The Mission of the Buffalo Music Hall of Fame To honor, preserve, and promote the diverse musical culture and heritage of Buffalo and Western New York through education, scholarship, performance and formal induction.

Welcome! On behalf of the Buffalo Music Hall of Fame, I would like to thank you for attending and supporting our 37th Annual Induction Ceremony. The Buffalo Music Hall of Fame has grown, expanded and undergone many changes in the past 37 years. One thing that has not changed is our dedication to honor those people that have made an impact 2019 Officers on our music community.

President Music has the power and breadth to have a positive effect Anthony Casuccio on us all. It is a universal language. I am sure all of us have been inspired or moved by some aspect of music. Vice President Your favorite song, a sports chant or the soothing sounds of smooth jazz; music Tom Lorentz is the background of our lives. Through our various programs, the Buffalo Music Hall of Fame is harnessing the power of music to make a positive change in our Treasurer community. Kevin Flint Our Musician Medics program continues to touch the community and make a Secretary difference by providing musical relief to patients and families during times of need. Diane Strawbrich The healing power of music is ever-present where our musicians are performing.

Past President We invite you to explore our website: www.bmhof.org. It is a great place to learn Nick Veltri about our board of trustees, inductees, programs and events that have made an impact on the Western New York music scene and beyond. On the website there is Board of Trustees a link to our on-line radio station, Americanarama Buffalo. Our sister website, WNY. Kim Burke FM is intended as a learning lab for interns where they can polish their journalism, Sam Guarino audio and video production skills. Steve Kantor Bruce Moser Our partnership with The Greater Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame and the Buffalo Carolyn​ Moser Broadcasters Association; The BFLO Experience; has moved closer to reality as Dan Nedescu plans were unveiled for a world-class museum and fundraising efforts. Elmer​ Ploetz Jack Prybylski Tonight, as well as honoring our current and new inductees, we also recognize the Richard Sargent future of the local music scene. The Buffalo Music Hall of Fame Education Ed Strawbrich Scholarship Program awarded Kiana Kabeary and Lauryn Koeppel who each Van Taylor received a scholarship to help them pursue their future musical aspirations. Earlier this year, we held our 6th Lucille and Jack Yellen songwriter’s scholarship Advisory Board competition. Our scholarship recipient and pre-Ceremony entertainer, Michael Phil​​ Dillon DeLano, was chosen from a large pool of young talent and is currently recording Greg Finnerty his song with the backup and mentorship of our inductees. Robin Grandin Al Hury I now welcome all of you to tonight’s celebration in honor of the Class of 2019. Bob Luterek Please join me in celebration of the joy that is the 37th Annual Buffalo Music Hall Melissa Kate Miller of Fame Induction Ceremony. Heidi​ Raphael Eddie Tice Enjoy! Gary​ Wisniewski

Anthony Casuccio President, Buffalo Music Hall of Fame The Buffalo Music Hall of Fame 2019 Induction Ceremony

Pre-Ceremony Entertainment Event Chairperson Michael DeLano - 2019 Lucille & Jack Yellen Carolyn Moser Foundation Songwriter Scholarship Recipient Inductee Coordinator Opening Remarks - Anthony Casuccio, BMHOF President Diane Strawbrich

Intro from MC - Rich “Bull” Gaenzler, Morning Bull 97 Rock Music Coordinator Tom Lorentz

~ Inductee - Cynthia “First Sister” Moore Master of Ceremonies Rich Gaenzler “ Bull” 97 Rock ~ Inductee - NIETZSCHE’S - Joe Rubino Stage Manager Music Performance - Cynthia “First Sister” Moore Paula D’Amico Cynthia “First Sister” Moore Remembers “The incomparable Jack Prybylski James Brown” Hostess/Host ~ Inductee – Kenny Petersen Diane Strawbrich Ed Strawbrich Music Performance - Memorial Video Press Conference/Public Relations BMHOF Programs and Guitar Raffle Rich Sargent

Music Performance - Kenny Petersen Video Jeff Garbacz “The Ultimate Celebration of the Pedal Steel Guitar in Western New York’s Country Music” Sound Jesse Rejewski ~ Inductee – LeRoi Callwell Johnson Ceremony Photographers Music Performance - In Honor of LeRoi Callwell Johnson Ray Enzinna “A salute to the music of Rick James as performed by his inner Reese Sutiono circle of studio and band mates” Ceremony Videographers ~ Inductee - Jim Crean Jim Panzarella

~ Inductee - Every Time I Die Ticket Management Greg Finnerty Music Performance - Jim Crean Kim Burke

“Award winning Lead Vocalist, Songwriter and National Program Recording Artist” Design/Layout – Robin Grandin

Final Remarks Printing Meet & Greet Reception Quick Solutions Printing Jamestown Melissa Uber

Inductee Bios Elmer Ploetz

Memorabilia Coordinator Greg Hennessey

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Our Mission The Buffalo Sound Buffalo and Western New York has been We are fortunate to be entertained with The Buffalo Music Hall of Fame, Inc., The history of Buffalo music is as much home to some of the finest musicians in the some of the best live music in some of the (BMHOF), a 501c3 not-for-profit organiza- about thepeople who have become famous world that include composers Jack Yel- best venues. tion, was established in 1983 by ​Rick and as it is about the continuing contribution len, Harold Arlen, Ray Evans, Chauncey Marsha Falkowski as part of the Buffalo to the rich, vibrant culture of Western New Olcott, Ray Hendersen and David Lee Shire The Buffalo Music Hall of Fame was creat- Music Awards. The BMHOF was created York. The immigrants who built the area and session musicians Gary Mallaber, Jim ed in 1983 to honor the region’s musicians to honor the region’s musicians and music brought their native music, and through Ehinger, Tom Hambridge and Tommy Te- and music history for the cultural enhance- history for the cultural enhancement years of blending these cultures, the Buffalo desco, a member of the infamous “Wreck- ment and enrichment of the community. Its and enrichment of the community. The Sound emerged. From the ethnic music of ing Crew.” We boast names such as Cory mission is to honor, preserve, and protect BMHOF encompasses a population of over the settlers, to the boom of tavern music Wells, founder of Three Dog Night, gold the diverse musical culture and heritage 1.3 million people from all five counties of in the Erie Canal days, to the rich history record jazz group Spyro Gyra, funk pioneer of Western New York through education, Western New York including Erie, Niagara, of vaudeville, and to our number one DJ; Rick James, 10,000 Maniacs, singer/song- scholarship, and performance and to recog- Allegany, Cattaraugus and Chautauqua George “Hound Dog” Lorenz, who was writer Ani DiFranco, the platinum selling nize, via formal induction, those individu- counties. Its mission is to honor, preserve, based out of Buffalo and was the first in the Goo Goo Dolls, Las Vegas stars The Scintas als and groups who have made a significant and protect the diverse musical culture and world to establish a “rock & roll” station, and Clint Holmes, and the Buffalo Bills impact on the music scene. heritage of Western New York through edu- the Buffalo Sound emerged and has flour- Barbershop Quartet – stars of Broadway cation, scholarship, and performance and ished. The scene includes such wonderful and film in “The Music Man.” This music The Buffalo Sound has been evolving for to recognize, via formal induction, those institutions as the world-renowned Buffalo scene is also bubbling with local talent that over a century and it lives on today in individuals and groups who have made a Philharmonic Orchestra and the historic would rock any other area of the country. grand fashion. significant impact on the music scene. Colored Musicians Club that helped estab- On a weekly basis, players draw huge lish Buffalo as one of the great cities of jazz. crowds to venues all over Western New York. Where is the Buffalo Music Hall of Fame? We are online All of the latest information about the Buffalo Music Hall of Fame can be found at our official website at www.bmhof.org and at our sister site WNY.FM. You can also like and share us on social media on Facebook (facebook.com/BMHOF) and like and retweet Twit- ter (@BMHOF62). We can be heard Americanarama Buffalo streams live 24 hours a day at: radioking.com/radio/americanarama-buffalo It is a roots music radio station that consists of country, folk, blues, zydeco, Celtic, rock n’ roll from Buffalo area musicians. At any given time, anywhere in the world, you can hear music from our inductees. We are healing The Buffalo Music Hall of Fame has been “Playing It Forward” for others in the Western New York community since 2013. The Musician Medics Initiative provides comfort through the power of music to individuals and families during their time of need. We are providing scholarships The Buffalo Music Hall of Fame, through the Buffalo Music Hall of Fame Education Scholarship Program, awards scholarships to high school students who are looking to pursue their musical ambitions. Aspiring songwriters are supported through the Lucille and Jack Yellen Foundation Songwriters’ Scholarship. Young songwriters submit original compositions that are judged by a panel of experts. Recipients receive a professional recording of their song backed up by Buffalo Music Hall of Fame Inductees. We are at the Hard Rock Cafe, Niagara Falls, USA The Hard Rock Cafe, Niagara Falls, USA partnered with the Buffalo Music Hall of Fame to showcase memorabilia on behalf of Western New York’s music legends with a room dedicated to its inductees. The Room was officially dedicated on Thursday, June 27 2013, with a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony and a gathering of dignitaries and inducted members.

The 48-seat room features various pieces of memorabilia from the collection of the Hard Rock Cafe and from pieces donated by the Buffalo Music Hall of Fame. Artifacts include George “Hound Dog” Lorenz’s WBLK wall clock; Jessie Galante’s Stage One jacket; a display of Joe Calato’s Regal Tip drum sticks and more! When in Niagara Falls, NY, stop by and visit the room and have a nice meal while you’re at it. Buffalo Music Hall of Fame - Class of 2019 JIM CREAN let me play in clubs and she’d drive me to He’s since recorded two albums with Having won so many Nightlife Music them as long as I got up for school the next them and toured extensively. The first was Awards for Best Original Male Vocalist, morning, and I faithfully did it. She was a live album recorded at the world famous Crean was also recognized by Nightlife for very supportive and proud of me.” Iridium in New York City. The second, lifetime achievement. He was young, but quickly befriended titled “Sinister,” charted at No. 31 on the Crean is highly recognized on a national the members of Talas. His band started Billboard charts. Crean co-wrote four and International level and continues to opening for the Buffalo supergroup. songs on it. tour and record on major labels. Crean began to tour extensively from Meanwhile, Crean has been record- And thanks to that – and a whole lot that point on. In the early ‘90s he had a ing his own music as well, usually with an of talent – almost 40 years later, Crean is video that aired frequently on MTV. all-star cast of musicians. He released two doing exactly what he knew he was meant He’s performed and recorded with a albums this year to add to his five previous to do. who’s who list of hard rock stars, includ- solo efforts. ing Carmine Appice (Rod Stewart, Vanilla He is also the singer for Hair Nation, the ~ Bio written by Elmer Ploetz Fudge), Vinny Appice (Black Sabbath, Western New York-based tribute band that Dio), Mike Tramp (White Lion), Phil Lewis has headlined at the Whisky-a-Go-Go in (LA Guns), Frank Dimino (Angel) and a Los Angeles and been recognized by Buf- host of others. falo’s Nightlife Music Awards for lifetime His bands have included (somewhat achievement. chronologically) Strutter, Blackstar, China Syndrome, Shotgun Wedding, Crack Alice, When Aerosmith played the Aud back Crytuff, Concrete Jungle, the Jim Crean in 1980, most of their fans just saw a rock Band and Hair Nation. show. Barely a teenager at the time, Jim One of this most high profile gigs in Crean saw a rock show – and a career path. recent years has been touring and record- “That kind of changed it all for me,” ing with the band Appice, led by brothers Crean said in a recent interview. “Steven Carmine and Vinny. Tyler, the front man, was so energetic, and I He met the Appices about eight years always loved music. I thought, ‘I want to do ago when they were touring as Drum Wars that for a living.’” (both are percussionists). Growing up in Cheektowaga, Crean “The two brothers would get a different was surrounded by music. His father was a band in every city, and they would just play drummer, and Crean bought his first guitar all the songs of their career, Rod Stewart, with his first communion gift money. Ozzy, Dio, Sabbath, because they were in But when he saw Aerosmith? That was all those big bands,” Crean said. “Well, they it. did it for about four cities before they met Crean may have had that guitar (a me. … Once they met me, the search was Global model, purchased at an old Brand over. I mean, literally. Names store), but he quickly realized that “They did the show with me. And then he wanted to sing. He needed to be on afterwards, Carmine – or maybe it was stage. Vinny – came up to my fianceé, Colleen, “I think I was put on Earth to do so,” he and said, ‘This guy’s great. You know, we’re said. “So I’ve never had stage fright or any- taking this guy.’ thing like that. I was actually the opposite “After the show, Carmine goes, ‘Listen, and I looked forward to it.” what are you doing tomorrow night. And By age 15, he was playing in bars. the next night after that?’ And before you “I was still in ninth grade,” Crean said. know it, I’m on tour with these guys, and “The deal I made with my mom was she we haven’t looked back.” Brighton-Eggert Florist 2819 Eggert Rd Tonawanda, NY 14150 (716) 837-5433 || (888) 837-3703 Proud Member of the Teleflora Network Buffalo Music Hall of Fame - Class of 2019 EVERY TIME I DIE

