The
Red Hook StarªRevue
SEPTEMBER 2017
SOUTH BROOKLYN’S COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER
FREE
THESE PEOPLE ALL WANT TO BE YOUR NEXT CITY COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE Democratic Primary is September 12
Flip to the centerfold to read all about them!
(photos by Anna Ekros)
DON’T MISS RED HOOK’S MUSIC FEST! O n Saturday, September 16, at 12 noon, the Star-Revue will up a stage under the crane at IKEA’s Erie Basin Park (in back of the parking lot) and present a full day of homegrown Brooklyn music. Admission is free, and there will be food, beer and vendors, plus a green park making a fun day for all!
Mike Cobb & The Crevulators play eclecticamericana, aka ECLECTICANA! Based out of Brooklyn, NY they perform regularly in the boroughs finer honky tonks. They are influenced by all that is Americana and more: bluegrass, blues, country, rockabilly, rock n’ roll, surf, garage, tejano, psych, punk, ska, etc. More specifically Hank, Cash, Elvis, Chuck, Bo, Everlys, Beatles, Stones, Kinks, Who, Hendrix, Dylan, Band, Dead, Buffalo Springfield, Los Lobos, Gourds, too many to list... For more info, go to: https:// soundcloud.com/mscjr
Lizzie & The Makers
pel greats like Mavis Staples, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, and Shirley Caesar. Lizzie is a born musician. From age 4 she was trained as a classical pianist and has taken vocal lessons from the renowned Don Lawrence. Her Dad was a constant on the 60’s rock scene, acting
Southernborn and Brooklynbased – with a few places in between – Mary-Elaine Jenkins has an everevolving sound that leans heavily on the blues, as well as Americana, rock, soul, and folk, specializing in the spooky/sultry. She is currently recording her first fulllength record. You can hear her on SoundCloud.com/ mary-elaine-jenkins or live in Brooklyn!
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A staple of the NYC music scene, Lizzie Edwards seems to have played with everyone! From fronting the Avant-guard jazz ensemble, “Jumping Salty” (with Morgan Kraft, Wes and Madison Rast), to sharing the stage with James Carter and Delmar Brown, she brings nothing but fierce talent. With influences ranging from Paul Butterfield to Lynyrd Skynyrd, Lizzie has been a guest at many NYC all-star jams at the Bitter End, and has brought the house down as the lead singer of her side project “Lizzie and the Sinners” (with Charles Roth, Jahn Xavier, Chris Schultz, and Tom Shad) covering gos-
as sideman for Chuck Berry and touring with Martha and The Vandellas and the Dave Clark Five. Her grandmother a classical harpsichordist and her grandfather an opera singer, a love and ability for all music truly courses through her veins. With Lizzie and the Makers, she has rocked up and down the East Coast. Belting out original, soulful blues/rock tunes evoking The Black Crowes, Bonnie Raitt and a hint of Led Zeppelin (for good measure), as well as an obscure jazz tune here and there.
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Johnny Pinhook & the Tobaccoaires b r i n g you the dirtiest deep cuts and classiest hits in the history of both country and western music. Featuring Emma DeCorsey (vocals), Jeff Mensch (lead guitar), Turner Stough (bass),
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Eric Kuby (drums), and rotating special guests.
Robert Barnes, leader of BERST, brings his jazz quintet to Celebrating Red Hook for the fourth time. His originals sound like you’ve heard them before, only because in the right world they would have been heard around the world. His crew of professional players also do justice to songs by Bill Withers and the Four Tops.
Union is a band born at 101 Union Street, o n c e home of the Star-Revue’s popular Thursday night music jam, well remembered by many. Singer Stan Kosakowski shares guitar duties (continued on page 15)
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