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Al Smith – Electric Eclectic Show!!

Austin Tang — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 19:27:41 +0000

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April 26, 7:30 PM

TheCuttingRoomNYC.com

Directions:
The Cutting Room 44 East 32nd St, New York, NY, 10016
United States

Here is a LIVE CUTTING ROOM SHOW that Al did some years ago, he is fantastic: Note please be patient as the Camera person started tge camera to soon by a few minutes, then Al gets on.

https://youtu.be/Zd8N0MBM7B4

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Camara Cassin’s Post

Austin Tang — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 14:20:54 +0000

Hi guys! I’m calling on some support please. If you have seen the documentary The Need To Grow then you know about the algae based biorefinery by Michael Smith. We need to save the existing prototype in a plan that includes so much more. Details are in my post. What I’m asking for from you is to share this post on LinkedIn to help us reach the right people in time. Please, thank you!

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‘The Session Man: Nicky Hopkins’ US DVD, set for March 18, 2025 release

Austin Tang — Fri, 07 Mar 2025 14:29:07 +0000

The Session Man: Nicky Hopkins DVD

This 90-minute documentary tells the story of the legendary pianist Nicky Hopkins, dubbed rock and roll’s greatest session man, who played on over 250 albums and on some of the most iconic rock tracks ever recorded.

Amongst his stand-out achievements, Nicky contributed to records by The Rolling Stones (14 albums), The Kinks, The Who and The Beatles, but he also appears on solo albums of all four Beatles, most notably, John Lennon’s Imagine.

The list of interviewees in the documentary is impressive and includes Keith Richards, Mick Jagger, Bill Wyman, Peter Frampton, Dave Davies and Pete Townshend, each giving their unique take on what it was that made Nicky so special and the magic he brought to every track he appeared on.

The Session Man was originally released in the US on November 5, 2024 on Amazon (TVoD), and by popular demand, it is now being released on DVD from March 18, 2025, also on Amazon:

The Session Man: Nicky Hopkins DVD:
https://www.amazon.com/Session-Man-Peter-Frampton/dp/B0DXRBWPV5

DVD cover artwork:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/pKgWRatWNF7NM39D9

‘This is an excellent and well-made documentary that even those who don’t know a lot about Hopkins will find interesting.’

Aaron Badgley, Spill Magazine

For more information, please contact:

John Wood, co-producer

www.thesessionmanfilm.com

johnalexwood@gmail.com

THE SESSION MAN: NICKY HOPKINS MUSIC DOCUMENTARY FEATURING MICK JAGGER, KEITH RICHARDS, PETER FRAMPTON AND MORE TO BE RELEASED IN NORTH AMERICA ON NOVEMBER 5^TH

LEGENDARY SESSION PIANIST NICKY HOPKINS FEATURED ON OVER 250 ALBUMS AND ICONIC SONGS WITH THE ROLLING STONES, THE BEATLES, THE WHO, STEVE MILLER BAND AND MORE

The Session Man Official Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egp63SvF9aU

September 30, 2024 – The Session Man: Nicky Hopkins, a documentary film that tells the story of the prolific virtuoso session pianist Nicky Hopkins, will be released in North America November 5^th on TVOD/PPV on Amazon Prime, additional major platforms and will also be available on DVD in late 2024. For viewing information, please visit www.thesessionmanfilm.com. Featuring commentary from Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Peter Frampton, Pete Townshend and more, The Session Man explores the legendary 30-year career of Nicky Hopkins and his contributions to over 250 albums, including John Lennon’s Imagine, The Who’s My Generation, and countless iconic songs like “You Are So Beautiful” by Joe Cocker, “Sympathy For The Devil” by The Rolling Stones and “Revolution” by The Beatles. Directed by Mike Treen, THE SESSION MAN has been shown at festivals in a number of countries, winning awards in London, Berlin, Rome, Madrid, Los Angeles and Paris. It is scheduled to be screened in The New Zealand Indie Film Festival and The Albuquerque Film Festival at the end of September.