with vocals,” he said. “And if it sounds good Then there are the Christmas shows. The on an acoustic guitar, it’s going to be even band members say they can’t really remember better when you’re plugged into an amp. Sounds how they started, but ETID began doing Buf- good with an amp, it’s gonna sound even better falo shows when they were back for the holi- with the band.” days well over a decade ago. And then when the music is done, the band Then they just got bigger. And bigger. turns it over to Keith Buckley to create the “I just know that we’ve been doing them. lyrics, and everything is wrapped up in the And then after about 10 years, we said, ‘We studio. should actually try to make these a big deal,’ It’s an interesting approach that has pro- because people started coming in from like duced a body of work that seems to have a Australia and England,” said Jordan Buckley level of playing that seems to have an almost “I don’t really know why people started prog rock-like clean edge at times, while Keith coming in from so far away for them. But Buckley’s lyrics can have a cryptic, poetic edge. once people did, we’re like, ‘OK, really.’ And ETID’s albums “The Big Dirty” (2007), then next thing you know, we’re doing like two “New Junk Aesthetic” (2009),“Ex Lives” shows in a day for three days.” (2012), “From Parts Unknown” (2014) and “It just got enough, we said, ‘We have to give The guys in Every Time I Die say they don’t The current band includes the Buckley “Low Teens” all reached the top 50 on the back. We have to give them something more feel like they’re stars. brothers, Williams, Steve Micciche (who has “Billboard 200” album charts. enjoyable when they’re going to fly in from That’s despite the fact they’re the most played bass for the band since 2001 although Both “Ex Lives” and “Low Teens” were No. 1 Australia,’” said Keith Buckley. successful group of musicians to break out of with a six year hiatus from 2005 to 2011) and on Billboard’s hard rock album chart. So in recent years the show – still a sellout Buffalo in the past 20 years, selling hundreds drummer Clayton “Goose” Holyoak (with the The group embraces the anarchic, hyperki- – has been moved to Riverworks and become of thousands of albums, placing albums on the group since 2017). netic nature of hardcore live shows, whether almost a festival. Bassist Andy Williams, who Billboard charts and with their songs drawing The band recalls Scott Vogel (Buried it’s Jordan Buckley crowd surfing on his back has developed a sideline as a professional millions of views on YouTube and God knows Alive, Despaire) and Snapcase as two huge as he plays or kicking the cell phone out of the wrestler, included wrestling in the event. how many listens on the streaming services. influences on the hardcore scene and places hand of a fan trying to get a selfie on stage – This year, there will be a hockey tourna- “It’s cool to know that people are listening,” like Custer Street, the Maryvale house and during the middle of a show – or fans flying ment as well at one of the Riverworks rinks. singer Keith Buckley said in a recent interview. Basement Bar as venues with doors that were off the stage themselves. “It’s kind of like Warped Tour, when they “But other than that, it’s really just sort of like open to their kind of music. Onstage is where the band lives. Asked what have the BMX and the skateboarders … you those numbers are just checking in to make Hardcore itself is an branch of punk that their goals are for the future, Micciche said, have other stuff that holds their attention, sure there’s still an audience for you.” goes back 40 years (think Black Flag, Minor “There’s still a ton of places we can tour to. … really, if they’re also listening to bands for nine But there clearly is an audience. ETID, Threat) and even as it has evolved through We were supposed to play Iceland, but we had hours,” said Jordan Buckley. as the band is known, has played six out of the years has maintained an ethos of loud, fast to cancel. China would be cool.” ETID’s 2018 Christmas show (the sec- the seven continents, and they would go to and in your face. It’s never been accepted by Anything that’s really left on the bucket list ond at Riverworks) drew over 3,000 fans Antarctica if there was a venue. commercial radio, which is one reason why is where to go on tour,” said Keith Buckley. and raised thousands of dollars for charity. It’s been a long trip for the group, the first the members of ETID can walk down the They’ve played 15,000-seat arenas, per- Not bad for a group of guys who aren’t stars. Buffalo hardcore band to break out of the street in Buffalo without being recognized by forming on bills will bands such as Coheed & punk house show culture and really make it many. Cambria and Mastadon or Fallout Boy. nationally. Every Time I Die has maintained a fairly But they’ve maintained a Buffalo pres- ~ Bio written by Elmer Ploetz The group formed in West Seneca in consistent sound over the years as it has ence. Keith Buckley, Williams and Micciche 1998, the first real post high school band for released eight albums, with Keith Buckley’s all live in the city and Jordan Buckley lives in original members Keith and Jordan Buckley raw, intense vocals over a wall of guitars. Arizona, but frequently travels here for prac- (lead guitar) and Andy Williams (rhythm Jordan Buckley said the group has a specific ticing and recording. guitar). Mike “Ratboy” Novak was their origi- pattern it follows in creating most of its songs. Their most recent album, “Low Teens,” was nal drummer, staying with the band through He starts off with an acoustic guitar. recorded with Will Putney at Robby Takac’s 2009, and John McCarthy their first bassist, “I feel like if the song is good without vo- GCR Studio. although he was only with them for a year. cals, then it’s just going to be even better Buffalo Music Hall of Fame - Class of 2019 LEROI CALLWELL JOHNSON mother as a strong inspiration, always having married and had a great position in D.C. career. This included personally travelling music around the house such as Ella Fitzger- LeRoi said there was a lot of continued pres- with Rick everywhere.” LeRoi said. ald, Billy Eckstine, Billie Holiday, and Dakota sure from Motown and Rick. Motown sent “In terms of making the deal, Rick would Staton. LeRoi says Rick was also influenced their Man to lure me to Los Angeles. make the deal and I would work out the by family friends George Holt and Elvin But still I wasn’t convinced. Then in 1981, details, send the deals back to Buffalo to have Shepherd, two of Buffalo’s greatest horn LeRoi’s life changed tragically as his wife died them analyzed by our accountants and our players. from a long-term illness. LeRoi decided to attorneys.” “I had no influence on his music. None. leave D.C. and its suits and ties and work with LeRoi was involved with everything his Rick was his own creature,” LeRoi said. “I just his brother. brother did which includes legal, business, happened to be around during Rick’s develop- “I started in merchandise with Rick, took recording, TV, movies, marketing and man- ment. that over, and turned it into a multimillion agement. Even to the point of having written “I was with him growing up, when Rick dollar business,” LeRoi said. “And little by little, songs with Rick and Val Young. He was in- first went to Motown, when he was 16 years I took over parts of the business. Before my strumental in Rick’s role in taking on MTV in old, to present the song “Malinda”, a hit with first year was over, I was running everything.” opening the doors to blacks and various types Bobby Taylor and The Vancouvers. I was at LeRoi applied rock ‘n’ roll style marketing of music in their programming. As a result the Rick’s first talent show at Carpenters Hall, his to his brother’s career, something that was face of music forever changed becoming more first recital. We both were a part of the African new to R&B, using his legal background and diverse and open. Culture Center, and the Cold Spring Cadets Washington experience. LeRoi had already LeRoi oversaw a company with over 70 It’s no coincidence that Rick James’ great- (drum corps). We played football and basket- run a Washington agency with a $500,000 employees with offices in Buffalo and Los An- est commercial success and most of his ar- ball together at the Masten Boy’s Club (Now budget and a staff of 15 monitoring agencies, geles. Many from our camp have gone on to tistic success came when his brother, LeRoi the Masten Boys and Girls Clubs). We spent businesses and over a billion dollars in gov- great things which I am very proud of. Last Callwell Johnson, was running the business the summers together at camp. So I know ernment funds and contracts. There was no year’s recipient Wayne Sharpe to name one side of things. about Rick’s life and musical history and how better experience to have for Rick’s business. and Al Hymon the fight game’s top promoter. But there’s much more to LeRoi Call- he developed his style No one knows as much “I wasn’t star, money or people struck or The music business comes down to people. well Johnson than just his brother’s success. about Rick as I do anything like that. Washington had its share In this case one person Rick James. However, Already an accomplished classical guitarist I often visited Rick when he was in Toron- of stars starting with the President. I knew management is a team effort. and visual artist in his own right, he went on to playing with the Mynah Birds, with Neil that business had to be taken care of,” LeRoi LeRoi and his team of Irv Shuman and Les to help build his brother’s Mary Jane Produc- Young and Bruce Palmer who later went on to said. “So I wasn’t confrontational with Rick Greenbaum, his accountant Dick Romer, and tions into one of the largest minority-owned star with the Buffalo Springfield. about anything. I would do what I had to do. right hand man Jeffery Maclin, and staff made entertainment businesses in the 1980s. He LeRoi graduated from Canisius College and “And then, after a while, he would say, ‘well, great efforts to build Rick James into the icon managed artists including Rick James, The attended the University at Buffalo. He went on just do it,’ because that’s how Rick was: ‘Just do he is today and is grateful to have been a major Mary Jane Girls, Process and the Doo Rags, to law school at Georgetown in Washington, it, get it done”. part of his legacy. Val Young, and was Rick’s tour manager. D.C. LeRoi and Rick assembled a team that han- In 1990, LeRoi returned home perma- There’s no question that LeRoi will always After law school LeRoi went to work as a dled everything Rick James. They put together nently to Buffalo and opened up Zanzibar be foremost connected with James, the funk legislative counsel for D.C. City Council and a roster of artists, including many with Buffalo Café briefly and started focusing on private punk king whose sound helped define a was later head of the Minority Business Affairs connections such as the Mary Jane Girls, Pro- practice law. He became actively involved in decade in American music. After all, LeRoi Commission. cess & the Doo Rags, the Stone City Band and not-for-profit organizations such as Shea’s, the is only 11 months younger than Rick and is During this time is when Rick’s career start- Kenny Hawkins to name a few. Rick got record Burchfield-Penney Art Center, The Buffalo his only surviving full brother. They were as ed taking off, and LeRoi started hearing from deals for Bobby Militello, Kenny Hawkins and Society of Artists, and the Erie County Cultural close as could be – and as different as could be. Motown. Rick and Motown wanted someone Big Daddy Kane, the first rap artist to sign Advisory Board. Together the brothers attended Catholic who could help manage Rick, because Rick was with a major label and made Eddie Murphy an He returned to painting and is internation- elementary schools, St. Anne’s and St. Bridg- in need of trusted management. Before the Mo- artist. LeRoi renegotiated Rick’s contact with ally recognized. LeRoi has had multiple inter- et’s while living in the Perry and Willard Park town deal Rick had contracts with a number of Motown and Warner Brothers and negotiated national solo shows in Europe, Asia, Africa, Projects. different record companies, and had a number contracts for The Mary Jane Girls and Process the US, and Canada. LeRoi returned to play- At age ten LeRoi was hurt in a truck acci- of different groups - none cracked the big-time. and The Doo Rags who signed the largest re- ing Brasilian and classical guitar, which he had dent and wound up being tutored at home for “By the time he got to Motown, around cording contracts of their day. studied with internationally known teachers. four years as he recovered. 1977, Rick had some serious product, he kind “I wanted to learn about everything, all the LeRoi witnessed Rick’s development as a of knew what he wanted out of his music.” components of music. In the end I think I Continued on next page.. musician from banging on pots and pans to LeRoi wasn’t thinking about joining his knew as much as anybody because I went, I becoming a musical genius. He credits their brother at the time because he was happily- listened, and I did everything related to Rick’s Buffalo Music Hall of Fame - Class of 2019

