Blank Pages CD Release Party for “On My Street”
Saturday, January 26, 2008 at 9 p.m.
The Swedes Inn, Kings Highway, Swedesboro, NJ
www.swedesinn.com
With performances by:
Blank Pages (
www.blankpagespop.com)
Jim Six (
www.jimsix.com)
Almost Fab (
www.almostfab.com)
Please join us for a special evening at the Swedes Inn on Saturday, January 26 at 9 p.m. The event will be a celebration of great local music, including the release of a new album from New Jersey’s own power pop band, Blank Pages.
For more than ten years, Blank Pages has been performing original power pop throughout the Delaware Valley in the style of the Beatles, the Knack and Matthew Sweet. The group, featuring Jason Brown (guitar), Ed McCaffrey (drums), and Greg Potter (guitar, lead vocals), will play a selection their power pop favorites as well as songs from “On My Street,” their latest release on the FDR Label (
www.fdrlabel.net).
The evening will feature several special guests, including a performance from another of our region’s finest original artists, Jim Six. With his distinctive baritone and unique lyrics, the singer/songwriter specializes in his own brand of folk and country. In the late 1970s, Jim was a full-time musician who worked with a host of famous names including Tammy Wynette, Mel Tillis, Livingston Taylor, John Denver, Emmy Lou Harris, and Bonnie Raitt. After retiring from the music scene for more than 20 years, he is back writing songs and playing better than ever.
Dipsomaniacs and Successful Failures front man Mick Chorba will also perform a solo acoustic set during the show. As the mastermind behind the FDR Label, Mick has been one the region’s best known supporters and performers of independent pop/rock music. He will be playing songs from the new Successful Failures release, “Ripe for the Burning,” as well as some Dipsomaniacs favorites.
Rounding out the bill is the Delaware Valley’s premier Beatles music review, Almost Fab. Playing songs from every era of the Fab Four’s career, the band recreates the “Beatle sound” on stage more accurately than any other group in the region. The group features Ray Baker (keyboards), AJ Defeo (bass), Ed McCaffrey (drums), Greg Potter (guitar), and Rich Snyder (guitar).
For this special occasion, Almost Fab will be recreating that 60s sound, but with a twist. Their performance will pay tribute to a pair of great films that feature music inspired by the Fab Four. The band will play a set of songs from “That Thing You Do” and the classic Rutles film, “All You Need is Cash.”
Everyone who attends the show can pick up the new Blank Pages CD for only $5. “On My Street” is the band’s third release on the FDR Label. Based in Trenton, NJ, the label features several acclaimed New Jersey power pop bands including the Dipsomaniacs and the Successful Failures. Blank Pages has been featured on all of the label’s several compilation discs, including the latest installment titled About a Girl. The album features a mix of national and independent power pop artists covering tunes with girls’ names in their titles
On My Street’s well-crafted tracks are connected by Potter’s perspective of growing up in the Garden State and offer intimate snapshots of his life and the region. The title track provides an anthem for the unsung heroes who never strayed far from his neighborhood. While the closing track, ‘This is Where I’m From,’ mourns the state’s diminishing farmland being slowly overtaken by creeping suburbia.
For more information about Blank Pages, “On My Street,” or the CD release party at the Swedes Inn, please visit
www.blankpagespop.com.