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The Eddie Money Story

by Karen Fien Singer, songwriter, musician, playwright, entertainer, extraordinary talents and Eddie Money has them all. Eddie Money created, and will star in, a new musical “Two Tickets to Paradise: The Eddie Money Musical.” The world premier will be held at the Kodak Center, February 14-18, featuring a full orchestra, the Eddie Money band, and a cast of twenty professional actors who dance and sing his life story.

The musical is about Eddie Eddie Money. Photo by Karen Fien.

Money’s life at a time when the world was changing in the late 1960s when a young man’s choices weren’t always what his dreams were.

Eddie Money was born Edward Joseph Mahoney, on March 21, 1947 in Brooklyn, New York. Eddie dreamed of being a musician and played in rock bands while in high school. His brother was serving in Vietnam and that was not where he wanted to be after graduation. The band he was in was going out to California, and they wanted him to go with them. His parents wanted him to pursue a career in law enforcement, and follow in his father’s footsteps. He listened to his parents and became a member of the New York City Police Department, knowing that his real dream was to go to California. After working two years for the New York City Police Department, and many requests from his friends to come to California, he left law enforcement to follow his heart into the music career that he always wanted.

He moved to Berkeley, California and began performing in local clubs. He and the band eventually split up, and Money went in another direction with his music. He changed his surname from Mahoney to Money and was discovered by legendary rock promoter Bill Graham who made famous the Fillmore and Winterland Arena rock venues where rock bands like the Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane and Janis Joplin had their proving grounds.

Graham saw him performing at his “Sounds of the City” event.

Graham became “like a father” to Money and said, “Eddie Money has it all...not only can he sing, write and play, but he is a natural performer.” He got his first record deal with Columbia Records, at age 26 with the help of Graham. Graham was also the one that advised Money about the importance of MTV to his career and encouraged him to produce high quality music videos.

Money has always loved music and his love of Broadway started when he was young. His parents went to musicals, such as: “Annie Get Your Gun,” “Carousel” and “Oklahoma.” And brought home the music soundtrack albums from the plays. Eddie and his sisters listened to the albums and sang along with the songs.

As an adult Money saw “Jersey Boys” on Broadway. He thought that the musical was fantastic. He saw the similarities between the musicians in “Jersey Boys” and his own band. The music was different but the friendship and charisma was very similar. He was sure he could do something like “Jersey Boys” but with his life, his band and his music. When writing the musical Money said, “You can’t lie to yourself, you have to be honest.” Money also continued on page 4

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said, “I am more than rock n’ roll and I want people to hear this side of me.” He wrote the Broadway-style songs that will be performed in the play along with some of his biggest hits, “Two Tickets to Paradise,” “Baby Hold On,” “I Wanna Go Back,” “Shakin,””No Control” and “Take Me Home Tonight.”

The play is being presented by Rochester Association of Performing Arts (RAPA) along with Eddie Money Entertainment Inc. and Premier Theater Productions. Eddie Money and John Campbell, Executive Producer for Eddie Money, approached RAPA to bring the musical to Rochester and were excited with the positive response they were given. The musical is under the artistic direction and vision of Eric Vaughn Johnson, Business Manager and Program Director for RAPA. The three men collaborated on the auditions and picked the cast for the production. All of the actors were chosen based on the knowledge that they are committing to a 10-week multi-state tour of the play during the month of March. Johnson said, “What is inspiring about this cast is that we have members as young as nine to veteran adults, they are a cohesive unit that work together and are passionate about this production, which helps with the creative process.”

Cast members portray Eddie Money, his parents, sisters, high school bandmates, friends, manager and wife. Alec Nevin leads the cast, as the young Eddie Money. Morgan Troia plays Eddie’s wife Laurie, Dresden Engle plays Eddie’s mother Dottie and Steve Vaughan plays Eddie’s father Dan. Eddie Money narrates the play and performs some of his songs at the conclusion of the play.