LeRoi Callwell Johnson Continued...

He is a co-founder of Attorneys for the Arts. and the Willie “Hutch” Jones Educational and Sports program which he co-founded with Wil- lie “Hutch” Jones and Bernard Mitchell 35 years ago. And his glowing star is his talented daugh- ter Deysha Johnson who recently won an award in the 48 Hour Film Festival. LeRoi continues to represent entertainers, reviewing contracts. LeRoi thanks the greatest team of entertain- ment people ever assembled in Buffalo. Irv Shuman, Les Greenbaum, Dick Romer, Jim Bush, Lennie Silver, Jeffrey Maclin, Joe Jack- son, Moses Johnson, Trence Spencer, Squeaky Johnson, Head, Camille, Birdie, the Band, Levi, Nate Billy Nunn, Kenny Hawkins, Treadwell, Jerry, Oscar, E, Tommy, Jo Anne Mc Duffy, the Colored Girls Lisa and Tabby, the MJG’s, Val Young, the Doo Rags, the entire Mary Jane Productions Family, and my mother who was the heart and soul of the organization.

~ Bio written by LeRoi Callwell Johnson SALUTING LEROI CALLWELL JOHNSON

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WWW.LGLAW.COM 716 849 1333 | 42 DELAWARE AVENUE | BUFFALO, NY 14202 Buffalo Music Hall of Fame - Class of 2019 KENNY PETERSEN “I played as I took lessons from a guy “We learn to be really good at adapting So rather than still play, I decided to retire named Gene Strong, a real good player,” and following the leads,” he said. and kind of leave it at the top, you know.” Petersen said. “So I got a job right away Petersen said his style has evolved through With his induction into the Buffalo Music because I had the instrument. I took off from the years. The pedal steel guitar is an instru- Hall of Fame, he’ll be doing just that. there and never stopped.” ment with almost infinite possibilities. He started off playing mostly in a country “It’s just learning the instrument and all ~ Bio written by Elmer Ploetz rock vein, but found himself drawn back the things it does,” he said. “You’re never into more traditional country through the done learning because of the pedals and the years. knee lever, its multiple combinations, it’s Along the way he’s been the pedal steel endless what you can do with it. player for some of Western New York’s best “So depending on what kind of band or country bands. He went on to play with the what kind of music I’m playing, it kind of Pistols (aka Kenny Gunn & the Pistols), rendered what I would do. I always consid- the J.C. Thompson Band, Paul Zittel’s Pure ered myself a side guy. But the singer wants Country (17 years) and Stone Country (10 this or you feel what’s good behind that” years). Petersen credits his family with supporting He toured and recorded with Gotham him through the years. That includes his wife, Rose, a country band out of Jamestown, Michelle, his daughter, Bonnie, and sons, and he’s opened up for performers such as Karl and Derek. George Jones, Brad Paisley, Diamond Rio, For 40-plus years Petersen considered himself a “side guy,” but that changed in For Kenny Petersen, it was a case of love Charlie Daniels, Patty Loveless, Trace Adkins and Juice Newton. November of 2017. That’s when he released at first sight. “Truckload of Steel,” his first solo CD, It was in the mid- to early 1970s, and he During the Kavinoky Theatre’s run of “Hank Williams: Lost Highway,” he played produced by his son, Karl. had been playing both lead and rhythm He recorded it with his old Stone Country guitar in a rock band for a couple of years. in the band and acted as the character Shag. Petersen has also recorded with both friends Dwane Hall (bass) and Randy Bolam “We were doing the Oliver Street strip in (drums), and played pedal steel, lap steel, North Tonawanda, where there was a bar country and non-country artists. His credits include recordings with Ken Kauffman, 53 dobro, ukulele and rhythm guitar. every 200 feet and there would be music in The album is a collection of standards some of them,” Petersen said in an inter- Days, The Need, Tim Franczyk, the Contor- tionists, Rob Falgiano, John & Mary and the (“Sleepwalk,” “Remington’s Ride,” “Panhan- view. “It was about the time of the Eagles, dle Rag”) with a couple of surprises (“Let It Pure Prairie League and Poco becoming Valkyries, The Failures Union, George Litz, Everoutward, Barbara Jean, Tom Lorentz, Be” and “In My Room”) and a couple origi- popular. … I saw a guy who played regular nals, all featuring his smooth glide. guitar had got hold of a steel guitar. He was Dave Tucker, Bob Muhlbauer, Nick Pugliese, Bob Andalora, Kelly Lyn and Anders & Pe- But the album is also bittersweet. It was tinkering on it for a couple of songs. released just as Petersen was winding up his “I saw it and I said, ‘I gotta get one of those tersen (his son’s group). Petersen said the challenge in the studio is performing career. He has been diagnosed things. It’s the coolest thing I’ve ever seen.’” with a rare form of Parkinson’s disease and There was a little irony in that. Petersen that you have to get it perfect. “It’s a world of difference … You can’t he performed in a farewell concert at the said his father was a big country fan, but he Sportsmen’s Tavern on Feb. 11, 2018. had been revolting against that a bit. make any mistakes,” he said. “Your channel is you, when they listen to it, they know if “It’s going to work on me,” he said of the But immediately after he got the ped- Parkinson’s. “But I’m getting by with some al steel guitar, Petersen got a gig with you’ve done right or not. “Sometimes they want to just jam it and medicines. Backroads, a local country band from “You don’t realize how hard the instru- Tonawanda, and he was on his way to be- see what happens. Sometimes we have specific parts. Most of the time I’ve been ment is until something like this hap- coming one of the greatest pedal steel guitar pens. It was a nice natural thing for me. players to come out of Western New York – given free rein to try to do something tasteful.” He does it without reading formal music. I never thought it was hard to play. … and to make his way into the Buffalo Music Hall of Fame. He reads chord charts and uses the number system.

Buffalo Music Hall of Fame - Class of 2019 CYNTHIA “FIRST SISTER” MOORE They wound up sitting outside of prac- Rome, N.Y., and at the Atlanta Olympics in like Lou Rawls and the Motown stars, but tice for an hour or two, but then Brown 1996. she also was a fan of pop stars such as Lulu , summoned them in to meet him. They in- Since Brown’s death, Moore has been the Carpenters and even Gordon Lightfoot. troduced themselves. the main singer for “The JB’s – the Origi- “I didn’t know at the time that black “So what’s the purpose of your visit?” nal James Brown Band,” singing many of people can’t have blue eyes!” Moore said, Brown asked. Brown’s vocal leads on songs such as “A laughing at a reference to the lyrics of the “I said, well, sir, we came to possibly au- Man’s World,” “Get Up Offa That Thing,” Carpenters “Close to You (They Long to dition for you. We didn’t mean to infringe “Georgia” and “I Feel Good.” Be).” “I couldn’t say brown because it didn’t on your rehearsal. … We were told by Mr. The group tours internationally and re- match the song, you know, but I still sung Laster that maybe if we came down, you leased a new album, “We Came to Play.” it!” might listen to us.” That’s a whole lot of places and a whole After graduating, Moore started singing “Ron don’t run nothin’ around here,” lot of music for a kid who grew up going to whenever she had a chance, doing open Brown responded. “But I understand. I’ll School 8 on East Utica and Masten, Wood- mics. She started to perform with the Unity tell you what … Sing something.” lawn Junior High and Fosdick-Masten High Band (along with Fluker, who had grown Moore sang “Home,” by Stephanie Mills, School. up around the corner from her). Fluker saw and Rushton did “Vision of Love,” by Moore has been singing as long as she can her singing at the open mic at King George’s Mariah Carey. remember. She recalls singing along with Lounge. Doing her Brown voice, Moore quotes gospel songs on the radio with her mother One of the best things to happen for the Godfather saying, “They know some- as they were getting ready to go to Jerusalem Moore was the Unity Band’s part of the thing. They know something! They hungry, Missionary Baptist Church on Glenwood show dedicated to James Brown. She didn’t ain’t they? … They came all the way down and Wohlers. Her mother would sing in the do the leads – she was doing the top 40 here?” senior choir and Cynthia would sing in the songs. Claude Kregg joined the Unity Band “You drove? All the way? That’s 16 junior choir. and did the James Brown songs Cynthia “First Sister” Moore does a wick- hours? You drove? I can’t believe this … She recalls singing in choirs at Wood- But Moore did the backup parts – just as ed James Brown impression when she de- You sound fantastic! … You all drove, you lawn, where teacher Janet Barnes took the she would do later for the Godfather him- scribes meeting the Godfather of Soul for didn’t know nothing. … I got to give it to students to sing at City Hall, the Albright- self. the first time. you! You’re hungry!” Knox Art Gallery and other places around All it took then was a drive to Augusta. Moore and her friend, Lisa Rushton, had “You got a passport? Get one yesterday!” the city. been invited by James Brown’s guitarist Needless to say, Brown didn’t need to Outside of school and church, Moore was ~ Bio written by Elmer Ploetz and backup announcer Ron Laster to come do the L.A. auditions. Moore and Rush- a sponge, listening to everything on the ra- down to Augusta, Ga., to meet Brown, who ton became part of the backing trio Brown dio. She had a transistor radio that only got was looking for backup singers as he got named Bittersweet. Fluker also auditioned, the AM band, so she listened to soul greats ready to return to the road after taking a but wasn’t needed at the time. career break for some incarceration. And so for the next 16 years – until The girls and bass player Tom Fluker, had Brown’s death in 2006 – Moore worked sent demo tapes to Brown, but when the for Mr. Brown – he’s always “Mr. Brown” two women, Fluker and his cousin arrived to her. in Augusta, the singer didn’t know about it. Moore became “First Sister,” indispens- He was about to travel to Los Angeles to able on stage and a part of his inner circle. audition backup singers – and he didn’t want She became a part of his entourage as he them hanging around at the band’s practice. traveled and helped take care of him when “’Why they here?’” Moore said in her he faced illness. raspy James Brown voice. “He tells them, She appeared with Brown on his “Living ‘We got a closed rehearsal, we can’t have in America” pay-per-view concert in 1991 them here. … This is business, you don’t do and performed with him at London’s Wem- nothing like this.” bly Arena, at the 1999 Woodstock show in

