A Night of Nazz Music 2019 featuring Stewkey Antoni and Thom Mooney
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- Опубліковано 5 тра 2020
- "A Night of Nazz Music" concert was held in Cincinnati OH at the Woodward Theater on November 30, 2019 and included special appearances by original Nazz members Stewkey Antoni and Thom Mooney performing with talent from around the national music scene. The concert was presented by Rundgren Radio and the video was filmed by Midwest Concert Video. Thumbnail photo from the event by Whitney Burr.
The first set featured Nazz songs performed by the special band built for this event and they were joined by Antoni and Mooney for the second set.
The bass player was Probyn Gregory, a Los Angeles-based composer and musician multi-instrumentalist best known for his work with Brian Wilson, The Beach Boys, and The Wondermints. He has also performed or recorded with artists including Paul McCartney, Eric Clapton, Billy Joel, Badly Drawn Boy, and more. He plays guitar, bass, banjo, keyboards, trumpet, French horn, flugelhorn, various lower brass instruments, and the tannerin and sings.
The lead guitarist was Fernando Perdomo, featured guitarist in the film ECHO IN THE CANYON and its official soundtrack. Perdomo is a powerhouse of the LA music scene who lives and breathes music. LA Weekly dubbed him as "The millennial answer to Todd Rundgren (a founding member of Nazz)". A veteran at 37, he has made a name for himself as an in-demand producer, singer/songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist.
The drummer was Nick Bertling. Involved in music since the '90's, Bertling primarily made his name as a drummer in Baltimore in bands such as Puddle, Gary B & The Notions, Naked Blue, Alto Verde, They Hear and others. Besides drums, Nick is also skilled at vocals, guitars, keyboards, bass, engineering and producing.
On keyboards was Chuck Wiggins, a Cincinnati-based musician that loves to entertain people with a variety of musical genres - pop/rock/jazz/folk/international. He performs as a vocalist and/or instrumentalist including the accordion. Wiggins has opened for The Intoxicats a couple of times recently, a band that includes Michele Rundgren.
Additional performers included Elle Crash and John Powhida. Crash is a multi-instrumentalist and vocalist with a long history in Cincinnati music's scene (JetLab, Lovely Crash, Fairmount Girls). She is one of the founding members of She-RA, the first-ever all-female Todd/Utopia tribute band. Powhida is a singer/songwriter with multiple Boston Music Award nominations and his songs have been featured in episodes of My Name is Earl and Men in Trees. He has sung on recordings by The Click Five, Sarah Borges and The Gentlemen. He performs with Boston rock and soul combo The Rudds, and his own creation - - - John Powhida International Airport, a potent 6 piece rock, disco, soul, pop fusion entertainment unit of the highest original order that just released a new album titled "The Bad Pilot". He is also the singer for the popular Todd/Utopia tribute band, Hermits of Mink Halloween.
Cincinnati's very own Gary Griffin made a guest appearance on keys for two songs. Griffin is best known for performing as a keyboardist and vocalist with The Beach Boys, Brian Wilson, Jan and Dean and The Surf City Allstars
NAZZ
Nazz was an American rock band formed in Philadelphia, PA, in early 1967 that included Stewkey Antoni, Thom Mooney, Todd Rundgren, and Carson Van Osten. Their influences were The Yardbirds, The Beatles. The Who, Cream, Small Faces, Moby Grape, and others. They are best known for their debut single "Open My Eyes" backed with "Hello It's Me".
The band had been performing for a short time at small clubs before they landed their first major live show In June '67 with the Doors at Philadelphia Town Hall.
Nazz released two records as a band and a third was released a year after they had broken up that included unreleased tracks along with some outtakes and rehearsal bits.
RUNDGRENRADIO.COM
Rundgren Radio (RR) started as a fan based online talk radio show for Todd Rundgren and music fans that expanded to concert promotion and events.
RR is also a large fan community that has been getting together for over 12 years for unique parties/events to celebrate the music of Todd Rundgren/Utopia/Nazz. The parties have included musical performances by Todd Rundgren, Kasim Sulton (Utopia), Michele Rundgren and Prairie Prince (The Tubes), Stewkey Antoni (Nazz), Greg Hawkes (The Cars), Brent Bourgeois (Bourgeois Tagg), John Siegler, Kevin Ellman, Jill Sobule, Bobby Strickland, Mutlu Onaral, and more.
RR has completed over 200 online radio shows with over 100 different guests and over a million downloads. All shows are permanently archived and available for download. They have also presented over 40 Todd Rundgren concerts.
