Thu. June 19th - 7 & 9:30
OPENING NIGHT
Zydeco Explosion Buckwheat Zydeco plus Nathan & the
Zydeco Chas Chas
Thu. July 10th - 8pm
Donna the Buffalo
Fri. July 11th - 8pm
Adrian Belew
Thu. July 17th - 8pm
The Prisoners of 2nd Avenue
with special guest Willie Nile
Fri.
July 18th - 8pm
The Nerds
Fri.
July 25th - 7 & 9:30pm
Björn Again the
ABBA Experience
Thur. August 1st - 7:30pm
Roomful of Blues
Tue. August 12th - 7pm
Blues Guitar Heroes
w/ Coco Montoya & Poppa Chubby
Wed.
Aug. 13th - 7:30pm
Raul Malo (lead singer of
the Mavericks)
Thur.
Aug. 14th - 7:30pm
Raul Malo (lead singer of the Mavericks)
Fri.
Aug. 15th - 7 &10pm
Bayou
to Bourbon St. featuring Marcia Ball & Beausoleil
w/ Micheal Doucet
Wed
Aug. 20th - 7pm
Acoustic
/ Electric Blues w/ Chris Smither & Sonny Landreth
Thur. August 21st - 7 & 9:30
The
Radiators
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Music with a View – Each
NYC RTR Cruise is a scenic tour and live music event in the most intimate
and friendly concert setting you've ever experienced. Listening to your
favorite artists while sailing past the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island,
the Brooklyn Bridge and the world's greatest NYC skyline - you've never
seen music like this before. Keep checking back frequently as we're constantly
adding new shows. We look forward to rockin' the river with you this
summer.
– John and Steve, Producers
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OPENING
NIGHT
ZYDECO EXPLOSION
Buckwheat Zydeco plus
Nathan & the Zydeco
Chas Chas
Thursday, June 19 @ 7pm & 9:30pm
"Buckwheat leads one of the best party
bands in America; he can pump out zydeco two-beats or shift into
rolling 12-bar blues, steaming all the way." – The
New York Times
Nathan Williams is the leader of the Zydeco Cha
Chas. His stylings on the piano accordion have made him one of the
most-admired players in the zydeco scene. th Nathan & the Zydeco
Cha Chas, fame and fortune take a back seat to the music they play.
They want to bring zydeco and traditional Louisiana Cajun music to
the attention of mainstream music listeners. They believe that the
energy and up-tempo Louisiana music has been regionalized for far too
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Donna the Buffalo
Thursday, July 10 @ 7:30pm Only
Rootsy folk-rock sextet Donna the Buffalo
formed in 1987 in Ithaca, NY. The group's three vocalists -- Tara
Nevins, who also plays fiddle, guitar, and accordion; guitarist Jeb
Puryear; and keyboardist Joe Thrift -- add another layer of diversity
to the group's eclectic and often socially conscious sound. Guitarist
Jim Miller, drummer Tom Gilbert, and bassist Jed Greenberg complete
the ensemble.
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Adrian Belew
Friday, July 11 @ 8pm Only
Like all great guitarists, Belew has his own recognizable style/sound
(one that admittedly tends to be quirky and off-the-wall at times),
and is an incredibly versatile player, as he's always found a way to
make his signature style fit into a wide variety of musical genres:
hard rock, funk, new wave, experimental, Beatlesque pop, and more.
Belew has played with Frank Zappa, David Bowie, the Talking Heads and
King Crimson among many others.
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The Prisoners of 2nd Ave. with
special guest, Willie Nile
Thursday, July 17 @ 8pm
Jimmy Vivino's brainchild started
as a "deeper cuts from
my favorite records dating 1967 through 1973" type of band.
Everything had to have a Who or Cream type of power trio sound.
After calling John Conte and Rich Pagano to complete the trio,
they soon realized their sound embodied the energy & spirit
of Bill Graham's Fillmore East & with Jimmy's knowledge of
the flow of an evening at the venue, they began to design a somewhat
psychedelic yet soaring, streamlined show.
Willie Nile made
his recording debut in 1980 with his acclaimed self-titled
LP on Arista Records, followed a year later by Golden
Down.
Caught in record-biz limbo for most of the 80s (signed to Geffen
Records) he didn’t
re-emerge until 1991, with
Places I Have Never Been on Columbia. With 1992's Hard
Times in America (a cult favorite throughout Europe),
Nile finally escaped the major-label hamster wheel.