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JPVIDEOPRODUCTION.COM THE OFFICAL VIDEO PRODUCTION PROVIDER FOR SHEA’S PERFORMING ARTS CENTER • ARTPARK AND THE BUFFALO HEALTH & SCIENCES CHARTER SCHOOL Buffalo Music Hall of Fame - Class of 2019 NIETZSCHE’S - JOE RUBINO “But I’d gotten a little taste of music. By the end afternoons. It continues to this day. So one of the things that has happened has second time I walked in the Jamestown, I was National artists such as Townes Van Zandt, been that Nietzsche’s has become a core part of obsessed with buying it and I approached Doug Sahm, Blue Rodeo, Lowest of the Low, the Allentown community and Buffalo’s artis- them to buy it. But I had no money.” the Mighty Diamonds and Koko Taylor have tic community. Whether it’s the Infringement So he had to sell his share of Frodo’s to graced the stage in the backroom, but Ni- Festival or a Mardi Gras parade, the club is at his partner and the partner’s father. He paid etzsche’s calling card has always been local the center of it. $80,000 to the brothers who had owned the music. Rubino only needs to be at Nietzsche’s a Jamestown for about 40 years, putting $20,000 “It’s a tough way to make a living because couple of nights a week now – he’s got a core down and paying $5,000 to close. That left him sometimes local music draws, sometimes it group of people who take care of things. He with roughly $500 in the bank. doesn’t,” Rubino said. “I remember being so said he’s thought off and on for perhaps 20 “I almost called it Kierkegaard’s, by the way,” nervous on weekends that I would ask the years about maybe somehow one day selling he said. “I’m no expert on Nietzche, but he im- waitress or bartender to sit on the other side of the place and retiring. Maybe someday he will. pressed me – not that I agreed with everything the bar, because we were hoping that people “But it seems like it’s more and more im- he wrote – but the whole thing about taking would (see they had customers) and come in.” portant for me … if someone were to buy the your life and creating from within was one of He recalls at least a couple of times he nearly place, one of the things is they would have to the things that I took from his writings.” lost the place or had to negotiate with the utili- at least convince me is that they’re going to do The bar went through a transition. Under- ties to keep the lights on. everything they can to make it continue,” he ground cartoonist Spain Rodriguez portrayed But he persisted through it all, and he’s said. “Yeah, somebody could definitely do a the bar as a bikers haven in his memoirs of quick to spread some credit around. For in- little better job than I’ve done over the years. growing up in Buffalo in the 1950s and ‘60s, stance, he claims to be the world’s worst talent But I think it’s important now because I think but by the time Rubino got it, it was an old booker and credits people like Sean McCon- it is part of the community.” Think of Nietzsche’s as the club that men’s bar. It opened at 8 a.m., and the night nell, Curt Rotterdam, Ellen Pieroni and now Whether anybody else could do better is launched a thousand careers … or at least a clientele drew largely from the Native Ameri- Mike Moretti for being on top of the local debatable. There’s no question that Nietzsche’s heck of a lot of them. can population on Buffalo’s West Side. music scene and keeping Nietzsche’s music had turned into one of Buffalo’s musical jewels For the past 37 years, the Allen Street ven- It looked a lot different than it does now, relevant. over the past 37 years – and Joe Rubino has ue has been home to live music almost every too. Over time, Nietzsche’s has employed many used his life to create something essential for night, and its open mic nights have been in- “Music was the plan from the start,” he said. a musician behind the bar or working the the city. fluential in launching the careers of everyone Friends helped him bring in the wood work, door. from Tom Stahl to Ani DiFranco. he took out the drop ceilings and put in brass ~ Bio written by Elmer Ploetz Nietzsche’s could enter the Buffalo Music squares, and he put in a new stage in the back Hall of Fame on number of performances (there had been shows there in the 1940s, but alone. Think about it. Thirty-seven years. now it was dilapidated). Somewhere around 13,000 nights of music – Within four to six months he started to and counting. put music on stage, even though the balcony But it all started with a dream, and that wasn’t finished yet. dream was Joe Rubino’s. Rubino can’t recall for sure who the first It was 1982, and Rubino was 31 years old. performers were, but said it was between the He was a partner in a club in West Seneca Thirds, Phil Dillon or Michael Meldrum – called Frodo’s that had done some live music. now all Buffalo Music Hall of Famers. Then a friend told him about this cavernous Within the first year or two, Meldrum was place for sale in Allentown called the James- doing the weekly open mics that he contin- town Grill. Rubino checked it out. ued until his death in 2011, building his Buf- “After I walked in there the second time, I falo Songwriting Project. It became a rite of was obsessed with it,” he said in a recent inter- passage for Buffalo songwriters – including view. “I went in the first time and didn’t know DiFranco – to play the open mic. what to think. There was tons of drop ceilings Within about a year, there was music every and whatever. night of the week – and sometimes on week- Buffalo Music Hall of Fame Inducted Members – 1983-2018

