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The Fifth Annual Misquamicut Music Festival Misquamicut State Beach, Atlantic Ave. Westerly, RI |
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Entertainment
Guest appearance by Ian Mitchell of the Bay City Rollers
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Thank you to all our sponsors and to those who made the Music Fest 09 a great success! Check back soon for next year's lineup! For other events visit www.misquamicut.org
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View a clip from Chris Walsh Production for last year show.
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Terry Sylvester
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Terry Sylvester was born in Liverpool, England. He was raised in the Allerton area of Liverpool, and lived in the next road to Paul McCartney. He left school just before his 15th birthday and worked
for one year as an apprentice panel beater for Peter Harrison, (George Harrison's older brother). At 16 he turned pro, & was sharing the stage with the Beatles regularly in and around Liverpool and at the world famous Cavern Club, fronting his own group the Escorts. When the Beatles appeared at the Cavern for the last time on the 3rd August 1963, Terry & the Escorts were invited by the Beatles to be on the same bill. Terry's next group The Swinging Blue Jeans had a number of hit records including 'Hippy Hippy Shake', 'Good Golly Miss Molly' & 'You're No Good'. From 1966 to 1969 Terry toured the UK and Europe continuously. |
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1968, Graham Nash left the Hollies to form Crosby, Stills, & Nash. Terry was
brought in to the group. Terry's first single with the Hollies 'Sorry Suzanne' reached number 3 in the UK charts and established the group once again as a top ten hit making act. Terry's first album 'Hollies Sing Dylan' went even further, all the way to number 1. Soon after they recorded 'He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother', with the then unknown session man Elton John playing piano. More hits followed including the follow up single 'I Can't Tell The Bottom From The Top', U.S. number 1 'Long Cool Woman, In A Black Dress', 'Long Dark Road', 'Gasoline Ally Bred', and the 1974 universal classic love song, 'The Air That I Breathe'. In 1975 Terry was asked by Alan Parsons to sing the critically acclaimed final song 'To One In Paradise' on The Alan Parsons Project debut album, 'Tales of Mystery And Imagination'. Terry has been awarded 5 Platinum, 9 Gold, and 6 Silver Discs so far in his career. |
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Billy J. Kramer
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THE BRITISH ARE COMING! THE BRITISH ARE COMING! Not only were those words shouted by Paul Revere on his famous midnight ride in 1775, but they were also shouted by every D.J in America in 1964. And BILLY J. KRAMER was one of the British artists who stormed American audiences then, and continues to do so. Born William Howard Ashton, Billy grew up in Liverpool, England, the soon to be Mecca of popular music of the 1960's. Billy's performances at local rock clubs around Liverpool soon brought him to the attention of Brian Epstein. Acknowledging Billy's pop-idol potential, Brian set out to add Billy to his growing managerial empire, which already included The Beatles and Gerry and the Pacemakers. |
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Upon handing Billy a tape of what was to become the first in a succession of smash hits written especially for him by John Lennon and Paul McCartney. With this tune, Billy and his back-up group, The Dakotas, claimed the #1 chart spot in England, toppling the Beatles themselves. The Lennon & McCartney compositions, "I'll Keep You Satisfied", "From A Window", "I Call Your Name" and "Bad To Me" all became international million sellers for Billy, and appearances on the T.V. shows Shindig!, Hullabaloo and The Ed Sullivan Show secured Billy a place in Rock and Roll history. Although Billy greatly appreciated the songs given to him by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, he decided to follow the chart topping "Bad To Me" with a song written by American songwriters Mort Schuman and John Leslie McFarland. Billy's insight proved correct as "Little Children" became his biggest selling worldwide hit. Billy's international momentum has continued through the years will sellout concert appearances and standing ovations. |
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Press
release from "Save the Bay" Save The Bay Will Make Fifth Misquamicut Music Festival Cleaner, Greener WESTERLY
(July 2009) – Save The
Bay is partnering with the Misquamicut Business Association for the 5th
Annual Misquamicut Music Festival in an effort to engage the community
in a cleaner, greener Festival.
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Previous Music Festivals The 2008 Music Festival
The Beach Band
Flav Martin
Far Off Place
Joey Nigrelli
Terry Sylvester - Formerly of the
Hollies
Quicksilver Messenger Service
Jefferson Starship
The 2007 Music Festival
The Beach Band
Wayne Holmes
Flav Martin
Al Copley, 2 time Grammy
Nominee
Ian Mitchell's Bay City Rollers:
Rocked the beach with the hit's "I Only Wanna Be With You"
and "S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y Night"
Denny Laine, former
leader of the Moody Blues and bandmate of Paul McCartney in Wings
played his #1 smash Moody's song "Go Now" and Wings
classics "Band On The Run" and "Live and Let
Die."
Eric Burdon and the Animals
took the stage to thunderous applause and delivered all the hits
with the finale "House Of The Rising Sun"
The 2006 Music Festival
The
Beach Bums
Chad
and Jeremy: The great British Pop duo that first rose to fame
in the 1960's with hits like "Yesterday's Gone" and "Summer
Song" received a standing ovation for their performance
Anthony Fedorov: Runner up on Season 4 of American
Idol. Anthony acted as emcee with festival founder Caswell
Cooke and sang several great songs for his adoring fans!
The
Jan and Dean Show: Dean Torrence rocked the beach with Surf
City, The Little Old Lady From Pasedena and the finale of
"Barbara Ann" which even featured the Governor and first
lady of RI joining in!
The 2005 Music Festival
Flav
Martin
The
Beach Bums
The
Pete Best Band: Pete Best, the original drummer for the Beatles
1960-62 brought all the early Beatle Hits to Misquamicut
Davy
Jones: Davy entertained with all the Monkee favorites including
Daydream Believer and I'm A Believer, plus many more!
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Click here for Music Festival Slide Show 1 Click here for Music Festival Slide Show 2 Photos by Granite 1 Hour Photo and Susannah Snowden |
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Davey Jones Video |
Misquamicut Commercial |
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Chad and Jeremy Video |
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Please visit www.misquamicut.org for the complete listing of this summer's event. |
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Sponsors Hospitality Tent by: Newport Federal Savings Bank Gold Sponsors Paddy's Beach Silver Sponsors Sun
Publishing The
Washington Trust Company Stadium
Sports Bar Seafood
Haven Purple
Ape Sand
Castle Beach Front Inn Clough
Family Health
Strategies Consulting The
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Thanks to The Department of Environmental Management, Division of Parks and Recreation, the Westerly Police Department, Town of Westerly, Misquamicut Fire Department.
Misquamicut Music Festival presented by the Misquamicut Business Association |
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