Johnson said, “The music is unique and specific to this produc-

tion, all of the music needed to be adapted Broadway-style.” The music and vocal director is Yunjin Kim, and the choreographer is Terri Filips. Johnson, Kim and Jonathan Allentoff have been working on the score for the play since the summer. Kim enhanced the music which had to be written for specific instruments within the orchestra, so that all of the instruments flow together, and marrying them together with Money’s big hits. Allentoff transcribed Money’s rock n’ roll music, Johnson managed the music.

Johnson along with Dresden Engle, a cast member, were the leaders of enhancing/editing the script for the musical.

Money continues to tour with his rock and roll band while working on the musical. His touring band includes his daughter Jesse who sings back up, and son Julian who plays the drums.

Money said he was interviewed by Oprah Winfrey for her “Where Are They Now” series, and as a result Dan Rather interviewed him for his AXS TV interview series. After the Rather interview AXS TV expressed an interest in producing a reality series which resulted in the filming of 10 episodes of the series called “Real Money.” The series stars Eddie and his entire family and features the day to day life of a working rock and roll family. Real Money will begin airing on April 8, on AXS TV. Two Tickets to Paradise: The Eddie Money Musical will run for five performances at the Kodak Center, 200 W. Ridge Road, Rochester: Wednesday, February 14 (Valentine’s Day) at 7:30PM Thursday, February 15 at 7:30PM; Friday, February 16 at 7:30PM (ASL-interpreted performance); Saturday, February 17 at 7:30PM; Sunday, February 18 at 2PM. Tickets are $39.50 to $59.50 and are on sale at RapaTheatre.org, The Record Archive, or by calling (585) 254-0073. This production of “Two Tickets to Paradise” is presented with support from Record Archive.

Eddie Money and cast of “Two Tickets to Paradise: The Eddie Money Musical” Photo by Karen Fien.

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50 years ago in 1968 •The Gates Lions Club was heading up a fundraising campaign to help the Park Ridge Hospital Venture to acquire 156 acres on Long Pond Road. The organization was still trying to raise the last $23,000 of the $450,000 total needed to purchase the land.

45 years ago in 1973 •Rochester native Chuck Mangione and his quartet were nominated for Best Jazz Performance by a Group in the 15th annual Grammy Awards.

•Those in the market for a used car could visit Jim Barnard Chevrolet on Buffalo Road to find a 1966 Dodge Dart for $195, a 1966 Chrysler for $397, 1969 Malibu for $1,497 and a 1964 T-bird for $479.

40 years ago in 1978 •Spencerport School District residents turned out in significant numbers to express their concern, skepticism and anger over Superintendent Clement’s recommendation to close the Elementary School.

•The Department of Transportation announced that it had narrowed the field of possible transportation links between Gates and the Orleans County line to one “corridor” which closely paralleled Route 31. Design analysis was set to begin in the Spring.

•Four major snow storms hit the area over a two week period.

Already local snow accumulation had surpassed that of the previous winter.

35 years ago in 1983 •Suburban News ran a three-part series on computers in the classroom. The Spencerport district had a total of 25 computers with four more soon to be purchased through a Chapter I Grant.

Hilton had 31 computers - mostly Atari and Apple, and the newest IBM computers were just beginning to be used to teach word processing. Churchville-Chili had 10 Apple II computers in the high school where 200 students were signed up for computer programming electives.

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School house and jail to community church: 62 East Avenue has a long history

by David Crumb Hilton Historian The tall white building at the corner of Hojack Lane on East Avenue carries a long history in the Village of Hilton. It is easy to identify as the number 62 East Avenue has recently been placed at eye level for drivers coming into town from East Avenue. It was recently purchased and renovated by Lifequest Community Church. Pastor Rob Dickerson told me that the building will be used as a youth center, church fellowship hall, men’s ministry, women’s ministry and scouts. Upstairs there is a two bedroom rental apartment, and downstairs a one bedroom apartment.

Also on the first floor is the Gate Café, a welcome center for young people and visitors in the community.

It is a building we all drive by almost on a daily basis if we are coming and going from the village. The structure has not always been located on its present site. Let’s take a look at its history over time.

