AND LOTS O' GIGS!!
ED ALSTROM - Solo piano & Vocals
Thursday, October 31 (HALLOWEEN!), 6p~8p
SUSHI CAFE, 555 Passaic Ave, West Caldwell, NJ
(973) 403-7720
www.sushicafewestcaldwell.com
Ed plays/sings all kinds of stuff solo at this lovely Sushi restaurant.
Great Japanese food of all types. BYOB. NO cover!
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 6 - 1PM - 4PM
The John McDermott Band - Sixties Rock & Roll Revue
Playing the best of the Beatles, Stones, Doors, Who, Allman Brothers and more!
Palmer Square, Princeton, NJ
https://palmersquare.com/event/music-fest-sundays/2024-10-06/
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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 13 - 4PM ~ 7 PM
NJBS (NORTH JERSEY BLUES SOCIETY) hosts a fundraiser for the artists that won the IBC BLUES CHALLENGE in JUNE:CROSSROADS, 78 North Ave., Garwood, NJ 07027 (908) 232-5666
BLUES PEOPLE in the BAND catrgory
ED ALSTROM in the SOLO category!
|These artists are going to Memphis in January 2025 to compete nationally, and this event is to raise funds to pay expenses for that trip.
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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18 - 9PM ~ 1AM
Ed with DAVE FIELDS BAND
THE GREAT NOTCH INN, 400 US-46, Woodland Park, NJ 07424
Dave is a remarkable guitarist/singer, and my longtime associate Don Guinta will be there on drums as well!
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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19
The John McDermott Band - Sixties Rock & Roll Revue
Playing the best of the Beatles, Stones, Doors, Who, Allman Brothers and more!
TIERNEY'S TAVERN, 136-138 Valley Road., Montclair, New Jersey
https://www.tierneystavern.com/
Ed plays keys and sings in the 60s R&R free-for-all, with a lot of talented people doing a lot of great songs, in a classic Irish pub with great Guiness!
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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23 - 6p - 9p
ED SOLO PIANO & VOCALS
LA FAMGILIA RISTORANTE
359 Bloomfield Ave, Caldwell, NJ 07006 - 973-226-3049
www.lafamigliaristorantepizzeria.com
Amazing pepperoni pizaa with hot honey! And Ed banging out your (and his) favorites. BYOB.
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A LATE FALL JAM!
SUNDAY, November 2, 2024 - 1 PM ~ 5 PM
IMPERIAL MUSIC CENTER
48 Appleby Ave, South River, NJ - (732) 238-0310
theimperialmusiccenter.com
A MONSTER lineup featuring Joey Herr, Jimmy Bennett (Levon Helm Band, Ghost Riders, The Bennett Brothers), me on keys/vocals, Pete Bennett on bass and our impresario Scott Twomey on drums. Lots of Allmans, MTB, and other Southern and classic rock. $20 cash at the door.
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Saturday, November 9, 8:00 pm
Robert Hill Band
The Salem Roadhouse Cafe, Union
Salem Roadhouse Cafe, 829 Salem Rd, Union, NJ 07083
Admission: $20.00 - Students: $15.00
Admission includes snacks, beverages, coffee, tea, desserts
www.roberthillband.com/
Robert is a splendid blues guitarist, and his recent CD is climbing Blues & Gospel charts. The gig features Rae Simone, a spectacular singer. My longtime friend and associate Frank Pagano is the drummer, and that always helps things. NOTE that this is not a bar, it’s a coffeehouse!
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Thursday, November 14, 7-9 pm
ED ALSTROM (p/v) and FRANK PAGANO (d/v)
TWIN DOOR TAVERN, 122 W Pleasant Ave, Maywood, NJ 07607 - (201) 843-8022 - twindoortavern.com
Eddie and Frankie gon' bang out and sang out 50s-60s tunes and a healthy dose of New Orleans gems. Great food and drink and a cozy vibe!
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Sunday, November 17, 4:30pm
ED ALSTROM SOLO at the MONTCLAIR BREWERY
This is an important one!!!!
101 Walnut St, Montclair, NJ 07042
montclairbrewery.com
NJBS (NORTH JERSEY BLUES SOCIETY) monthly Blues & Brews Series features Ed Alstrom. This event is extra special in that it is also a fundraiser -- all ticket sales will be donated to the artist to help fund the trip to Memphis in January 2025 to complete in the Blues Foundation's International Blues Challenge representing the North Jersey Blues Society in the solo/duo category.
Come on out and show your support!
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Saturday, November 30, 730-930p
ROBERT HILL BAND
MONTCLAIR BREWERY
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PRESENTATIONS!
YANKEE BASEBALL: FROM THE (ORGAN) BENCH
with Ed Alstrom
Ed Alstrom is in his 21st season as the Organist at Yankee Stadium. In this breezy and fun hour-long presentation, he talks about that job, demonstrate how it gets done, and tells stories about his fabulous experiences at the Stadium!
Please check these libraries' websites for full details, or drop Ed an email.
Monday, October 28, 4p - Tappan, NY
Thursday, November 7, 6p - Greenwood Lake, NJ
Sunday, November 24, 2p - Ridgewood, NJ - THIS ONE is a bit different: not the usual multi-media presentation, but a straight-up organ concert of mostly things I play at the Stadium!
Like to have this at your library or other venue? Drop me an email and we'll talk!
ed@edalstrom.com
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ED ALSTROM
at the RAINBOW ROOM WURLITZER THEATER ORGAN
'IT WAS 60 YEARS AGO TODAY - THE HITS OF 1964'
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 2:00 p.m.
RAHWAY SENIOR CENTER
1306 Esterbrook Avenue, Rahway, NJ - 732-827-2016
FREE!
YOU CAN HERE IT ALL HERE:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fGQqvkV9rc&t=540s
I am so grateful to be back behind the cockpit of the amazing historic instrument! It is quite literally a "Mighty Wurlitzer", and has a sound that defies description, especially if you've never heard one in action. It is a fire-breathing, 3-manual, 10-rank monster of a pipe organ that was originally installed at the Rainbow Room at Rockefeller Center in NYC in 1934.
This model R16 is one of only two ever made by the Wurlitzer company (the other was installed at the Ambassador Theater in L.A. in 1929). This organ is in its 4th home at the Rahway Senior Center now, and it is all-original and has been lovingly restored piece by piece by the GARDEN STATE THEATER ORGAN SOCIETY (more info on them and the organ itself at www.gstos.org). I did the inaugural recital on this instrument in 2012.
1964 was an amazing and very diverse year in popular music. It is certainly mosty famous for The Beatles making their entrance onto the world stage, dominating the charts for months, only to be supplanted in the number 1 spot by.... Louis Armstrong singing 'Hello Dolly'!!
It is an aural experience you will not soon forget!
++++++++++pinstripe alley