A Caputy, Mike - 2002 G Konikoff, Sandy - 1997 N Reynolds, Joey - 2009 Swist, Larry - 2002 W Adair, Robin - 2014 ​Case, Peter - 2000 ​Galante, Jessie - 2010 Krzeminski, “Big Steve” - ​Nanna, Marylouise - 2012 ​Ricci, Marlene - 2004 Szymczak, Tadj - 2012 ​Walsh, Tom - 2001 Allen, David - 2003 ​Caserta, Fred - 2013 Galla, Armondo - 2001 2003 Nathan, Jerry - 2002 Rivera, Wendell - 2000 ​Syms, Alyn - 2016 Wanda & Stephanie -1999 ​Anatara - 1998 Castellani-Andriaccio Duo Galla, Tony - 1998 Kubera, Art - 2002 ​Nathan, Steve - 2001 ​Rizzo, Tommie - 2002 Szelest, Stan - 1986 Washington, Grover Jr. - Andalora, Bob - 1988 - 2002 Gamalon - 2002 Kulberg, Andy - 2007 ​Neaverth, Danny - 2000 The Road - 1997 1999 Andersen, Eric - 1999 Chamberlain, Ray - 2016 Gizzi, Greg - 1992 ​Kugel, Bernie - 2012 New Buffalo Shirt Factory Robinson, Ella - 1999 T The Weber Family - 1999 Anderson, Dale - 2003 Christian, Arlester - 2012 Goo Goo Dolls - 1995 - 2013 Rocco, Ron - 1986 ​Take 6 - 2006 Weber, Kent - 1994 Anes, Joie - 1991 Christie, William - 2001 Gordon Highlanders - 2004 L Nichols, Guy - 1992 Rodriguez, Yayo Taylor, Van - 1998 Weekend - 2000 Anselmo, Andy - 2013 Civiletto, Jack - 2009 Greene, Dodo - 1997 Latimer, Emile- 2000 Nile, Willie - 2005 ​Romano, Tony - 2016 Tedesco, Tommy - 1996 Weitz, John - 1999 Appleby, Rodney - 1995 The Colored Musicians Club Grizanti, Frank - 2007 Lebel, Bobby - 2011 Nino Tempo & April Stevens Romanowski, Joe - 2004 Thomasula, Kenny - 2014 Wells, Cory - 1997 ​Arlen, Harold - 1997 - 2005 Guarino, Sam - 2011 Lewis, Mel - 2005 - 1999 Rozler, Joe - 2008 Thompson, Alan - 1989 Whitford, Jim - 2006 Atkins, Charles “Cholly” - Colton, Glenn - 2009 Guercio, Joe - 2001 Linsner, Jim - 2017 Noto, Sam - 2003 Ruffin, Doug - 2004 Thompson, J.C. - 1995 Wilczak, Ken - 1984 1999 Connelly, John - 2015 Littlejohn, Cheryl - 1996 Nowakowski, Mike - 2005 Ruminski, Valerian - 2011 Tice, Eddie - 2010 Williams, Jan - 2000 Constantino, Dave - 1983 H Livingston, Jerry - 2008 Nunn, Bill - 2015 Runfola, Jim - 2016 Tinney, Al - 1996 Wilson II, Howard Fleetwood B Corallo, Ernie - 1989 ​Haddath, Willie - 1993 ​Lombardo Appleby, Linda The Trolls - 1993 - 2013 ​Baird, Cameron - 2012 Count Rabbit - 1996 Hall, Dwane - 2018 Rose - 2015 O S The Tune Rockers - 2012 Wilson, Patrick - 2012 Baker, Gary - 2018 Cox, Mike - 1991 Hambridge, Tom - 2001 ​Lorenz, George “Hound Dog” ​Olcott, Chauncey - 2017 ​Sacca, Jimmy - 2008 Trapper, Chris - 2018 Wincenc, Carol - 1998 Bar-Room Buzzards - 2002 Hangen, Ray - 2018 - 1996 Only Humen - 1995 Sadoff, Stephen - 2012 Tweeds - 1990 Wincenc, Joseph - 2006 Baudo, Dr. Joe - 2014 D Hawkins, Kenny - 2000 Lorentz, Tom - 2012 O’Neill, Charlie - 2011 Salamone, Nick - 2003 Winsick, Mark - 2010 Berryman, Dave - 2003 ​Davis, Ron - 2000 Head, Joe - 1992 Lucas, David Helfman - 2011 Sansone, John - 2001 U Wood, Ray - 1993 Bauerle, Dick - 1988 Denton Cottier & Daniels Henderson, Ray - 2001 Luchey, Mack - 2008 P Santella, Jim - 2013 ​U-Crest Music - 2007 Wozniak, Jim - 2007 Bentley, Ed - 2008 - 2014 The Hernandez Brothers - ​Lynch, Rob - 2011 ​Palmer, Donna - 1991 Sargent, Richard - 2008 United Sound - 2003 Wynne, Jim - 2015 Big Wheelie - 1985 Diamond, Lance - 1992 1999 ​Panfil Brothers - 2016 ​Scamacca, Sam - 2001 Unity Band - 2003 Black, Curtis Lee​ - 2004 DiBartolo, Joel - 2001 Hey, John - 2005 M Parisi, Joe - 2014 ​Schaller, Jeff - 2016 Urbanczyk, Ron - 2011 Y ​Blasio, Vince - 2015 DiCioccio, Justin - 2004 Hiller, Lejaren - 2006 ​Madden, Chuck - 2003 Parker, Ralph - 2012 Scharett, Fran - 2003 ​Yellen, Jack - 1996 Bob & Gene - 2011 DiFranco, Ani - 1996 Hit N Run - 2009 Madison, Joe - 1997 Parker, Robert “Freightrain” Schiavone, Dave - 2003 V Yeomans, Doug - 2004 ​Bompczyk, Joe - 2014 Dillon, Phil - 2000 Holmes, Clint - 2000 Mahoney, John - 1997 - 2015 Schmeidler, Dave - 2017 ​Valby, John - 1987 Young, Matt - 1993 Boylan, John - 2004 Diggs, Joey - 2016 Hughes, Robert Grove - 2004 Mallaber, Gary - 1997 ​Parks, Patti - 2016 Schoellkopf, Willie - 2011 Varga, Paul - 1983 The Boys of Summer - 2015 DiRé, Phil - 2004 Hund, Michael - 1992 Marchese, Anthony - 2008 Party Squad - 1993 Schriver, Linda Lou - 