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Beaver park will rock; Beaver County Radio now live from Brighton
Linn Park in Beaver shall rock again Aug. 12, with a concert led by Ghost Hounds keyboardist Joe Munroe.
“Greatest Hits from The ’80s” is the theme of the show featuring Munroe and most of the other all-star musicians that got a big Linn Park crowd dancing at 2021s “Tribute to the Music of Elton John” and again at 2022’s Yacht Rock-’80’s music extravaganza.
A new co-lead vocalist this year, replacing Pete Hewlett, will be Juan Vasquez, who’s performed in the Poogie Bell jazz band and with popular alt-rockers Buzz Poets. His sister Erika Vasquez returns as one of the powerhouse vocalists along with standout Katie Simone and Ghost Hounds’ charismatic singer Tre Nation, who wowed last year’s audience as a guest performer.
Larry Renninger, founder of these annual concerts, says Nation will be on stage longer this year, and one thing fans can expect is the band honoring the late-Tina Turner.
More details on the setlist and musical lineup to come.
Gates open at 6 p.m., with pre-show party spreads of snacks and drinks welcomed.
Tickets are $30 for sections 1 and 2; $10 for bring-your-own chair/standing admission. Tables of four with party favors cost $500. For tickets, call or text 724-650-3960 or email [email protected]. The concert benefits Beaver Parks & Recreation.
The rain date is Aug. 13.
On the air from Brighton Township
Beaver County Radio (WBVP-99.3 and WMBA 95.7) has begun broadcasting from its new Brighton Township studio.
The 4301 Dutch Ridge Road location, in the former Michael Baker Corp. headquarters, has enabled the simulcast stations to cost efficiently modernize equipment. The building already is owned by St. Barnabas Health System, which purchased Beaver County Radio in 2021.
WBVP had broadcast from Beaver Falls since 1948. The new location points to a bright future for the stations, officials say.
“Everything’s brand new and works perfect,” general manager Frank Sparks said. “It’s a celebration. We’re celebrating the next 75 years, because we think Beaver County Radio moving forward will be able to continue to serve the community even better than we have already.”
With a spacious new property and plenty of parking, the station will present a Cruisin’ on The Ridge car cruise series June 17, July 15, Aug. 19 and Sept. 16.
Also streaming at beavercountyradio.com, WBVP-WMBA airs a news-sports-talk format, including the 11:35 a.m. Thursday “Notes on Local Entertainment” show co-hosted by Eddy Crow and me.
Reunited after 36 years
A sort-of new rock band, Third to First, makes its debut at 5 p.m. June 24 at the West Mayfield Veterans Club.
The quintet features guys who 36 years ago played in the band called Third Floor.
“We just hooked up to do some jamming together and we now have a band called Third to First,” drummer Jeff Lancos said. “We all just think it’s cool to reunite and get out again.
“We are doing a lot of songs that we used to play back in 1986-87,” Lancos said, citing Molly Hatchet and Foreigner as examples. “We all just figured that we would give it a go and see what happened. Our bassist, Dave Weatherly, died about a month in, and his nephew stepped up to the plate and here we are. The other members are Barry Boguszewski, guitar; Boone Weatherly, (Dave Weatherly’s brother) guitar; Phil Yost, vocals; Steve Lavery, bass.”
Not so Feeble
You don’t see many national act concerts where band members express joy about their parents being in the crowd, or where the guitarist reassures his mom a song with lyrics about smoking doesn’t apply to him.
Ah, but Feeble Little Horse is not your typical national band, and their innocence and quirkiness were almost as entertaining as the dramatic noise-pop sound demonstrated June 10 when the youthful quartet launched its coast-to-coast tour at Thunderbird Music Hall in Lawrenceville.
Feeble Little Horse’s Intense build-ups of guitar buzz, cymbals bashes and bass drones often melted away abruptly to moments of quiet pause, which made some songs sound over before they really were. When the band did swoop in for a final landing, they nailed it with tight precision.
Performing one day after the release of the group’s sophomore album, “Girl With Fish” that’s drawn praise from major music sites, Feeble Little Horse singer Lydia Slocum sang vulnerable lyrics in an often-deadpan style that intrigued and captivated. Maybe a bit more volume would have helped, but spectators swayed to and fro, and cheered loudly for Pittsburgh’s latest band to earn praise from prestigious music sites.
Pittsburgh films pod
Pittsburgh Film Office presents “Screen Perspectives,” a new podcast giving a behind-the-screen glimpse of how the film, television and streaming industry operates, and the pathways followed by industry professionals and leaders to successful careers.
Co-hosted by Pittsburgh Film Office Director Dawn Keezer, a highlight of each episode is the advice given to future members of the industry. Available on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, iHeartRadio, and pghfilm.org, episode one began with film office founder Russ Streiner, a horror film producer-director and co-creator of the legendary “Night of the Living Dead.”
The pod’s other co-host is Kevin Michael Smith, director of Undergraduate Studies for Broadcasting and Teachingat the University of Pittsburgh, whose film credits include “Pride” with Terrance Howard and Bernie Mac. Smith has served as executive producer of “Pens Confidential” airing before Pittsburgh Penguins telecasts.
Deasy does it
If you attend any of the free South Park or Hartwood Acres summer concerts, you know the music doesn’t start until Allegheny County Special Events Manager Bill Deasy gives a breezy introduction.
Deasy is too modest to mention his “Live at Club Cafe” album recently became available for the first time on digital sites.
The 17-song collection was recorded over four shows in July 2003 in support of his “Good Day No Rain” album, so the set includes an abundance of those songs as well as “Lost in America,” “Middle Road,” “Border Town” and bonus track, “Beautiful Land” from his days leading nationally signed Pittsburgh rockers the Gathering Field. Three then- new songs, “Long Way Home,” “Bittersweet September” and “Wishing Well” also appear, along with Deasy’s oft-performed but never recorded Van Morrison gem “Sweet Thing.”
Bandmates for those shows included The Clarks’ guitarist Rob James, Deasy’s longtime drumming ace Dave Throckmorton, the Clarks’ singer Scott Blasey harmonizing on “Blue Sky Grey” and “Who We Are,” Rusted Root’s Liz Berlin singing on “Beautiful Land” and stalwart jazz pianist Max Leake.
Scott Tady is entertainment editor at The Times and easy to reach at [email protected].
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