A podcast dedicated to the musical history of Buffalo and Western New York.
In the Flamingo Lounge with Rockabilly Greg is made possible with funds from the Statewide Community Regrant program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature and administered by Arts Services Inc.
Season 5 of In the Flamingo Lounge has wrapped with the 130th episode on Saturday - The Student Session. There are plenty more episodes planned for Season 6 with more great guests. If you are from the Buffalo/Western New York area and are a musician or music industry professional, please feel free to reach out. There is a contact tab on my website: rockabillygreg.com or DM me here.
Below is a graphic of Season 5's guests. Thanks to all for listening.
This week’s episode of “In the Flamingo Lounge” features a lively discussion with four talented high school musicians from the Buffalo (Ken-Ton) area. Lexi Crosby, Alistair Gianni, Justin Maloney, and Nolan Vitko joined Rockabilly Greg in the Flamingo Lounge on August 27, 2024, to share their experiences navigating the ups and downs of pursuing music while balancing school, friends, and life’s other demands.
From songwriting workshops to band practice sessions, these young artists offer inspiring insights into the dedication and perseverance it takes to chase a musical dream. Discover the surprising ways they balance their passions with everyday life and gain valuable advice for aspiring musicians of all ages.
You can listen to the episode where you get your podcasts, on Buffalo Toronto Public Media's Mobile App., Amplify BTPM or at Rockabilly Greg dot com, where “it's all about the music”.
The Student Session: A Conversation with Buffalo's Next Generation of Musicians
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This week’s guest In the Flamingo Lounge, Judd Sunshine, was a member of The Pointless Brothers Band from 1976-1984. They presented a mix of bluegrass, swing, acoustic rock, and original music presented with humor and arranged with intricate lead lines and 4-part harmony. They recorded an EP on the legendary BCMK Records.
Judd Sunshine is also a pianist and vocalist with over 30 years of experience as a professional musician and entertainer. He currently performs with his band, Sunshine and Company that includes his daughter Jamie Sunshine Music, and books talent through his company, Sunshine Productions.
You can listen to the episode where you get your podcasts, on Buffalo Toronto Public Media's Mobile App., Amplify BTPM or at Rockabilly Greg dot com, where “it's all about the music”.
This week’s guest, Judd Sunshine, visited the Flamingo Lounge on August 21, 2024. Judd is a pianist and vocalist with over 30 years of experience as a
This week’s episode is for all the audiophiles out there. And yes, there will be math.
This week’s guest, Chief Engineer at Harmonic Resolution Systems Inc., Mr. Michael Latvis, has over forty years of engineering and product development experience with a specialty in vibration, noise, and control systems. Prior to founding HRS in 1999, Mr. Latvis held a number of key positions with industry leading companies. These positions included Design Engineering, Engineering Management, and Business Development Management positions. Mr. Latvis has six issued patents related to shock, vibration isolation, and high-performance audio products. He has worked for a number of leading companies on the development of isolation products for audio systems, commercial aircraft, military aircraft, industrial applications, and missile defense systems.
Mike and I sat down and had a great conversation about how to get the best sound out of your audio equipment.
You can listen to the episode where you get your podcasts, on Buffalo Toronto Public Media's Mobile App., Amplify BTPM or at Rockabilly Greg dot com, where “it's all about the music”.
This week’s episode is for all the audiophiles out there. And yes, there will be math.
This week’s guest In the Flamingo Lounge, Mike Pinelli, founder and lead guitarist and vocalist from Kickstart Rumble, brings some high-energy rockabilly into the Lounge. Mike visited the Flamingo Lounge on August 15, 2024 to talk Rockabilly music and about our experience seeing Stray Cats live in concert at Artpark on August 13, 2024.
Kickstart Rumble is an All-American Rock and Roll band with a sound that blends a potent mix of country twang, rock 'n' roll swagger, and a relentless percussive drive. With a whirlwind of rebellious energy, their music transports audiences back to the rebellious spirit of the 1950s while injecting it with a modern-day adrenaline rush. Playing originals and songs from yesteryear including covers from Elvis, Stray Cats, Eddie Cochran, Johnny Cash and Jerry Lee Lewis, Kickstart Rumble delivers its own brand of music with a vintage sound.
This week’s guest, Mike Pinelli, founder and lead guitarist and vocalist from Kickstart Rumble, brings some high-energy rockabilly into the Lounge. Mike
The Festival is on, rain or shine. And you may see me up on stage introducing the bands. "It's All About the Music."
🎶🎻🎸🥁🎺🥃🍻 Tomorrow is the big day! (8/17) Distilled & Chilled Music Festival 2024 at Ellicottville Distillery
We are on rain or shine tomorrow! We'll have multiple covered areas available for guests to stay dry in the event of passing showers. Come listen to 9 bands throughout the day at Ellicottville Distillery!
https://ellicottvilledistillery.com/distilled-chilled-music-festival
This coming Saturday. There is a great line-up to be heard and great beverages to be consumed. You won't want to miss it.
This week’s episode of In the Flamingo Lounge celebrates the timeless art of barbershop singing and pays tribute to the legendary Buffalo Bills Barbershop Quartet.
