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continued from page 7 fellow guitarist Chris Bono, who also teaches Jazz Fusion at Berkley. Anyone who was at The Saint about a year ago for the Po'Girls/Rick Barry show will remember when Diona Davies, the violin player for the Po'Girls joined Rick & Friends on stage and set it on fire, trading riffs and dueling banjos, so-to-speak. If only there had been a recording of that rendition of "All Along The Watchtower."
And, speaking of The Saint, they are in the midst of celebrating their 10th Anniversary and have lots of great shows lined up for November. Rick had nothing but nice things to say about Scott Stamper, owner, manager, and bartender of The Saint. "Scott is ‘a saint'," he said, "and completely about the original music show. He told me he really wanted to see me succeed and took me under his wing." After hearing Rick play his first show at The Saint, Scott promised him a steady gig and he's been there almost once a week since then. Rick has an album available that he has recorded at various New Jersey Studios, including Retro Media in Red Bank and Dog House in Toms River, as well as an acoustic song recorded at the Lakehurst Naval Base.
The show opened up with a high-energy set from Tammany Hall NYC, fronted by singer-songwriter Steven O'Reilly. The band takes its
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