Rest in peace stewkey ! 🙏 ( So good to see you)
I DON´T BELIEVE IT. HI FROM MEXICO CITY.
My friend, Steve Scorfina, original guitarist for REO, Pavlov's Dog, and other bands was invited to join Nazz at their stop in STL while on tour. Steve said..."he really didn't know their material and Todd wasn't there, but a guy named...uh...Stewky or something gave me the invite, but I politely declined."
Rick Nielson almost didn't get his start.... lol
NAZZ LIVES!
...now and forever...
Great to see Thom and Stewkey tearing it up again. RIP Carson whose Open My Eyes bass line lives on forever. And no disrespect for the unparalleled TR, who is indeed AWATS.
My guitars never sound better than when someone else is playing them.
A DREAM LIVES ON FOREVER... thanks to all for making this happen...
Open My Eyes 02:18
Forget All About It 05:34
When I Get My Plane 09:33
Gonna Cry Today 13:48
Not Wrong Long 17:55
Take the Hand 21:17
Kiddie Boy 24:06
Loosen Up 29:02
Carson and Todd 33:20
Wildwood Blues 35:09
Featherbedding Lover 40:49
Back of your Mind 45:00
Who wants a cardboard Todd? (Smell Like Teen Spirit - Excerpt) 49:53
Hello It's Me 51:06
Stewkey, Thom and Carson 55:38
The Nazz Are In! 56:54
Under the Ice 57:09
Band's Farewell 1:04:29
Wish Todd was here lol
This concert is an amazing contemporary celebration, revisiting the (drastically under appreciated) short lived band from Philadelphia… the "Nazz"
I remember the first album being passed around like it was the Holy Grail.
thats so cool
Stewkey still sounds epic!!!!!!!!
I seem to remember that ALL the hits were written by Todd Rundgren.
A Wizard & a True Star ❤
That was awesome !! Hi Stewkey. This Jim and Michelle who used to live up the street from you . Glad to see you performing . You Rock !!!
45:00 Excellent job on "Back of your Mind" , my favorite Nazz tune , should have been a Top 40 hit back in `69
Nazz ,was a great Band .Wore out NAZZNAZZ -Mooney Tom was the real deal. until Todd w/ awol ha.. I ,had to learn the whole War Babies , album for H & O , That He Produced .Many Thanks for this...
I would have come from Philly had I known about this!! I hope they tour!!!
Me too!
I thought this was gonna not be as great as the original. but man this blew my mind.
fkn awesome haha
Thanks for posting this!! I will NEVER forget opening the side door of the venue when we were setting up, & greeting Stewkey & Thom. Real freakin’ rock stars, ya know? Old guys just like me. Except they have talent!! They’re bad-ass performers! Same as this awesome band. So, how did I get that opportunity? Well cause Doug Ford teed it up for me! Another badass! Little brother Chris Williams made his trip to Philly by trains & MegaBus, as is his usual transport (all over this country, joining me as he so often does, for these cool RR events) to film these shows for Uncle Doug & Ms Mel’s events. With up to 8 cameras, & takes hours to edit them. Sending love out to all the TRibe & sure do miss you all. All the best, Corky & Chris from KC.
Omg loved Nazz so much!
Ramshackle, for sure, but good fun. Would have been nice if the guitarist in the hat would have played with more discretion rather than just ripping away like some one-man show.
Great to see Thom Mooney on the drums, though sad to see him struggling....
Nazz were a cool band.
Thank you for putting this together, it was fun to watch (as was the interview clip).
Epic Fire!
Big Time!
I am blown away by this and I'm only two songs in!
Thank You so much for posting this!!
You can tell Stewkey is enjoying himself! Thom is an awesome drummer! Todd was there in cardboard! Thanks for this...Kit
That’s Thom Mooney’s Original Nazz drum kit I think from the early days!
wow no way. i know the bass drum head looks the same but i wonder if its really it !!
WOW ! Amazing !
Nazz forever
Gonna Cry Today is one of the highlights here brought on by Probyn's voice. Nice work!
Why are you making fun of Todd
@@henryjavate8635 Hmmm. You may have misunderstood my comment. Todd is GREAT! So is this performance without him!!
Bit disrespectful to Todd Rundgren with the card board cutout!
Todd went on to GREAT things....Love that he lives here in Hawaii now 🤙🌺
I need the chords for forget all about it!!
The lead guitar player is as annoying as can be, upstaging the original members and acting like it was his first gig
No Todd, no band.
get a life
ouch...maybe better leave the past in the past...