BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.3.6//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:997@wnyblues.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230720T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230720T220000 DTSTAMP:20230710T185923Z URL:https://wnyblues.org/events/the-nighthawks-live-at-fanatics-pub-in-lim a-ny/ SUMMARY:The Nighthawks Live at Fanatics Pub in Lima\, NY! DESCRIPTION:The Nighthawks are an American blues and roots music band\, bas ed in Washington\, D.C.\nThe Nighthawks was an idea in Mark Wenner's brain long before he was able to implement it. The musical product of pre-1958 radio in Washington\, D.C.\, he did not know there were rules against mixi ng blues\, R&\;B\, honky-tonk country\, doo-wop\, gospel and rockabilly into one delicious stew.\n\nTHE NIGHTHAWKS\ncurrent lineup for The Nighth awks is:\nMark Wenner: Vocals\, Harmonica\nMark Stutso: Drums\, Vocals\nPa ul Pisciotta: Bass\nDan Hovey: Guitar\, Vocals\n\nThe current members brin g decades of varied experience to the stage and studio. Paul Bell has play ed in many influential bands around the Nation’s Capital and is the cons ummate D.C. guitarist\, capable of soul scratching or country picking. Pau l was less familiar with the classic Robert Lockwood/Louis Myers styles of Chicago blues playing than some of his predecessors\, but it didn’t tak e long for him to add those to his bag of tricks. When he plays a slow blu es solo\, you can hear a little of late D.C. picker Roy Buchanan\, but wit hout the tortured hysterics. Paul spent 10 years working with legendary bl ue-eyed soul man and keyboardist Tommy Lepson\, who subbed for Mark Wenner on a number of dates this year while Mark recovered from open-heart surge ry.\n\nJohnny Castle started his D.C. career with Crank\, popular early ha rd-rockers who opened for Jimi Hendrix. He spent journeyman time with Eddi e and Martha Adcock in the heyday of D.C. Bluegrass\, mixing comfortably w ith legends such as Bill Monroe and Ralph Stanley at festivals. After a st int with funk in an outfit called Spatz\, he came through Tex Rabinowitz's Bad Boys at the height of the Rockabilly revival\, splitting off to form the psycho-billy band Switchblade. In 1984\, Mark Wenner developed a reper toire of material with Switchblade and together they recorded Mark’s Fug itive – a project that mixed hard rocking country classics with electric blues instrumentation (think Kentucky Headhunters). Live versions of some of those tunes can be heard on Mark's compilation\, Runs Good\, Needs Pai nt. Before joining the Nighthawks\, Johnny spent a decade recording and to uring with diesel-billy legend Bill Kirchen.\n\nMark Stutso spent nearly t wo decades with former Nighthawk Jimmy Thackery. Before that he played in a number of big and small-time rock bands\, including Ruffryder – a spin -off of Black Oak Arkansas – and Virginia Beach-based Trix. Originally f rom deep in West Virginia and Southwest Virginia\, Mark put in five years in the coal mines before escaping into his drum kit. He lives in Pittsburg h and has collaborated with the late Glenn Pavone and Norman Nardini. His vocals are a force to be reckoned with.\n\nDISCOUNT CODE: WNYBS-NIGHTHAWKS \nTickets ->\; https://events.eventgroove.com/event/The-Nighthawks-75161 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://i0.wp.com/wnyblues.org/wp-content/upload s/2023/07/NIGHTHAWKS-7-20-23-Fanatics.png?fit=360%2C244&ssl=1 CATEGORIES:Live Blues Music LOCATION:Fanatics\, 7281 West Main St\, Lima\, NY\, 14485\, United States GEO:42.904931;-77.612755 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=7281 West Main St\, Lima\, NY\, 14485\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Fanatics:geo:42.9049 31,-77.612755 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20230312T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR