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PV Sunset Series Launches with Bob Cinque & Hudson Rhythm Boys
Marc VonEm to keep the rythm going August 8
by Edward Paul Greiff
After a rained-out Tuesday, July 18, 2006 the Putnam Valley summer Sunset Series of concerts finally got launched on the following Thursday evening, July 20. It was a foot-stomping, toe-tapping, finger-snapping, and body-gyrating event. The small crowd came to support the performers and made up for their lack of numbers by their loud cheers and lengthy applause.
The opening performance and crowd warmer was Putnam Valley's guitarist and vocalist Bob Cinque. You may have heard Bob sing at a Christmas party, or a Putnam Valley Arts event but tonight he elevated his performance to another galaxy. From rock to folk to blues to jazz his repertoire of songs were original and delivered with soul. The audience loved him.
What came next was also in a class by itself. It was nostalgia time with a rockabilly beat. The Hudson Rhythm Boys, Paul Martino and Dean Goldman drove a 1949 mint condition Ford F1 pickup truck up to the stage. Its V8 engine and Harley Davidson type mufflers made a throaty sound as they parked it parallel to the stage. Packed in the back of the truck were six or eight special guitars and two old fashioned Victor stage speakers that have had their internal parts modernized. The "Boys" set up two chairs and their equipment in the back of the pickup truck which served as their stage. "One, two, three, four," counted out Paul Martino and the Boys started strumming and singing and never stopped for one hour straight. The songs and melodies just rolled off their lips and fingers as if they had been doing this for some twenty-five years, which they have. It turns out that Bob Cinque and Dean Goldman went to High School together and sang and danced in the school's version of West Side Story.
It wasn't until the end of their two-hour performance that I could find the words to describe the music of the Hudson Rhythm Boys. Paul Martino said, "We always close each performance with this song," and he and Dean sang, "Last Saturday night we got married, me and my wife settled down . . . Good Night Irene I'll see you in my dreams . . ." They sang that song with such intensity, with such emotion that it brought tears to your eyes. It's an example of how they take a classic and adds their unique interpretation and styling to it and produce an original that you know yet never heard before. They followed "Good Night Irene" with their rendition of Johnny Cash's "Ring Of Fire." And before you could get out of the mood they followed that with "When The Saints Go Marching In."
There is no way you could sit still listening to the Hudson Rhythm Boys deliver almost non-stop over fifty songs in two hours while they switched guitars and played the Harmonica.
Parks and Recreation Department Sunset Series Director Thea Moeller took the stage and presented to Councilwoman Priscilla Keresey a framed Certificate of Appreciation for financially sponsoring the Hudson Rhythm Boys. Sunset Series volunteers sold hot dogs with chili and sauerkraut, soda, water, chips, pop corn, candy treats, and a variety of other merchandise to help support the summer Sunset Series.
The series continued on August 1st with twenty-two piece Big Band "Switch In Time." They are an updated version of the Big Bands of yesteryear such as Glenn Miller and Duke Ellington. Their repertoire also includes the music of contemporary artists like Henry Mancini, Buddy Rich, and Maynard Ferguson. In addition they play "Latin Jazz," by Antonio Carlos Jobin, Sammy Nestico, Tito Puente, and Antonio Sandoval.
Next week, on August 8th, Marc VonEm will perform his wide-ranging repertoire of folk, blues, and classical music, along with local favorite Urban Legend.
Combine all this in the natural amphitheater setting of the Town Park and you have the makings of an evening to remember.
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