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Paper Bag #30 ~ June 26, 2007
Mulcahy's ~ Wantagh , LI, NY
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• 273 participants • 46 songs •
Instrumentation: Mike Guido, Tony Rome, 7 Cheese Calzones, 13 vocalists, 15 guitars, 7 keyboards, 4 harmonicas, 9 horns, 5 basses, 13 percussionists, 65 crew members, 72 ladies auxiliary, 44 in Category 5, 19 on the Group W Bench

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Highlights: The monster guitar solo in Aqualung (all guitars plaing in unison, Ultimate Dueling James Browns with Allen Santoreillo, Pete Scully, Killer Joe and Big Vanilla himself - Scott Kistenberger, Buglers Holiday (triple tonguing), Johnny Cola in tights, Jungleland, Mr. Scarola sings "Gimmie Some Lovin'", Smokin', Denise Corazon continues with "Teenage Dirtbag", The "Addicted to Love" girls, The audience comes onstage to sing "Wooly Booly".

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Title
Artist
Vocalists
Star Wars
Opening
1
Paper Bag Theme
Phil Gagliano Band
Mike Guido
2
I Don't Wanna Work
Todd Rundgren
Mike Guido/Calzones
3 5 '15 The Who Esposito
4 Let's Go Crazy Prince Scotto/Calzones
5 Sexy Mo Fo Prince Dawnette
6 Bugler's Holiday Leroy Anderson Horns
 
The Body Bag
   
7 Sex Machine James Brown Allen/KillerJoe/Scully/Scott_K
8 Dr. Feelgood James Brown Allen/KillerJoe/Scully/Scott_K
9 Craziest Guy Jim Pin Cummings Family
10 Kodachrome Paul Simon Val
11 Get Off My Cloud Rolling Stones Allen Santoriello
12 Smokin' Boston Scollo
 
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13 Addicted to Love Robert Palmer Barca
14 Da Butt EU Scully
15 Man, I Feel Like a Woman Shania Twain Calzones
16 Fool in the Rain Led Zeppelin Lee Thompson
 
The Dirt Bag - part 1
   
17 Aqualung Jethro Tull Boyle
18 Talk Dirty to Me Poison Corazon
19 Dirty Love Zappa Scully/Small
20 Dirty White Boy Foreigner Dave the Rave
21 Teenage Dirtbag Wheatus Corazon/Esposito
22 Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap AC DC Killer Joe
 
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23 Tell Me Baby Red Hot Chili Peppers Chris Casper
24 Join Together The Who Scollo
25 Yaleo Santana Dave the Rave
26 Jungleland Bruce Springsteen Weber
27 Hey Jude Beatles Cummings/Scollo
  Drum Solo/Bag Contest    
28 Hot Fun in the Summertime Sly & the Family Stone Ensemble
29 I Want to Take You Higher Sly & the Family Stone Ensemble
30 I'm Every Woman Chaka Kahn Ladies
31 Ball of Confusion Temptations Men
32 The Tide is High Blondie Calzones
33 Immigrant Song Led Zeppelin Dawnette
34 Theme from an Imaginary Western Mountain Anziano
 
The Dirt Bag - part 2
   
35 Cross Eyed Mary Jethro Tull Boyle
36 Piggies Beatles Dave the Rave
37 I'm a Fool to Do Your Dirty Work Steely Dan Cummings
38 Low Down Boz Scaggs Lester
 
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39 ABACAB Genesis Casper
40 Don't Want You No More/Cross to Bear Allman Brothers Dave/Boyle
 
The Wheel (metaphorically speaking)
   
41 Gimmie Some Lovin Spencer Davis Pat Scarola
42 Pride & Joy Stevie Ray Vaughn Allen Santoriello
43 Fly Me to the Moon Mike Guido
44 Wooly Bully Sam the Sham & the Pharoahsroahs Audience
45 Wild Thing Troggs Audience
46 Twist & Shout Beatles Audience
47 Freeway Jam Jeff Beck


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2007


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Hello Boys and Girls

Introducing Paper Bag #30

The Dirt Bag

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The Body Bag • Section Leader Requests

