeps, you won’t want to miss this one-of-a-kind event.

Doors open at 7 p.m. Tickets are $12 in advance. Must be 21 and older. Tickets are available at brownpapertickets.com.

via: http://cf.telegram.com/weekend/html/TheWeekendStartsNow.html

GSMS 9 Feb 13!

Duncan — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 22:17:55 +0000

Rehearsals are almost finished and the band and guest singers are sounding incredible. Tickets are on sale now at Brown Paper Tickets. Make sure you get in by purchasing in advance!

Thank You

Duncan — Mon, 25 May 2009 00:40:11 +0000

THANK YOU! Thanks to all those who helped make Radio Free Green Street such an overwhelming success! A warm, heartfelt thanks from all of us in the GSMS family to all the guest singers for turning in such great, moving performances; all the fans, both old and new, for supporting us with such enthusiasm and generosity; and to all those who helped us get the word out about the show, especially the fine folks at Citadel Broadcasting and The Pike 100.1 FM, in particular Mark Veau, Bruce Palmer, and Frank Foley. Thanks to all for an unforgettable night of music and we look forward to rocking you all in October at GSMS9!

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Radio Free Green Street – Saturday May 16

Duncan — Mon, 11 May 2009 18:29:34 +0000

We are less than a week away from “Radio Free Green Street” at The Lucky Dog. The band is finishing up rehearsals this week and the guest singers are all lined up. The show sounds fantastic! Tickets are currently on sale at www.brownpapertickets.com The door at the Lucky Dog open at 7PM and the show begins at 8PM sharp!

Get their early to get the best spot, this show is general admission.

If you have not been to The Lucky Dog before, there is plenty of free parking on Green Street as well as a free municipal lot across the street from the club and another lot one block away, towards Main Street. The Lucky Dog is strictly 21+ so make sure that you have your ID’s with you.

See you at the show!

The Lucky Dog
89 Green Street
Worcester MA

Welcome

Duncan — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 15:01:40 +0000

Welcome to Green Street Rocks, the home of the Green Street Music Series and other music events that take place at The Lucky Dog Music Hall on Green Street in Worcester MA.

Over the coming weeks we will be adding the history of the seven shows we have done so far and we will be announcing the 8th installment soon!!