“Nicky Hopkins was a dear friend and iconic piano player. No one had his wonderful touch, feel and choice of notes. I was lucky to have him play on my Somethin’s Happening record. I miss him and listen to him often. He taught me plenty.” – Peter Frampton

“THE SESSION MAN film is not a Hollywood biopic, rather a homage to a virtuoso and prolific session pianist. There is a sad irony in that Nicky Hopkins was unknown to the greater public but amongst his peers, he was treated as Rock Royalty. The sheer volume of albums and singles that he contributed on and the testimonials from the star-studded list of interviewees in the film allows me the right to say that Nicky’s story deserves to reach a wide audience worldwide. As Bob Lefsetz succinctly put it, ‘The Session Man” is a link in your education. It fills holes in your mental history of rock and roll. Which revolutionized society, impacted an entire generation, music was the coolest medium, it drove the culture and Nicky was there, not on the periphery, but audible on some of your favorite records.’” – Director Mike Treen

Classically trained at The Royal Academy of Music, London, Nicky Hopkins could play Rock and Roll piano like nobody else. His legendary piano riffs and dazzling musical motifs helped ordinary tracks become iconic. With a career spanning 30 years until his tragic early death at age 50, he played with some of the greatest bands and artists in the world including The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who, The Steve Miller Band, Joe Cocker, Jerry Garcia, Art Garfunkel and many others.

By the late 1960’s, Nicky was one of the busiest and most successful session players in London. He then joined the Jeff Beck Group with Rod Stewart and Ronnie Wood, which took him to America. He settled in Mill Valley enjoying the free-wheeling San Francisco ‘Bay Area Bands’ and playing at Woodstock with Jefferson Airplane. The 1970’s were his most successful period, commuting across The Atlantic to play with The Stones, John Lennon, and on countless sessions in Los Angeles.

Living with Crohn’s disease since his teens, his ability to tour was limited, although he would manage tours with The Rolling Stones, Joe Cocker and Art Garfunkel. But it was in the recording studio where he became a legend amongst his peers. As Keith Richards recounts, “We were coming up with songs that [were]absolutely beyond Stu’s- let alone capabilities-his dreams! He didn’t want to know! So, I think that Stu called and said, ‘The only guy that can handle this is Nicky Hopkins.’” Nicky ended up playing on a total of 14 Stones albums.

Nicky’s story is told in the film by Albert Lee, Antonia Cipollina, Arthur Rochester, Benmont Tench, Bill Wyman, Billy Nicholls, Bro Paul Brown, Chris Kimsey, Chris Welch, Chuck Leavell, Dave Davies, Glyn Johns, Graham Parker, Gray Levett, Greg Phillinganes, Harry Shearer, Helen O’Hara, Jack Casady, Jim Keltner, Joe Tansin, John Goddard, Jorma Kaukonen, Julian Dawson (Nicky’s biographer – author of And on Piano… Nicky Hopkins), Keith Richards, Merrell Fankhauser, Mick Jagger, Mike Hurst, Mike McCartney, Moira Hopkins (Nicky’s widow), Morgan Fisher, Nils Lofgren, Paddy Milner, Pete Edmonds, Pete Sears, Pete Townshend, Peter Frampton, PP Arnold, Rory Kaplan, Sarah Sleet (CEO of Crohn’s & Colitis UK), Shel Talmy, Slim Jim Phantom, Terry Reid and Tom Speight.

The Session Man’s narrator, Bob Harris, former presenter of the BBC’s The Old Grey Whistle Test, had no hesitation in confirming that, “His contributions on their records made him Rock and Roll’s greatest Session Man.”

The Session Man Online:

Official Website: www.thesessionmanfilm.com

Instagram: www.instagram.com/thenickyhopkins

Facebook: www.facebook.com/thenickyhopkins

Twitter/X: www.twitter.com/thenickyhopkins

The Session Man Press Contacts:

Lauren Mele

Beachwood Entertainment Collective

Lauren@Beachwood.LA

Jean Sievers

Beachwood Entertainment Collective

Jean@Beachwood.LA

Last week, on 5th November 2024,‘The Session Man: Nicky Hopkins’ was released in the US on:

Amazon: click to watch >>> https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B0DBPKT9K7/ and
Apple TV: click to watch >>> https://tv.apple.com/us/movie/the-session-man/umc.cmc.1ayu6onuxyswunrbtyi9rq36i

If you live in the US, when you’ve had a chance to watch the documentary, could you please leave us a review on Rotten Tomatoes via this link? https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_session_man

That would really help us! Thank you.