2013 Veltri, Nick - 1994 Z ​Brady, John - 2003 Dixon, Mark - 1990 Hunt, John - 2006 Marino, Louie - 2001 Pendolino, Joe Jr. - 2002 Schriver, Ramblin’ Lou - Violanti, Anthony - 2001 ​Z, Tommy - 2007 Brucato, Bruce - 1988 Doran, George - 1988 Hunt, Marc - 2012 Marshall, Joanie - 2016 Pennario, Leonard - 2007 1996 Ziff, Stuart - 2003 ​Brucato, Jim - 2015 Dunlop, Frankie and Boyd Hury, Al - 2012 May, Willie - 2018 Petri, Armand John - 2012 Schulz Family - 2008 ​Brunson, Frank - 2002 Lee - 2012 ​M&T Bank - 2015 Perry, Geoffrey Fitzhugh - The Scintas - 1999 ​10,000 Maniacs - 1994 Buchwald, Terry - 2017 ​Durante, Dolly - 2015 J McCarthyizm - 2009 2004 Scozzaro, Tony - 1995 Buffalo Bills Barbershop ​Jack Blanchard and Misty McDuffie, Jo Jo - 1999 Peters, Marty - 2014 Shakin Smith - 1985 Quartet - 2009 E Morgan - 2010 ​McEwen, Billy - 1989 Peterson, Lucky - 1996 Shannon, Tom - 2004 Buffalo Choral Arts Society ​Ehinger, Jim - 2007 James, Bob - 2008 McGirr, Rick - 1992 Phelps, Mike - 2017 Sharpe, Wayne - 2017 - 2018 Elder, Dave - 1991 James, Rick - 1996 McKnight, Brian - 1998 ​Pfaff, Kristen - 1994 Sheehan, Billy - 1983 Buffalo Philharmonic Evans, Ray - 2010 James, Jony - 2013 McManus, Geno - 2014 ​Pidanick, Rich - 2003 ​Shepherd, Elvin - 1997 Orchestra - 1999 Exoutics - 2011 Jarvis, Jeff - 2003 McQuiller, Shawn - 2012 Pipitone, Alison - 2017 Shire, David Lee - 2006 Buffalo Rebels aka The ​Jocko, Jackie - 1997 Meier, Bob - 2014 Pneu Breed - 1998 Silver, Lenny - 2000 The Induction Process Rebels - 2002 F Joe Public - 2013 Meinzer, David Myles - 2016 Previte, Bobby - 2013 Simon, Howie - 2017 Burke, Philip - 2018 Fadale, Anne - 2014 Jones, Bobby - 2004 Meldrum, Mike - 2006 ​Process & the Doo Rags - Smith, Dr. Lonnie - 2009 Byrd, Imhotep Gary - 2018 ​Falk, Bob - 2012 Jordan, Steve - 1998 Menza, Don - 2005 2015 Sommers, Joanie - 2008 The Buffalo Music Hall of Fame (BMHOF) chooses Falletta, Jo Ann - 2010 JoyRyde - 2004 Merchant. Natalie - 2013 Prybylski, Jack - 2014 The Soul Invaders - 2006 inductees based on nominations submitted by C Fare Trade - 2018 Junction West - 1998 Meyers, Jerry - 2003 Puleo, George - 1987 ​Spoon & The House Rockers the general public. A formal process is utilized to ​Calandra, Richie - 2002 Favor, Macy - 2002 The Jumpers​ - 2017 Michaels, Vincent - 1987 Pusateri, Frank - 1991 - 2014 rate the nominations based on the information Calandra, Tommy - 1998 Feldman, Morton - 2011 Miers, Jeff - 2014 Spriggs, Michael - 2004 presented. Being nominated does not guarantee Calato Mfg. - Regal Tip - Fields, Venetta - 2005 K Militello, Bobby - 1995 Q Spyro Gyra - 2000 induction. 2001 ​Flash - 2015 ​Kane, David - 1988 Mitchell, Janice - 2000 Quinn, Theresa - 2014 St. Clair, Barbara - 1991 • Forms are available at www.bmhof.org Calderone, Tom - 2014 Ford, Joe - 2004 Kathy Lynn and the Playboys moe. - 2009 Stahl, Tom and the Danger- Calire, Jim - 1999 - 2010 • Nomination applications are accepted until Foster, Ronnie ​​- 2001 Molfese, Nick - 1999 R fields - 2017 January 31 of each year Callea, Angelo -2003 Frank, Jackson C. - 2015 Kaufman, Ken - 1984 Moog, Robert - 2001 Raiser, Fred - 2015 Starr, Nelson M. - 2006 Campagna, Michael - 2014 ​Franklin, Aretha - 2016 Keller, Gary - 2014 Morgan, Bruce - 1994 ​Ralston, Jimmy - 2002 Steam Donkeys - 2018 Inductees are selected and announced at a press Cannibal Corpse - 2013 ​Freeland, Mark - 1987 Kermode, Richard - 2008 Morgano, Doug - 1996 Rapillo, Fred - 2000 Stone Country Band - 1997 conference held in the summer. The BMHOF Cannon, Danny and the Freilich, Scott - 2004 Kinkel, Robert - 2007 Moser, Bruce - 2006 Raven - 2009 Sullivan, Terry - 1992 recognizes and formally inducts nominees at its Vibraharps - 2016 Fridman, David - 2013 Kohan, Mark - 2003 Morlix, Gurf - 2005 Raven, Jerry - 2009 Supple, Ed - 2013 Annual Induction Gala which is open to the public ​Carnevale, Tony “Tone” - ​Konikoff, Eli - 2015 Musial, David - 2014 Reinhardt, Ted - 1985 Swados, Elizabeth - 2007 and is held in early October of each year. 1999 Konikoff, Robbie - 2004 Mussell, Bob -​ 2011 Reinhardt, Tom - 2008 Swist, Carol Jean - 2001 CONGRATS! TO THE ENTIRE BMHOF CLASS OF 2019