Joining us in the Flamingo Lounge is Peter Hart, a remarkable 45-year member of the Barbershop Harmony Society (formerly the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America, or SPEBSQSA and now the Barbershop Harmony Society (BHS).
Peter brings a wealth of information as his barbershop journey began in 1972 with the Chorus of the Genesee. He joined the Amherst, NY Chapter Friends of Harmony Chorus in 1979.
We also delved into the history of the 1950 SPEBSQSA champions, the Buffalo Bills Barbershop Quartet with a focus on the quartet’s baritone, Dick Grapes, whose talent was instrumental to their groundbreaking success in 1950.
To cap off the episode, we revisit a special 2008 conversation between Mr. Grapes and Jim McDonnell that was provided by Chris "Coop" Cooper.
You can listen to the episode where you get your podcasts, on Buffalo Toronto Public Media's Mobile App., Amplify BTPM or at Rockabilly Greg dot com, where “it's all about the music”.
This week’s episode celebrates the timeless art of barbershop singing and pays tribute to the legendary Buffalo Bills Barbershop Quartet.
Our mascot, Zooey, is learning a new. Strument.
It's Saturday morning and a new episode of In the Flamingo Lounge is ready for your listening enjoyment.
A member of Buffalo's rock royalty, singer/songwriter Alison Pipitone has fanned the rock flame since the mid-1990s. Her devotion brought standing as “high priestess” of the Buffalo rock scene and membership in the Buffalo Music Hall of Fame.
Alison picked up the guitar at 18 and launched her career in the 1980's with The Monas in LA. When the grunge movement took hold of the West Coast scene in the 1990s, Pipitone returned to Western New York and launched her career as a solo artist with 1995’s "Life in the First Person".
Since 2005, she's fronted The Alison Pipitone Band, winning awards and releasing four albums including her latest album "Best Things" which came out in May of 2024. Their music blends thought-provoking lyrics and catchy hooks with pure rock energy. And that's just the tip of the iceberg, kids.
You can listen to the episode where you get your podcasts, on Buffalo Toronto Public Media's Mobile App., Amplify BTPM or at Rockabilly Greg dot com, where “it's all about the music”.
Alison Pipitone joined Rockabilly Greg In the Flamingo Lounge on July 11, 2024.
Almost Seamus brings classic and eclectic Irish tunes to life with a harmony of guitar, violin and bass. Siblings Scott and Kate sing the melodies while Jays...
This week's guests In the Flamingo Lounge, Tyler Rzemek (Drums), Jason Wright (Guitar) and Mike Jacobs (Bass), are from the DIY punk rock legacy band On The Cinder. We talk music and play a couple of tunes from their recently released their third full-length LP "Heavy Handed" via Flower House Records.
Together, they combine a hard-nosed work ethic for touring and releasing music with a focus on sincerity in their lyrics and a complexity in song structure. With several national tours and various excursions through Canada, "On The Cinder" have claimed the road dog status, while keeping an eye on things in Western New York by hosting and promoting local shows in Buffalo and Rochester, NY.
You can listen to the episode where you get your podcasts, on Buffalo Toronto Public Media's Mobile App., Amplify BTPM or at Rockabilly Greg dot com, where “it's all about the music”.
This week's guests, Tyler Rzemek (Drums), Jason Wright (Guitar) and Mike Jacobs (Bass), from the DIY punk rock legacy band “On the Cinder”, joined Rockabilly
TOMORROW! We release Almost Seamus Irish Music's THIRD Nickel City B-Sides Video! They will be performing the "Old First Ward" In the Flamingo Lounge! Tune in tomorrow for the release!
Almost Seamus brings classic and eclectic Irish tunes to life with a harmony of guitar, violin and bass. Siblings Scott and Kate sing the melodies while Jays...
It’s Saturday morning and that means another episode of In the Flamingo Lounge is available for your listening pleasure.
This week's guests, Michael McAuley and Aaron Duffy, are two of four dudes from one of Buffalo's exciting new bands: The Midnight Feature. United by friendship both old and new, they bring the heat with their self-titled debut EP "The Midnight Feature". This summer's hottest soundtrack features everything from screamin’ Soul to soft n sweet. Currently available out in the wild, you’ll find a song that will rock or groove you.
The midnight Feature has performed at Nietzsche's and Mowhawk Place and have been featured on WBFO's "The Bridge".
You can listen to the episode where you get your podcasts, on Buffalo Toronto Public Media's Mobile App., Amplify BTPM or at Rockabilly Greg dot com, where “it's all about the music”.
This week's guests, joined Rockabilly Greg in the Flamingo Lounge on June 19 2024.
Thank you WIVB Channel 4 and Daytime Buffalo for having me as a guest on your program to talk about the podcast and the local music scene.
Tune in TODAY at 3:00 pm to watch the show. I am the second guest.
The second video from Almost Seamus Irish Music's session with Nickel City B-Sideslaunches at noon on Saturday. Keep an eye out for it.
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Tune in this Friday, July 19 at 3:00 pm to Daytime Buffalo on WIVB Channel 4 where I will be a guest talking about the podcast and the great music scene we have here in Buffalo and Western New York.