Gathering resources over time, he managed to put
out his first self-released album, Beautiful Wreck of
the World, just before
the end of the century. Nile is a songwriters’ songwriter.
Lucinda Williams opined, “Willie
Nile is a great artist. If there was any justice in this world,
I’d
be opening up for him instead of him for me.”
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The Nerds
Friday, July 18 @ 8pm Only
Enjoy an evening of sheer entertainment
with the band that combines high energy rock n' roll with a
stage show of pure talent and comedy. From the House of Blues
in Boston to the Shrine in L.A.; from British Columbia to Bermuda & the
Bahamas; from Florida to Arizona; to Ohio and back to Atlantic
City; all through New Jersey and back to New York; from selling
out Carnegie Hall, to headlining at the PNC Bank Arts Center,
The Nerds® continue to entertain their massive fan base
that stretches all over the world.
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Björn Again - The Abba
Experience
Friday, August 25th @ 7 & 9:30 pm
This exciting show recreates the ABBA phenomenon
both visually and through the remarkably accurate reflection
of the ABBA sound, dance steps and humor with a full-scale production
complete with big screen projection. Bjorn Again has been seen
and heard at over 3,000 concerts worldwide. "Our Fans had
better make the most out of Bjorn Again because that's the closest
they are going to get to ever seeing ABBA again". … Benny
Anderson of ABBA.
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Roomful of Blues
Thur, August 1st @ 7:30 pm
With an almost non-stop performance schedule
for the last 37 years, Roomful of Blues has earned critical, popular and radio success and a legion of fans
around the globe. Twice, the prestigious Down Beat International Critics
Poll selected Roomful of Blues as Best Blues Band. Roomful’s horn
section has won The Blues Foundation’s W.C. Handy Award for “Best
Instrumentalist” three times and in 2004 won the prestigious W.C.
Handy award for Best Blues Band.
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Blues Guitar Heroes Night with
Coco Montoya &
Popa Chubby
Tues, August 12th @ 7pm
Coco Montoya
first met Paul Barerre and Little Feat at a blues festival and
according to Barerre, “Coco’s
playing was inspirational to me - great tone and attitude.” The
band invited Montoya to their annual Feat Festival in Jamaica
two years in a row. “Our fans took to him like butter on
bread”, recalls Barerre. “He fit in so well with
the band that I knew I had to produce him. I really wanted to
get that live feel from him on a recording, and that’s
just what we did.”
The ever-prolific Popa Chubby returns with
a new CD of hard-hitting rock ‘n’ roll, Deliveries
After Dark, a collection of balls-out Blues/Rock played
with reckless abandon, no apologies, visceral and heavy, with
a few surprises thrown in – such
as the theme from “The Godfather” rearranged as a
surf guitar instrumental, and the spacey and evocative “Woman
In My Bed Dub,” a reggae tune as thick with smoke as a
Kingston club.
Popa Chubby continues to rule the road with his high-octane ax
work and uncompromising, in your face attitude, resulting in
a supercharged mix that spits fire at every turn.
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Bayou to Bourbon St.featuring Marcia
Ball & Beausoleil avec Micheal Doucet
Fri. Aug. 15th - 7 &10pm
Marcia Ball has just released her highly anticipated new CD, Peace,
Love & BBQ (Alligator Records). Produced by Stephen
Bruton, Peace, Love & BBQ finds Ball at a creative peak.
this is her first new studio CD in four years and the 13th album of
her career. Her last album release, 2005’s Live! Down the Road
received a Grammy nomination for Best Traditional Blues Album. Her
piano style is known for its elements of zydeco, swamp-blues, and boogie-woogie.
Since forming in 1975, Grammy winners BeauSoleil have claimed their
undisputed role as the most esteemed Cajun group in music. BeauSoleil
avec Michael Doucet take the rich Cajun traditions of Louisiana and
artfully blend elements of zydeco, New Orleans jazz, Tex-Mex, country,
blues and more into a satisfying musical recipe. From The Grand Ole
Opry to Newport Folk, from concert hall to dance floor, the music
of BeauSoleil continues to captivate audiences the world over.
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THE
BOAT SAILS RAIN OR SHINE.
We regret the boat is NOT handicapped accessible – Seating
is first come, first served
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