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The mission of the Buffalo Music Hall of Fame Musician Medics Initiative is to provide “The children LOVE the musicians and respond “The musicians are amazing! It is very inspiring to well to the type of music that is performed. watch them make an instant connection with our pa- comfort through the power of music to individuals and families during their time of need. Everyone from the music for medics program tients, from infants to teens. There is no greater joy than Local musicians volunteer their time on a monthly basis to perform and speak to patients in an has become part of the HighPointe family, their watching the faces of patients, families, and staff when up-close and personal setting, such as a small gathering space or an individual hospital room. In positive attitude and personality is a reflection our musicians serenade the halls! Thank you so much of the program and the healing work this program addition, Buffalo Music Hall of F ame members play an important role, serving as “ambassadors” for sharing the gift of music with us!” does for our children. Thank you Musician Medics.” on site, working closely with both the Musician Medic Performers and hospital staff on site during Sue Mirabella each appearance. Partnering with Music To Remember WNY enables Musician Medics to reach Lori Nowadly Entertainment/Donation Coordinator Seniors, Assisted Living and Memory Care Patients, furthering our mission. Director Leisure Time Activities Child Life Specialist Oishei Childrens Hospital HighPointe on Michigan

“The veterans I work with are transformed by the “We are honored and blessed to have the Musician live music provided by the Musician Medics program. Medics come every two weeks to share their talents The familiar tunes provide comfort, fond memories to our patients on the Behavior floor. It’s a tremendous and joy at a time when those things might be in how music uplift the soul to those who are struggling short supply. We are so grateful for the time and with depression and anxiety. Also it allows are staff to talents of the many people involved in making this momentarily put the stress of their jobs aside and to program such a success.” allow the music to rejuvenate their spirits. As a society we are dealing with a major mental health crises, this Nancy Kaszynski Willow Lodge/9A VA program inspires to help bring healing and hope to Western New York Healthcare System everyone involved.” Musician Medics Rockin’ Robin with Robin Grandin  Captain Sydney Cole US ARMY/AIR FORCE 3495 Bailey Ave Buffalo, NY 14215 & Jackie Volk at Oishei Children’s Hospital decorated WWII P51 fighter pilot who turned 105 yrs Pastor Vince Eisaman old on Sept 1, 2019. With the Buffalo Dolls just after Niagara Memorial Center their performance at the VA/Willow Lodge

Our Musician Medics Volunteers “To see our Memory Care folks spring to life, smiling, laughing, dancing and singing is just the Heidi Raphael -Founder & The Buffalo Dolls- Jack Prybylski best sight and feeling in the world! It isn’t just Program Director Donna Kerr Rockin’Robin Rusty Droz helpful in the moment but those good feelings Richard Sargent - Debbie Maybach Gayle Petri Program Manager resonate throughout the day long after the Jim Catino Frank Grizanti Anthony Casuccio program has finished for the afternoon.” Vinnie Pastore Samantha Sugarman Kevin Flint Geno McManus Zak Ward Jane Nogowski - Marketing Director Bruce Moser Guitarist Alyn Syms, a BMHOF Inductee Class of Tom Lorentz Jeff Schaller 2016, playing a Music To Remember Event at Park Park Creek Senior Living Community Bob Silvestri Creek Senior Living Community Mark Weber Jessika Schreiber Old Friends - Joe Weber Chris Kacala Greg Hennessey Alyn Syms Bobby & Helen Lebel Thank you! Steve Metivier Doug Yeomans Bob & Diana Volkman Vinnie DeRosa We are very grateful to our sponsors, George Hyde of the Hyde Foundation and Hard Rock Heals for Mark Panfil FARE TRADE Acoustic Joe Head  generously underwriting the program for the past several years. We would also like to thank Music To Chris Panfil Bob White Richie English Remember WNY for their partnership in the Musician Medics Program along with our incredible Ron Davis The Fentons Howie Greene volunteer Musician Medics and Buffalo Music Hall of Fame Ambassadors who volunteer their time, talent and resources to make this unique program a continued success. In Memorium The Buffalo Music Hall of Fame would like to honor and preserve the memory of Inducted members who have passed away in the last year — their contribution to the community, spirit and music lives on. Thank You for so many wonderful years of music!

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