April 1, 2007

We had our first three meetings of the Executive Board, and I am happy to report to the constituancy, that all is well in the War Room. Because I am the only "y" chromosome in my domicile, my stuff is confined to a relatively small area of the house. For the past several years, I had my own bathroom. I accomplished this by allowing the faucet and shower head to emit streams of water that were deemed unpleasant by the women of the house; the mirror was a small, 8 inch circular make-up thing; after moving the window so that a medicine cabinet and proper mirror could be installed, I simply placed my toothpaste and brush on the 2x4 studs in the bare plywood wall with no cabinet at all. They referred to my bathroom as an outhouse. I couldn't be more proud. I recently lost exclusive use of this bathroom, having been forced to install new plumbing fixtures a and mirrored medicine cabinet with numerous bright lights mounted on top. As you read this, products are beginning to pile up in there. . . How did I get on this subject? Oh yes, the War Room.

The War Room is the only other space in my house where I get to keep my stuff. It resembles a cave, with every available square inch of wall space covered with some aspect of my personal history. If you are reading this, it probably covers your personal history too. This is where we have our meetings (except for the "al fresco" meeting in June). The Executive Board is a flock of rabble who have been friends for over 25 years. The meetings do have structure, but are predicitably unpredictable. We do not start the meeting until Grandma is on the table. Maybe I had better explain that one. The photo seen here is Vinnie Cimino's dear departed grandmother when she was in her 90's. She is sitting at a drum set in a garage with some graffitti on the wall. For some unexplainable reason, we do not start the meeting until that photo is on the table. This past meeting Joey the Fedora brought a 10 ounce tin of Vermont's Original Bag Balm. "For chapped conditions and superficial abrasions apply bag balm to the affected area." The only thing that makes this product NOT the perfect product for Mike Cummings is the fact that it contains no alcohol. From now on, we will require that this tin of Bag Balm also be on the table before we can start the meeting.

Anyway, we have spent hours on the theme and tentative songlist and we have come up with this.

In honor of the 30th (Dirtieth, Dirty Thirty, you get it) Bag, each member of the Executive Board selected a song to perform. We have deemed this the Dirt Bag, so we will feature songs that are in some way connected to dirtbags. We will also be continuing our tradition of the Body Bag, performing songs in memory of musicians who have passed away this past year. So far, the Body Bag will include songs memorializing Brad Delp from the band Boston, Gene Martin Gennusa, Jim Pin himself, Smiley the dog and . . . prepare yourself for ULTIMATE DUELING JAMES BROWNS!!! Only at the Bag can you find entertainment like this.

The date and venue for the movie is listed below. However, we still need a good idea for an opening. you know, the beginning with the whole band onstage and we play something really really loud. If you have any suggestions, email me at mike@paperbagmusic.com

The calendar is as follows:

Jan 12, Feb 11, March 18
- Executive Board meetings in the War Room

April 22 - 6pm start
Paper Bag #29 the movie Huntington Village Tavern

June 18
- Executive Board meeting
- the al fresco meeting

June 25 - The Day Before

June 26 - Paper Bag #30
the dirt bag

June 27 - Bag Lag

Where did you say the section leader meeting is?

 

See you all soon

Mike

we strongly urge you to take the next day off

 


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2007


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2007


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The artwork for the 2007 Program was again created by Mark Coffey, the wonderful man who designs our bag shirts. The Pigpen thing was a natural for the Dirt Bag. The answer to Woodstock's question is "as long as we are physically able. The older we get, the better we were.

We intend to play rock 'n' roll for as long as we are physically able
…so far, so good.

Paper Bag #30! Think about it. No computers, no cell phones, no digital keyboards, A Shure Vocal Master with two columns was a PA system. Few things have remained the same (with the notable exception of Mike Cummings' hairy back).

