Art delayed–here are some great photos from a great day of music, instead
Monday Morning Art will go up Tuesday Afternoon this week. I’m working on a project related to the Emily Gunter-Haynes benefit from yesterday, but the details won’t be finalized until tomorrow, so to tide you over, here’s a photo essay featuring some of the sights from yesterday’s show at the Blue Parrot. The show was rousing success and the vibes were amazing and positive all day long. We got to see friends like Sean Richardson and Karen Allen and local bloggers Jackie Lantern and Scarlett Tanager. Filmmaker Eamon Hardiman was there, and promised to contribute a short film to a future RFC. We even saw a few members of the West Virginia Symphony Orchestra, and “Symphony Idol” winner Ryan Hardiman.
Above you see The Spurgie Hankins Band. We recorded a few tunes by Spurgie that you’ll get to see on future episodes of Radio Free Charleston. Below is a shot of The Synergy Collective, who you can see on the most recent RFC.
Here’s some of the artwork and other cool things that were up for auction.
The VooDoo Katz turned in a great set, as usual.
Kai Haynes, from the Katz, delivered an astounding vocal during their finale.
The Tom Batchelor Band, from Morgantown, laid down a wonderful Reggae vibe, complete with steel drum.
Past RFC guest Mark Bates peformed with his band, The Vacancies.
Here’s another shot of Spurgie and the boys.
And we’ll leave you with another photo of The Synergy Collective, who used electric guitars for the first time that we’ve seen, and they sounded great. Check PopCult tomorrow for art and more info on how to help Emily.
March 8th, 2008 at 6:08 pm
Great pics Rudy! And it was awesome to finally meet you
Hopefully I’ll be a little more sober and coherent next time
March 10th, 2008 at 8:39 am
[…] Today’s art is “Spewtube.” This is part of the series of prints that was to be auctioned off for the benefit of Emily Gunter-Haynes. Pressing time issues kept that from happening, but we’re working on an alternate way to let these works benefit Emily. While we’re still working on the “big announcement,” I can tell you that all the proceeds from the Monday Morning Art Store featuring this artwork will go to Emily and her husband, Jeff, as they deal with a debilitating illness. In addition, the PopCult Store will become a storehouse for the pieces I created for the benefit, and all proceeds from the PopCult Store will go to Emily and Jeff until further notice. You can read more about the awesome day of music and art for Emily here. […]
March 10th, 2008 at 9:01 am
Rudy, you ROCK! Thanks for the pics and the coverage! BTW I still have quite a few of those framed and matted pics!
Peace,
Jeff
March 10th, 2008 at 5:39 pm
Tears of love and joy and at least we got the bills paid this month…….Love to all friends, family, and musicians.
Peace
March 10th, 2008 at 10:37 pm
What a wonderful day at the Blue Parrot! After just coming off of the “flu funk” that went around, this day served as such a rejuvination for me. All the musicians gave their all, and the art was uplifting to benefit Emily and Jeff!
Thanks for documenting it for everyone, Rudy.
-TJK
March 17th, 2008 at 7:01 am
[…] As I announced last week, all the proceeds from the Monday Morning Art Store featuring artwork from this series will go to Emily and her husband, Jeff, as they deal with a debilitating illness. In addition, the PopCult Store will become a storehouse for the pieces I previously created for the benefit, and all proceeds from the PopCult Store will go to Emily and Jeff until further notice. You can read more about the awesome day of music and art for Emily here. So, now you have an added incentive to check out the Monday Morning Art store, and The PopCult store. And click on the image for a larger version. […]
March 18th, 2008 at 9:30 am
I DON’T KNOW WHAT TO SAY, EXCEPT THANK YOU MORE THAN ANYTHING!
PEACE,
EMILY
March 21st, 2008 at 11:14 am
[…] We captured The Spurgie Hankins Band at The Blue Parrot, during the benefit for Emily Gunter-Haynes, which you can read about here. You can read about an ongoing art benefit here. I also need to apologize to Spurgie and the boys again for mis-spelling their MySpace address on the screen during the intro and their song. Click on the link above to go to their webpage. I’ve been trying to get Spurgie on the show for some time, but we could never make our schedules connect. Luckily, in addition to “Bullets and Fire,” I was able to snag two additional tunes that will be seen on future editions of RFC. […]
March 31st, 2008 at 9:39 am
[…] All the proceeds from the Monday Morning Art Store featuring artwork from this series will go to Emily and her husband, Jeff, as they deal with her debilitating illness. In addition, the PopCult Store will become a storehouse for the pieces I previously created for the benefit, and all proceeds from the PopCult Store will also go to Emily and Jeff until further notice. You can read more about the awesome day of music and art for Emily here. So, now you have an added incentive to check out the Monday Morning Art store, and The PopCult store. And click on the image for a larger version. […]
April 22nd, 2008 at 8:23 am
[…] All the proceeds from the Monday Morning Art Store will go to Emily and her husband, Jeff, as they deal with her debilitating illness. In addition, the PopCult Store will become a storehouse for the pieces I previously created for the benefit, and all proceeds from the PopCult Store will also go to Emily and Jeff until further notice. You can read more about the awesome day of music and art for Emily here. So, now you have an added incentive to check out the Monday Morning Art store, and The PopCult store. And click on the image for a larger version. […]
May 21st, 2008 at 4:59 pm
[…] Another of Charleston’s most original bands is The Synergy Collective. We recorded them at the benefit for Emily Gunter-Haynes at the Blue Parrot back in early March. This was the first time they’d performed the song “Awry,” and it was also one of the few times I’ve seen the guys playing electric guitars. You can see and hear this exciting band Saturday night at Capitol Roasters Cafe. Mel and I plan to be there, and it’ll be a fun night of great music. TSC were previously on episodes 33 and 36 of RFC. […]