Thanks to all of you who came and helped make this a fantastic,
once in a lifetime event.
For
those of you that didn't get New Earth Stock t-shirts, we will be
ordering more. Call our office right away, at (925)
862-0739, to make sure we get one for you.
Click
here to see Pictures from the Event. More to come soon!
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On
August 4th, 2007, at 12 noon,
New Earth Nursery hosted "A Day on the Green" to remember.
An outdoor, all-day, all-night festival; NEW-EARTH-Stock was a blast
from the past with 6 bands, a huge barbeque, beer, soft drinks,
& water all provided.People brought their motorhomes, RVs, campers,
and tents, and heard some great Rock 'n Roll, Blues, Jazz, Horns
in the beautiful Sunol Valley at the New Earth Nursery Growing Grounds.
Headliners
for the show were Mic
Gillette/Jon Smith Project. Mic was the leader
of the "Tower of Power"
horns section for many years, and with Jon Smith playing sax, (
Edgar Winters "White Trash Band" ) and considered one
of the most soulful sax players in the country. Mic also had Carl
Perazzo from Santana
playing drums.
Lydia
Pense & Cold Blood along with Tower of Power
were responsible for the term "East Bay Grease" in the
early Seventies. Lydia's voice is still an amazing treat for those
of us who grew up in the 60's and 70's.
The
Gary Cambra Band is a rockin' machine. Gary,
also a Newark Grad, has spent the last 17 years as lead guitarist
& keyboardist for "The Tubes."
Then
we had Ron
Thompson & The Resistors. Truly one of the
great blues musicians in the country, Ron is also a 1971 Newark
High School graduate who has won 2 "Bammies" for Best
Blues Guitarist. He was bandleader for John Lee Hooker and has played
with far too many big names to list here, so check out his website.
Whitey
and keyboardist/vocalist Mike Scoggin
have played the Bay Area together for 25 years, in the bands "Ravin"
& Starkravin",
with many original songs in their repetoire that Whitey wrote in
the "old days." Newark Grads took a trip down memory lane,
rockin' the stock on August 4th.
The
opening act was the Megan Gillette
Band. Daughter of headliner Mic Gillette. Megan
is an up and coming whos dad sat in, and from start to finish, invitees
were in for a concert that will not soon be forgotten.
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