In the Flamingo Lounge is a proud sponsor of this event. many of the groups who will be performing have been on the podcast. There is a new search tool at Rockabillygreg.com so you can find the episodes. Looking forward to seeing everyone at this event.
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This week’s edition of In the Flamingo Lounge is a two-fer. Buffalo's own Almost Seamus Irish Music joins us this week! At 9:00 am there is a full podcast episode and at 12:00 noon a world-premier of another fantastic video produced by Nickel City B-Sides produced in the Flamingo Lounge.
Award-winning vocalist and instrumentalist Kate Clark, has played fiddle for over 30 years and has brought her talents to numerous Buffalo bands and the local theater stages. She teaches music in West Seneca
Jayson Clark, Kate’s husband and Almost Seamus's resident audio engineer, ensures good-sounding recordings and lays down the rock-solid rhythm on bass. Jayson's an award-winning lighting designer and teaches lighting at Niagara University. He shares his love of music festivals with, Kate, and two daughters.
Rounding out the band is Scott Panfil, Kate's brother and a multi-instrumentalist who contributes vocals, guitar, accordion, and more. Scott teaches music at Frontier, has a wife and two children and has been a member of multiple Buffalo bands.
You can listen to the episode where you get your podcasts, on Buffalo Toronto Public Media's Mobile App., Amplify BTPM or at Rockabilly Greg dot com, where “it's all about the music”.
Buffalo's own Almost Seamus visited the Flamingo Lounge on June 9, 2024 for a great podcast session and the recording of 3 music videos by my friends at
This is going to be fun. The podcast will launch at 9:00 am and the video at noon.
Thank you for another great collaboration Nickel City B-Sides and thanks to Almost Seamus Irish Music for spending the day recording in the Lounge.
This week's episode of In the Flamingo Lounge will be a conversation with Almost Seamus Irish Music. There will also be a companion video produced by my friends at Nickel City B-Sides that will also premier on Saturday. You won't want to miss it. Stay glued to your seats for more information.
"It's All About the Music"
Coffee is brewing. Now spinning in the Flamingo Lounge.
This week’s guest, Eric Tyrone Crittenden, is known to many simply as Critt.
Critt has over 25 years as a touring performer under his belt, sharing the stage with the likes of Bob Weir and Mickey Hart of the Grateful Dead, Sinbad the Comedian, Michael Franti, G-Love & Special Sauce, Jefferson Airplane/Starship, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, and so many more.
He is an Award-Winning Multi-Instrumentalist, Entertainer and highly-respected Music Educator in Buffalo NY where he performs and dedicates his career to the local music scene and the youth in the community.
He is Co-Founder of IMAGE Urban Arts Workshop, CEO of CRiTT Presents and Co-Founder of the Buffalo Music Club.
Tune in for a laugh-filled episode full of stories and music. You can listen to the episode where you get your podcasts, on Buffalo Toronto Public Media's Mobile App., Amplify BTPM or at Rockabilly Greg dot com, where “it's all about the music”.
"The point to our existence is how we make the darkness brighter" — Eric Tyrone Crittenden
I have heard it said: Every person has two deaths: when they are buried in the ground and the last time someone says their name.
Season 4, episode 7 of “In the Flamingo Lounge” was a conversation with Jim Abbott, who was Jackson C. Frank’s guardian. Jim was traveling through the area today (July 5, 2024) on his way to Woodstock. He and his traveling companion were visiting areas of importance in Jackson’s life. One of those areas was the Elma Cemetery where he is buried with his mother Marilyn and step-father, Elmer.
I met Jim at the gravesite where we talked about Jackson and our experience inducting him into the Buffalo Music Hall of Fame in 2015. Both of us had the honor to sing some songs that Jackson wrote at the Gala, and we again honored him at his gravesite with a rendition of “Blues Run the Game”.
Our stories are important. They act as threads that bind generations together, passing down traditions, values, and history through the magic of shared narratives. I’m glad that I can help keep Jackson’s story alive along with the many guests that have appeared on the podcast.
You can listen to the episode here: https://rockabillygreg.com/season-4-jim-abbott-for-jackson-c-frank/
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This week’s guest In the Flamingo Lounge is poet, singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, Tyler Westcott Music. Tyler talked about Folkfaces Fest and the many projects he has. You can listen at Apple or Google Podcasts and Spotify. You can also catch the episode at https://rockabillygreg.com/season-2-tyler-westcott/ where it’s All About the Music.
In the Flamingo Lounge this week is a lover of garage rock, a record aficionado, songwriter and founding member of Thee Isolators, Matt Aquiline. You can listen at Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts, Spotify or https://rockabillygreg.com/season-2-matt-aquiline/ where it’s All About the Music!
This week’s guest In the Flamingo Lounge, who picked up a guitar at age 12 and started playing shows the next week, is writer, music producer, and singer-songwriter, Lynz. You can listen at Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts, Spotify or https://rockabillygreg.com/season-2-lynz/ where it’s All About the Music!
Happy Holidays from the Flamingo Lounge!
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