We’ve been getting a lot of media coverage since the release! Here’s a selection:

Rolling Stone magazine: https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/played-beatles-rolling-stones-documentary-150000850.html
People magazine: https://people.com/john-lennon-s-jealous-guy-piano-player-almost-in-spinal-tap-8733348
The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/nov/06/nicky-hopkins-pianist-rolling-stones-who-beatles
BBC World Service (Mike Treen interview): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QC8IUIxOg8M&t=167s

As a result, yesterday, we reached position 6 in the iTunes Top Documentary Movies Chart!

https://www.popvortex.com/movies/charts/documentary-movies.php

Meanwhile, the film is still doing really well in Japan! See: www.sessionman.jp

So we’re getting there!

Until next time,

John Wood, co-producer

www.thesessionmanfilm.com

+44 7771 520001

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Please join us for Friends of City Hall Park’s “Tree Days in CHP”

Austin Tang — Tue, 10 Dec 2024 16:29:34 +0000

Please join us for Friends of City Hall Park’s “Tree Days in CHP,” April 20-25, a multi-event program of walking tours, tree care, tree identification, tree planting, celebrations and tree art installations. https://www.cityhallparknyc.org/events

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Cher Dazzles With Darlene Love on ‘Christmas in Rockefeller Center’ Tree-Lighting Special

Austin Tang — Tue, 05 Dec 2023 19:37:57 +0000

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By Mr. Ricione, Katie Atkinson
Cher Dazzles With Darlene Love on ‘Christmas in Rockefeller Center’ Tree-Lighting Special

The pop legend performed her lead Christmas single “DJ Play a Christmas Song” & sang a “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)” duet with Love.

After a festive performance last week at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, Cher-mas continued Wednesday night (Nov. 29) with a double-header at the Christmas in Rockefeller Center tree-lighting special.

Cher started with a repeat performance, hitting the Radio City Music Hall rooftop for “DJ Play a Christmas Song,” the lead single from her 2023 holiday album titled Christmas and the same song she performed along last week’s parade route.

But instead of dancers dressed as red toy soldiers like they were on Thanksgiving, this time Cher’s backup troupe wore sparkly silver minidresses with silver go-go boots, coordinating with the pop legend’s silver puffer coat, silver corset and bedazzled wide-leg jeans.

Throughout the performance, the camera cut to Christmas in Rockefeller Center host Kelly Clarkson singing along to every word. “Oh my gosh, you guys,” Clarkson said breathlessly afterward. “Cher just put out a Christmas jam, y’all! That song is so good! That is my favorite song in a very long time!”

“DJ Play a Christmas Song” rises to No. 1 this week on the Dance/Electronic Digital Song Sales chart — giving Cher a Billboard chart-topper in the last seven decades — while its parent album, Christmas, debuted atop Billboard‘s Top Holiday Albums earlier this month.

Next up on the tree-lighting special, Cher joined forces with longtime friend Darlene Love to sing Love’s signature holiday hit “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home),” of which they recorded a duet version for the new Christmas album. Cher went for a full outfit and hair change for the finale performance, switching into a sequined silver three-piece suit and icy-blond long locks from her signature black ‘do. Love wore a sparkly black suit to wail co-lead on the song with Cher — and Santa Claus even popped up to play a saxophone solo.

As Clarkson noted ahead of the performance, as a teenager, Cher sang background vocals on Love’s original 1963 recording of the song from A Christmas Gift for You From Phil Spector. In the Christmas liner notes, Cher thanks Love, writing: “Singing with you – ‘one of the greatest singers ever’ – is a special kind of miracle. Just think, I was 17 when I sang background on this song. … I’m still so in awe of you! Now we’ve come full circle.”