Theme - In honor of the Bag turning Dirty Thirty, we present to you the the Dirt Bag. Again, with a theme that is just too obvious and too easy, we will feature songs that are in some way connected to dirtbags. Most of our material was recorded and released 40 years ago. In a very unusual move for the Bag, we will be doing a song that was published this century. This is due to the influence of my teenage daughters. You guys are gonna love Wheatus. The Body Bag is full this year. Brad Delp from the band Boston, fellow Paper Bagger Gene Martin Gennusa, Jim Pin himself, Smiley the dog and . . . prepare yourself for ULTIMATE DUELING JAMES BROWNS. We have had regular Dueling James Browns (consider what that means) but the world has seen nothing like ULTIMATE DUELING JAMES BROWNS. I predict that the Godfathers of Soul, the Hardest Working Men in Show Business, will rock the house.

Each member of the Executive Board was given the opportunity to select a song for Paper Bag #30. This resulted in a remarkably interesting and diverse songlist. More than 35 of the songs are new to the Bag. The tentative songlist was put into show order at the Exec Board meeting in March. I have been cranking it out on the ipod in my car for weeks now. It is a cool list. We have tried to cut down on the number of songs so that we can goof around between songs more, and get to the Wheel. The past two years we ran out of time and did not get to enjoy the Wheel.

The Financial Report We are covering our bills. Our operating budget is about $15,000 including printing, shirts, sound-lights-video-staging, cd's, beer & food for the band & for Executive Board Meetings, trophys, tips and $30 to Judy Davis for gas. Thank you to most of you who cover your share of advance ticket sales. Approximately 10% of you do not contribute to ticket sales (names omitted to protect the dirtbags). We now have a huge inventory of video tape and still images from almost every Bag. I hope to prepare them for distribution to you. Sell one extra ticket.

What you see at the Bag is me, my family & my closest friends doing what we do best. Playing rock music. That we have been able to sustain this, at this level, for so long is absolutely remarkable and is a testament to the level or respect we have for each other, and our dedication to music. Music is a true gift to life. It is my job to have fun, and I am a professional

The Tech Crew

The Paper Bag is an incredibly complicated piece of machinery to assemble and operate. It takes a lot of planning to accomodate over 80 musicians using the stage, all needing microphones or direct inputs to the sound board. We require a complex stage monitoring system to allow us to hear what the heck we are doing. There are 17 guitar amps, 8 bass rigs, a keyboard ghetto, two full drum kits and a whole riser chock full of conga/bongo/timbale/shaker/banger thingies. These instruments are linked with miles of cable and many complicated mixers, processors and amplifiers. There is a full automated stage lighting system that must be programmed. On top of all that, not only are we being video taped by 4 cameras, there is a technician hunched into a small spot out there where he does all the video editing on the fly (in real time so to speak) as it happens. These guys and girls work for weeks to plan and pack the correct gear into the trucks, 2 days setting up and testing everything and, when we all go home tonight, they will have hours of work ahead of them. SK Sound and EKO Productions (video) have been with the Bag for over 20 years. Greg Hebel has been our Lighting Director for 27 years. Without them there is no show. I don’t know how we would spec this job out to anyone else. Thank them when see them. Better than that, buy them a drink.

