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This is a category for bands that are part of the Long Island, New York music scene. Pages in category "Musical groups from Long Island" The following 118 pages are in this category, out of 118 total.
The 8800 square foot building includes a museum of Long Island music history celebrating its over 120 Inductees, memorabilia, photographs and videos, a rotating exhibit the first of which is “Long Island’s Legendary Club Scene – 1960’s-80’s, a surround sound theater, and 2 stages for musical performances and speaker presentations.
In the 2000s, the band continued to play in local venues throughout New York, Long Island, New Jersey and Connecticut, as well as playing annually in their own summer weekend outdoor festival aptly named "Ratstock". At one point, the "new" Good Rats (Peppi and his sons) performed as the opening act for a reunion performance by the "old" Good Rats.
The band started out as the Volunteers, playing small venues around New York's Long Island. At its core, the band has been composed of Jeff Mattson on lead guitar and vocals, for most of its history, Tom Circosta on rhythm guitar and vocals, and Klyph Black on bass and vocals.
Raised on Long Island (but not born on Long Island) Name Date of birth Place of birth Date of death Place of death Occupation Adkins, Derrick R: 2 July 1970 Brooklyn, New York — — track athlete Foley, Michael F: 7 June 1965 Bloomington, Indiana — — wrestler Foster, Susan H — Queens, New York — — jewelry designer Freiberger, Bill
With the addition of multi-instrumentalist Richie Cannata, Topper became the Billy Joel Band. Javors played rhythm guitar with Joel from 1975 until 1989. On October 23, 2014, Javors, Cannata, and DeVitto (with Stegmeyer, posthumously) were inducted into the Long Island Music Hall of Fame, primarily for their work with Joel. [2]
A makeshift memorial of six white prayer candles and a miniature trumpet paid homage Friday to two people killed in a charter bus crash on its way to a band camp with 40 Farmingdale High School ...
The original name for the group was Funk Philharmonia. Their first show was on November 21, 1985. They are one of the longest-running groups from Long Island. [2] In the late 1990s, there were two former Tower of Power members in its lineup. [3] Two of the founding members were drummer Lee Finkelstein and trombonist and singer, Ozzie Melendez.