 4/22/08 "Will we leave this place an empty stone? Or that shining ball of blue.....we can call our home?." Happy Earth Day! HalfStep is ushering in spring with a special show on May 3rd in NYC @ Connollys on W.46th St.! We'll be playing with The Brothers of the Road Band! And with the unfortunate cancellation of the annual Allmans run at the Beacon, this is a great chance to get your Allman Brothers fix, sprinkled in with a little vintage Greatful Dead! It's gonna be a fun night for sure! Also a special thanks to Steve and Scott for their generous recordings of the band! Thanks fellas! And thanks to everyone who came out to Artanas, look for that video footage to be added on the site soon. 3/28/08 Hello to everyone in Israel, Europe, Australia and all the other far off places where, believe it or not, you're checking us out, downloading videos and browsing the site! Drop us a line, let us know who you are. For all of you in North America who come to HalfStep shows, thanks for your continued support! We're really excited for our April 12th show at Artanas in Wantagh. It's going to be professionally filmed and recorded for our EPK( Electronic Press Kit) so we'd love to have as many family and friends as possible to make it a special night! The footage will be going on YouTube, our MySpace page etc... It's gonna rock. Weir adding new material to keep things interesting, including new Dylan tunes, Garcia Band tunes and the like. So..... we humbly ask you, please come to Artanas and get down with us! 2/19/08 Hello Grateful Dead Fans! '08 is off to a nice start! Last Saturdays show at The Brickhouse Brewery was a really fun night! The joint was jumping, the staff had a blast, so it was a win/win situation all around. We were also asked to be part of a L.I. Blues Festival taking place at The Brickhouse Brewery in early June, more to come on that! We're also pleased to have Jeff Pearlman on board for all our shows through May. Jeff brings a beautiful dynamic to the band with his soulful keyboard/organ skills. He's a busy guy, so he's on loan to us until May, when he hits the road with his talented wife Katie, and their aptly named original band, The Katie Pearlman Band. Check out www.myspace.com/katiepearlmanmusic for tour dates and samples of their original music. See ya'! 1/16/08 What's up everyone? Happy New Year and all that stuff! '08 is looking like it's gonna be real busy for us. We've got shows booked right through until May, so we hope you can make some of them. We're really excited to be going back to the Brickhouse Brewery, a really cool place for music, food and microbrews! We're also psyched to be playing with The Brothers of the Road! N.Y's premiere Allman Brothers Tribute band (check out their site at www.brothersoftheroadband.com) That will be Saturday, May 3rd at Connolly's, located on W.45th St. between Broadway and 6th Ave. More details to come on that show! Hope to see you soon! 11/14/07 So our post Phil and Friends after-parties went over real well here in NYC on Nov. 11th and up in Glens Falls on 10/20! Thanks to everyone who came out and made it possible! Much thanks to Jeff and Katie Pearlman for the work they've done with us! Hopefully there will be more of that in the future. We've got nothing booked until January, but check back in as that might change. Happy Holidays! 8/13/07 As the summer winds down, we're gearing up for some interesting shows. But first, Joe Chirco has been tapped to play drums in the band currently opening for American Idol winner, Taylor Hicks. He'll be playing at the Mid-Hudson Civic Center in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. Thursday, August 16th! As he steps aside to focus on that, Ron "Ron the drummer" Cohen will fill his shoes ( which is no easy task)! Ron brings to the table some stellar lead and harmony vocals and we're pleased to have him in the fold! We'll end the summer at the world famous Memory Motel in Montauk, L.I. on August 24th! Always a swinging time! September marks our first appearance at the Brickhouse Brewery in Pathchogue, L.I. October brings us into Grateful Dead country when we venture up to Glens Falls, N.Y. when we will host a "Phil Lesh and Friends After Party" on the 20th! No rest for the wicked! Hope to see you at some of these dates! 5/14/07 Thanks to all who helped make the 30th Anniversary Cornell Show a huge success! Namely, Alan Bigelow and Dahdang Productions, Peter Martin and the staff at The Triad Theatre, all the musicans who participated at the show and all the music lovers who showed up!! We had a blast. We're excited to have just added a show at the Brickhouse Brewery in Patchogue on Sept. 14th. It's one of the few remaining cool spots on Long Island that has great food, brews and live music! See ya soon! 4/29/07 Thanks to all who came down to the Twisted Shamrock the other night! Your support is greatly appreciated! As a reminder, the "Cornell 30th Anniversary Show" at the Triad Theatre on Friday, May 11th, starts at 9:00 pm. The admission is FREE! However, there is a two drink minimum. Each band had to submit a choice for which songs they'd like to perform. Looks like we'll be doing Lazy Lightning >Supplication in the first set, and Estimated Prophet in the second set. Should be a fun night, and hope to see you there! 4/11/07 What's up ya'll? Some exciting news on the HalfStep front! We've been asked to participate in a 30th Anniversary Show celebrating the legendary Grateful Dead performance at Cornell Universitys Barton Hall, which took place on May 8th, 1977! The anniversary show will take place on May 11th, 2007 at the Triad Theartre in NYC, located on W. 72nd St. This is a free show and will start at 9:00 p.m. HalfStep is one of many bands performing that night, and so far, the song roster is not finalized. More info to come! 3/18/07 I'm at a loss for words, but okay, here it goes. If you were with us on St. Patricks Day, you didn't just hear some music, you felt the power and joy that's derived from these tunes! Andy Tristers guitar playing whipped the crowd into a psychedelic jig. Joe Chircos drum solo mesmerized not only the entire bar, but also had Scotts unborn son dancing in his mothers womb! Kudos to Jeff Pearlman for stepping into the keyboard slot, unrehearsed, singing the the Garcia tunes, sounding like Brent on the keys/organ! Gregs tasteful playing really brought it all together! If you want some more, we'll be cranking it up again this Friday night, 3/23, at Bartinis in Babylon Village. Go to the calendar page for details! Thanks to all who came out for our first St. Patricks Day show. A good time was had by all, "so it was!" 02/05/07 Well, we were looking for a good turn out the other night and we got it! Thanks to you all for braving the cold. My ears are still ringing from the first set closer, Music Never Stopped! That got a few of you up on your feet! The Estimated>Eyes to start second set really got the people shaking their bones! It was a beautiful thing to see three generations of Deadheads dancing away! Stay tuned for more sight updates and added shows! See you on St. Pattys Day! "Dress myself in GREEN!" 1/31/07 So, we're all having a ton of fun! And we're looking for a good turn out at The Twisted Shamrock this Saturday night, Feb. 3rd 10:30p.m. We've weathered the storm of last year and emerged with our tightest outfit to date! We're honored to have Joe Chirco on drums. His career spans 25 years and he's played with such greats as Tony Trishka, Barry Sless, Derek Trucks, Peter Rowan, Mookie Seigel, The Zen Tricksters, and David Nelson.... I know.... pretty cool indeed! (For more info visit www.jchirco.com) And if that wasn't enough, Andy Trister on lead guitar falls into our lap! If it's been a while folks, it's time to check us out again! You know who you are! Many thanks to everyone that came down to Murphys. That was a nice way to start the year and it seemed like a good time was had by all! We've got two shows lined up on L.I. We'll be at the Twisted Shamrock in Babylon on Sat. February 3rd, and.... our first ever St. Patty's Day gig at Pistachios in Lindenhurst on ...you guessed it, March 17th, which happens to be a Saturday night! And you know what that means! Stay tuned, for more shows are bound to pop up! |
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