Ten days after, it's a double shot of TEN YEARS AFTER!

Ten days after.... it's a double shot of

TEN YEARS AFTER! Last night at the Iridium Room on Broadway in Manhattan, my beautiful wife/partner, Nan and I, celebrated four (4) years of Willy-Gilly Productions, Inc. (founded 8/17/09) by seeing  our new favorite (and the best ever 'Live') band inducted into the New York Blues Hall of Fame! WHAT A NIGHT! It was just a week ago that we experienced the greatest single 'Live' performance that this music maniac has ever seen at Infinity Hall in Norfolk, CT. I thought it would be impossible to top that wild ride, but last night I saw and heard things that just defy description. God bless, Alvin Lee! Beyond a shadow of a doubt, he is walking in the Pantheon of players, stroking some of the meanest riffs ever to fly from the frets of a Fender (or a Gibson or Martin, for that matter). But, last night, I could swear I saw Joe Gooch grow a second pair of hands to play runs that can't be played by mere mortals! His fingers moved so fast that it looked like they weren't moving at all, without dropping a beat! I've been looking at all the live footage of Ten Years After that I could find and there are some things that are blatantly obvious, Alvin Lee was an Original! A Guitar genius! A Master musician! A Great creative force! His work and craft will stand forever. He will never be forgotten. But, as God is my witness, I tell you this: Joe Gooch could cut heads with him any day of the week and come out on top EVERY TIME! If you missed Alvin in the band, too bad! He ain't coming back! But, if you call yourself a guitar fan and you don't catch this 'guitar man' in this original unit (w. Leo, Chick and Ric) soon, you will have missed one of the greatest blues/rock experiences, EVER! HE IS AND THEY ARE THAT GOOD... AND GETTING BETTER EVERY DAY!!! The next place I'll be looking to catch their act is at 'The Garden' when they come back next Spring! YOU BETTER BE THERE! For now, it's thanks for the memories of this 'mini-tour', from a new 'True believer'! TEN YEARS AFTER, FOREVER! €8-.O

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Nan and David

 Nan Gill-Wilson and Joe Gooch, Lead Guitarist for "Ten Years After"

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"Ten Years After...And Then Some"

I just saw the greatest LIVE Rock'n'Roll set (90 mins.) that I have ever seen! In a small venue (Infinity Hall in Norfolk, CT, well-known to all true rock fans), after driving for two hours, I witnessed the band, '10 YEARS AFTER' (with Joe Gooch fronting) levitate an entire building and all of its patrons. Not only did they levitate, they were launched into orbit by four of the best musicians on this planet. I first saw the band at Woodstock in '69. (They played late on Sunday night, early Monday morning before Hendrix immortal set.) Alvin Lee and 'the boys' did their thing and it was fine. I saw them again at the 25th Woodstock reunion concert in '94 and they still had it. But, truthfully, I was never a 'real fan.'

Last night, in a quaint, historic, rock jewel of a venue, I saw the greatest single performance by a four man unit that I have ever experienced. SKIP THAT! THE GREATEST SET EVER!!! I have been in the entertainment business for over four decades. I have seen every great band live (except the Beatles). I saw Springsteen before he was SPRINGSTEEN at Max's KC. Hell, I was a backstage rat at the Fillmore East. I saw The Doors, Allman Brother's, The Stones, Cream, Airplane/Starship, Hendrix' Joplin, Dylan, The Dead, CSNY... all of them. I've seen more festivals (I WAS AT WOODSTOCK!) and amphitheaters than you can shake a stick at featuring hundreds of bands and thousands of hours of music! Good golly, Miss Molly! I saw 'The King,' 'Killer' and Little Richard, too!  BUT, as God is my witness, last night I saw and heard rock'n'roll heaven on earth. THEY WERE THE MUSIC! My only question is, "WHY AREN'T THESE GUYS IN THE HALL OF FAME?! No offense Alvin, but you can surely rest in peace knowing that you have turned over the front to one of greatest guitarists I've ever seen and I've seen them all, Clapton, Page, BB, Walsh, Winter, Jorma, Santana, you name them, I've seen them! Joe Gooch is AMAZING! If you ever get a chance to see this band live, DON'T BLOW IT!  Or, at least pick up a copy of, "Roadworks LIVE!"

(INSIDER HOT TIP: They are playing their last U.S. gig on this tour Monday, 8/25 at the Iridium Room in Manhattan!)

LEO LYONS, RIC LEE, CHICK CHURCHILL AND JOE GOOCH ARE THE BEST THERE IS! (And, maybe ever was!) TEN YEARS AFTER... FOREVER!!! Check them out at www.tenyearsafternow.com

'Nuff said! €8-.0
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"What's My Line?"

What's My Line?

In this case it refers to which cable conglomerate controls the free flow of information in your area. What happened to the free market and free enterprise in the telecomm industry?

We live in an era where more and more opportunities for open communication are available -- this blog is proof! But the control over how you disseminate those communications is increasingly manipulated by a select few (the cable oligarchy) who dictate quality, quantity and pricing!  The constant consolidation in the telecomm industry has once again led us into an era in which we must first ask what a monopoly is, and secondly, who is watching the watchers?

How is possible in this day and age 100 years after The Muckraker was published, we can be mired in a morass of price-fixing, regionalism and corporate dominance? As much as we believe that there are no political solutions, I am quite clear about the complicity of authorities who, while supposedly serving the public, act as facilitators of abusive business practices. Perhaps this is due to the trade-offs between corporate and government entities that allow free access to our communications by our leaders and the robber barons who gouge consumers at will, while providing this information!

Once again, we the people are being slammed between two leviathans bent on controlling our every move. The hideous truth is that they are condemning us to a world in which we have to say what they want to hear, and to add insult to injury must pay a king's ransom to say it!

So what are we advocating? We believe each individual in the land of the free stand up and speak out on what form may be available against the tyranny of these all-too-real weapons of mass distraction!

Willy Gilly Production's mission is to build the Independent film and television industry in New York's Hudson Valley. If you'd like to continue receiving an occasional update about our films in production, acting and technical training, please sign up at our new website's contact form. 

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And thank you for you interest in and support of Independent Film production.

Peace,

Nan and David