Back in 2004, when I first joined Shore Fire, we all got LL Bean coats for Christmas. It was an amazing present! (Thank you, Santa!) At this point, I don’t wear it regularly anymore. But when temperatures dipped into the single digits this week, followed by snow and a forecast for more, I grabbed it from my closet. Check out that old-school Shore Fire logo!
Here’s a pic of me (beardless!) in early 2006 w/ James Hunter and GO Records’ Steven Erdman, wearing the then-new coat:
James Hunter took the Blender Theater by storm last night. After a lovely set by Tift Merritt, Hunter and his 5-piece band played rhythm and blues grooves alternating with melodic ballads. These guys are tight and so hip! Then, New Orleans legend Allen Toussaint came out to sing and play a little electric piano. They did a rendition of Lee Dorsey’s “Get Out Of My Life, Woman” followed by two Hunter originals off the new album ‘The Hard Way,’ which came out Tuesday.
Here’s James spinning a yarn for Shore Fire’s Matt Hanks and soul/jazz journalist Ashley Kahn.
Whoa! James and indulge our zombie sides together!
It’s been a busy week for James; Monday, he appeared on Conan O’Brien; Tuesday, he headlined World Cafe Live in Philly, Wednesday in NYC. This morning, James, GO Records’ Steve Erdman, James’ lovely mother Daphne, and I made our bleary-eyed way over to the CW11 Morning News, where James performed. Here he with CW11 entertainment anchor Emily Frances.
We kicked off 2012 with a pretty intense month of January, Shore Fire's most successful January on record, actually! So what better way to relax while still being productive than bringing the beauty salon to us? The kind ladies of our Brooklyn … continued