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“Heroes Appreciation Concert” Paul Sladkus Piano, Sax…

Austin Tang — Mon, 31 Jan 2022 17:57:28 +0000

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Kayla Peale, a Strawless Sea? Amazon.com, Inc.

Austin Tang — Thu, 11 Nov 2021 22:05:32 +0000

Kayla Peale, a Strawless Sea? A wonderful young woman full of Good News who will help lead the world to be more sustainable along with the great company Amazon.com, Inc.

http://goodnewsplanet.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/kayla_peale_1.mp3

Here are two Projects that we speak about ( then put Project Essay attachment and then Project Summary)
Project Essay_Kayla Peale
Project Summary_Kayla Peale-3

Here are some resources/links. Please let me know if you need anything else.

https://earthoptimism.si.edu/

https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2020/04/07/d-c-area-high-schoolers-pitch-amazon-on-a-green.html

https://earthoptimism.si.edu/blogs/news/2019/08/27/strawless-sea/

https://www.arlingtonmagazine.com/do-you-really-need-that-plastic-straw/

#kayla #peale #strawless #sea #woman #good #news #world #sustainable #amazon #projects #project #speak #essay #attachment #summary #resources #links #please #need #anything #else #earth #optimism #biz #journals #edu #high #schoolers #school #pitch #green #arlington #magazine #plastic #straw

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Good Bye 2020.. May you never come back please

Austin Tang — Fri, 25 Dec 2020 15:59:57 +0000

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Pumpkin Sail Concert 2020 Update: How the Tradition will Continue…FREE..please donate

Austin Tang — Sun, 25 Oct 2020 15:44:51 +0000

Pumpkin Sail Concert 2020:

On Thursday, October 29, at 7:30 PM, Clearwater will recreate Pumpkin Sail’s magic in an online concert featuring Reggie Harris, Magpie, Dean Stevens, and Thomasina Winslow, streaming to Facebook Live and YouTube.

There is no admission fee, but we hope that attendees will generously donate to Clearwater during the concert.

Donate via Clearwater Website

Donate with Paypal

Pumpkin Sail Cookbooks

Donate $75 or more and we’ll send you a free copy of
“the Pumpkin Happy cookbook”
(while supplies last)!

All cookbooks contain a variety of delicious pumpkin-themed recipes and a hand-written introduction by Pete Seeger!

Pumpkin Sail Concert 2020:
Get to Know This Year’s Performers!
Official Event Webpage

Reggie Harris

For over 40 years Reggie Harris has earned acclaim and respect from peers and audiences alike throughout the U.S., Canada, Europe and around the world. He combines spirituals and roots music, historic inspiration, and moving original songs, often in the themes of unity and social justice. Reggie is part of the solution. His marvelous music, his hard-earned wisdom, and his loving presence lift up any room he enters.

Magpie

Magpie is the duo of Terry Leonino and Greg Artzner. Award-winning recording artists, singers, songwriters, musical historians, playwrights, actors and social activists, Terry and Greg are proud to be, as Pete Seeger said of them, “…more links in the chain”, dedicating their lives and music to leaving this world a better place. “…simply, absolutely, unequivocally wonderful…” said London’s Melody Maker.

Thomasina Winslow

Sarah Craig, manager of the famed Caffe Lena, says “Thomasina Winslow’s unique blues path winds through Delta roadhouses, coffeehouse stages where singer/songwriters flourish, and then into the church pew where blues lovers seek the light on Sunday morning.” Her dad Tom Winslow wrote the Clearwater standard, “Hey Looka Yonder,” and brought Thomasina to perform on Pumpkin Sail stages as a teenager. She has since appeared at many Revivals and toured nationally and internationally.

Dean Stevens

Born and raised in Costa Rica, Dean Stevens absorbed the musical and topical influences of Central America. He returns there frequently and has become known for his humanitarian efforts
on behalf of refugees returning to their homes in El Salvador and Guatemala. He is a formidable creator and interpreter of songs in English and Spanish; his own material explores a variety of personal and social topics, paints sketches of people and places, celebrates the Earth, and annoys the narrow-minded.

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Oh please, oh please…….

Austin Tang — Tue, 20 Oct 2020 13:45:49 +0000

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