X-Session, Unfiltered

Along with “fifth X-Sessionite” Joe Kuhl, X-Session will be playing a night of John Lennon’s Beatle songs along with some of his solo stuff in a concert setting on Saturday October 16th. The concert is at The Dix Hills Performing Arts Center at Five Towns College at 7:30 PM. There are only a little over one-hundred tickets still available. They’re 20 dollars and can be purchased from the DHPAC website. Net proceeds go towards the Five Towns College scholarship fund.

In other news, this Friday, October 1, Eddie and I will be making our debut appearance at The Stone Turtle, 4160 Austin Blvd., Island Park. This is a restaurant/bar, so feel free to come for a late dinner or just for drinks. We play from 9:30 until 12:30. Ed and I also will be performing as a duet on Friday October 8 at Lola’s Wine Bar in Long Beach.

I’m playing a pair of solo gigs this week also. I play on Tuesday, September 28, at La Bottega, 4883 Merrick Rd., Massapequa Park. They have a variety of entrees as well as a large selection of Panini, very reasonably-priced, and now serve cocktails as well as beer and wine. I play here from 6:30 until 9 PM. Then on Thursday September 30, I’ll be back “home” at Greek Delight, 2601 Merrick Rd., Bellmore. It’s 39 straight weeks and counting here. A comfortable atmosphere, good food, and live music make this a place worth checking out. I play from 7 until 10.

Remember, you can keep up with X-Session by visiting our website: xsessionmusic.com, and also you can keep abreast of all our various side projects by visiting my personal site: patmontefusco.com.

Finally, the sights and sounds from our most recent Saturday afternoon gig at Claudio’s are still resonating within. We’d like to thank all of you for the tremendous support we’ve received, not just this past week but for this and every summer in the ten years or so we’ve played there. You folks give us the impetus and inspiration to perform better. I can’t until Memorial Day Weekend ’11!

Have a great week,

Pat

This weekend Greenport holds it’s annual Maritime Festival, and we’ll be playing at Claudio’s, 111 Main St., on Saturday afternoon September 25 from 1:30 until 5:30 as part of the festivities. The Festival closes Main St. during the daytime hours, so you may have to park and walk a few blocks — giving you a chance to browse the merchandise being sold by local shopkeepers set up on the sidewalk. This, of course, is our last Claudio’s date for 2010.

Don’t forget my usual solo gig each and every Thursday evening at Greek Delight, 2601 Merrick Rd., Bellmore
at 7 PM. I also have another upcoming at La Bottega, 4883 Merrick Rd., Massapequa Park on Tuesday evening September 28 at 6:30 PM.

And finally, tickets are selling quickly for the John Lennon Tribute Concert at Five Towns College on Saturday night, October 16th. This year the entire concert will be by the four X-Sessionites plus Five Towns Professor Joe Kuhl — we’ve dubbed ourselves the “Spastic ‘Oh No’ Band” — as opposed to the ensemble performance that’s marked the past years. Tix are 20 dollars and can be purchased at dhpac.org/performances/lennon_bday.html.

Have a great week, talk to you soon,

Pat

I have a couple of solo gigs upcoming — Tuesday night September 14th  at 6:30 PM I’ll be at La Bottega, 4883 Merrick Rd., Massapequa Park and on the 16th I’m playing my weekly date at Greek Delight, 2601 Merrick Rd., Bellmore, beginning at 7 PM.

On Friday, September 17th, Eddie and I will playing as a duet at a cool place down in Long Beach called Lola’s Wine Bar, 180 W Park Ave., Long Beach. We play from 9:30 until 12:30 here.

X-Session will be out at Claudio’s111 Main St., Greenport on Maritime Festival Weekend on Saturday afternoon, September 25th from 1:30 until 5:30.

And lastly I want to mention that you can purchase tickets for our John Lennon Tribute Concert on October 16th by visiting www.dhpac.org.

Talk to you next week,

Pat