Peas & carrots, peas & carrots, peas & carrots …

Brian Mulhern was one of 4 guitarists to participate in Paper Bag #1 at The People’s Picnic in Whitehall, NY. During the late 70’s, Brian played in several bands in and around the Huntington area often teaming up with his brother Kevin as (what else?) the Mulhern Brothers. I mixed sound for them several times at Chelsea’s. Sally Scudder played keyboards and sang in many bands with numerous Bag members. Sally was great to have in the band. Perfect pitch, big smile, never conplained, always had fun. Every time the Jim Small Band plays, I look over to the other side of the stage and I can see her, boppin’ and tappin’ her bare feet. Adam Calaci played bass and sang in some of the most successful bands to ever play on Long Island. On stage, Adam was a solid presence. His bass playing was strong and yes, it was loud. Backstage, he was a very, very funny man. Bruce Rogers had perfect pitch and keyboard skills that brought that physical marvel to life. Standing in Canterbury Ales while Jim Pin was cranking away (I think Rob Barraco was playing a way-outside solo) Bruce was able to quote to me the chord changes to “Hot Fun in the Summertime” (which are very #7/ b11-ish) out of his head. He played the grand piano on stage at Paper Bag #2 and played the Tonight Show theme at the very end of the show. He also had the good fortune to be singing “Low Spark of High Heel Boys” at Bag #9 when Scotty K came onstage as the Energizer Bunny. Little Buster never played in the Bag but he was a tremendous influence on many of us who do. I was Busterized many times. Boy was he fun to watch and listen to. He was the real deal. Gene Gennusa played guitar in the Bag from 1980 through 1985. He photographed the Bag in ‘86 and ‘87, went on to become a well respected photographer in the music industry, and then returned to the Bag in 2004. Hundreds of his photos are on the Bagsite. In addition to playing guitar, Gene played pedal steel and banjo. I took banjo lessons from him in 1985. He not only played “Scruggs style,” which is the Beverly Hillbillies style, he also played Keith style,” developed by Bill Keith whereby one can play chromatically on a 5 string banjo. It is wickedly difficult. More importantly, Gene was a friend and a good guy.

We are musicians. We live a different life, in bars and diners and clubs and catering halls and come home as the sun comes up and put off joining the “real world “ as long as possible. It is a great life, rich and rewarding and so so so much fun. We look after each other and are loyal to each other. Sometime during the night tonight, remember someone missing from your life, smile and have some fun for them. We all can live on in the memory of our friends, family and colleagues. Take care of each other, be loyal to each other, and most of all, have fun.

The Savannah Joe Kommnick “Are these donuts fresh?” Moment

Many of you in the Paper Bag community knew Joe Kommnick simply as “Savannah.” I had the privilege working with this gentle man in the clubs on the South Shore for over 10 years. Savannah Joe was a bright ray of happiness that cut through the smoky air and shined into your heart. He was always ready with a joke, your favorite libation, or an absurd movie quote . There was never anything harsh about Savannah Joe…none of the rough edges many of us who live the night life develop. I miss his company. In 1996 we inaugurated the tradition of performing a song each year that connects us with Joe, so that we may have a vehicle to help us remember this fine man. This year, Join Together by the Who is dedicated to Savannah Joe. In keeping with Joe’s sense of humor, and to ease the melancholy of the moment, before we begin the song, We ask all of you to place an index finger, held horizontally, just below your nose and all together ask in a falsetto voice …“Are these donuts fresh?”

THE BROWN PAPER BAG
is the only thing civilized man has produced that does not seem out of place in nature. Crumpled into a wad of wrinkles, like the fossilized brain of a dryad; looking weathered; seemingly slow and rough enough to be a product of natural evolution; its brownness the low key brown of potato skin and peanut shell, dirty but pure; its kinship to tree unobstructed by the cruel crush of industry; absorbing the elements like any other organic entity a No. 8 Kraft brown paper bag lay discarded in the hills of Huntington and it appears to live where it lay.

by Tom Robbins
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
Thanks and a tip of the old Paper Bag hat to Naomi Margolin for discovering the origin of this quote

Thi is the spot where I get to thank… Dick at Supreme Trophy in Huntington Station; Eko Video; S-K Sound; Lightcraft; Mark Coffey and the crew at Goldman Bros.; Minuteman Printing in East Northport; The Maker of the Melon Peggy Irwin; Dawn Barca - the sign girl; Lisa Layton for her wonderful work collecting and distributing food; the faculty and staff at all the Island Trees Schools; my brothers and sisters working at the front door missing the show; my three girls, Emma, Sara & Sue for making me the happy boy you see here tonight. As you can see, I live a charmed existence.
Mulcahy’s… is some great place to enjoy the Bag. From John Murray, right across to the bar backs, every one of the seemingly endless number of employees of this club is unfailingly helpful. These people understand the the Paper Bag at its purest essence. Mul’s is the Bag’s home for life, in no small part due to the support provided by these fine people. Please thank the Mulcahy’s staff when you see them. Patronize this fine establishment all year. Get home safely

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