On the 1852 Monroe County map that shows landowners’ and public building locations, there is a school noted at about where the Henry Street entrance is, just north off West Avenue.

There were no houses between Henry Street and Lake Avenue at that time except the James Henry farmhouse (Wilson Farm location). All the land between the two streets was the Henry Farm. This school was a two room school house used to educate the children of the Village of Unionville, what is now the Village of Hilton. Records tell us that the first district in 1835 was the “Tyler District.” Later it was to be called “the Dunham District” for the local family that owned the land, and on March 12, 1849

Hilton’s second school was built in 1853 at Dunham’s Corners (Henry Street and West Avenue). The four classroom building was moved to East Avenue in 1895. Provided photo.

62 East Avenue as it is today. Provided photo. the name was changed to “the Unionville District.” Along with a few other name changes between 1849 and 1864 it finally became known simply as “District 4 School.”

The records show that in 1851, $100 was alloted for the purchase of the site on West Avenue and $600 was allotted for the construction of a new two room frame building with a room for wraps to serve the village scholars. This building began as a two room building and later was enlarged to a two story, four room building serving as the village school until 1892. At this time, the building was not big enough to accommodate all the students in the growing community. In the years following the arrival of the Rome, Watertown and Oswego railroad in 1876, the population of the village grew significantly. To accommodate the growing student population, plans for a new school were initiated.

In 1893, the village board wrestled with what to do with the existing school which would only be in use until the new school (located where the Hilton gazebo stands) was completed. Village lore has it that one half of the board wanted to tear the building down, and the other half wanted to move it to a new location for other uses. They could not agree.

It was said that in the middle of the night, the group who wanted to move the building did just that. A group came in after dark, jacked it up, put it on rollers, enlisted quite a few teams of horses, and pulled it over to the tracks. They got it on the rails and easily moved it down to East Avenue to its present location.

In the morning the other half of the board was amazed when they discovered what had happened and said very little. In Leith Wright’s Hilton - U.S.A. written in 1985, she indicates the building was sold at public auction for $495 and acquired by the village and moved down Main Street to its present location. Her information is perhaps more accurate. continued on next page

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62 East Avenue has a long history This old District 4 School house was placed on a substantial new foundation several feet higher than ground level and became the new village hall. It also housed the fire department, the library, the jail and the town court. It served in this capacity until the then-new fire hall was completed in 1912. Former Town Historian Shirley Husted noted that she was told that sparks from passing trains often started fires on the cedar shingled roof of the old village hall by the tracks.

The new 1912 village hall and fire department was located on East Avenue (where M&T bank now stands). It was built of brick and had two large doors in the front to accommodate fire trucks. It too served multiple interests including the library, town and village hall, and the jail. Sadly it was destroyed during the “Great Hilton Fire of 1965” while the old village hall by the tracks survived.

The building housed Parma Gas and Appliance in the 1950s.

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Ciciotti’s Music operated out of the building for many years.

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When the 1912 fire hall opened, the old 1853 village hall building was sold again at auction for $800. There was a succession of owners over the years to different parties. In the late 1940s and 1950s, it was owned by Arthur Harmer and was known as Parma Gas and Appliance. Before home freezer units were a common home appliance, he installed freezer lockers on the first floor which he rented out to local citizens. Many local residents may recall this operation. The upstairs rooms were used for general storage.

In the late 1950s or early 1960s, the Ciciotti family purchased the building. Mr. Ciciotti was a skilled and talented restorer and craftsman of musical instruments. He and his wife, Viola, were well known in the community and assisted many families with selecting the right instrument for their child who was participating in Hilton School’s music program. The Ciciottis used the building for both home and business. They created an apartment on the second floor where they lived while operating their business on the first floor. After Mr. Ciciotti’s death, Mrs. Ciciotti continued to live there until she sold it in April 2016 to Lifequest Community Church.

This sturdy old historic structure has found a new use and is again in service to the Hilton community and its’ youth.

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