In the Flamingo Lounge with Rockabilly Greg

This week's guest, Caroline Mallonee, joined Rockabilly Greg In the Flamingo Lounge on January 25, 2024 for a fascinating conversation on her musical compositions. Caroline is an award-winning composer and performer based in Buffalo, NY. Inspired by scientific phenomena, visual art, and musical puzzles, she has been commissioned to write new pieces for prominent ensembles including the New York Ph...

Most people know this week's guest, Jeff Miers, as the former music critic for The Buffalo News. Jeff visited the Flamingo Lounge on January 27, 2024 and talked about his music, his family and son Declan. These days Jeff can be found contributing to his BLOG "Miers on Music" as well as his bi-weekly podcast "Why Music Matters". A Buffalo Music Hall of Fame inductee, Jeff also currently sits on the...

Zuri Appleby joined Rockabilly Greg In the Flamingo Lounge on Friday, December 29 to talk about her music and help celebrate the 100th episode of the podcast. Zuri is a professional bassist, vocalist, model, and educator. The daughter of musicians and educators, Rodney and Linda Lombardo Appleby she has been described as "The complete package" and "Looks like a million dollars and plays bass like...

This week's guests In the Flamingo Lounge are Blaise-Mercedes and Malachi Fibonacci from Blaised and Confused: A femme led, high energy rock band from Buffalo, NY. They joined Rockabilly Greg in the Flamingo Lounge on January 6, 2024. Blaise Mercedes stands as the guitarist, singer, songwriter, and the visionary band leader. From picking up the guitar at the age of 9 to almost a decade of professi...

Tyler Bagwell joined Rockabilly Greg In the Flamingo Lounge on Tuesday, January 16 for some music chat and some original folk music. Tyler is a folksinger, historian, and brewery worker with a vast repertoire of songs and stories. His original pieces are reflective of folk writing styles melded with a fervent interest in Buffalo history. Music can be found on "Smugglers of Buffalo w/ Low Bridge Ev...

This week's guest In the Flamingo Lounge, Patti Parks, is a multi-award-winning vocalist and was inducted into the Buffalo Music Hall of Fame in 2016. Patti joined Rockabilly Greg In the Flamingo Lounge on January 10, 2024 for a great conversation on her music and musical endeavors. Patti is a soulfully uplifting singer, handling ballads, driving blues, swing and Motown with ease and style. Patti...

This week's guest In the Flamingo Lounge, Bob "The Record Guy" Paxon is the person most responsible for my love, and familiarity of local music. He is one of the most knowledgeable music collectors in Western New York, particularly with local, Buffalo-area records. He was a regular contributor to WNYFM, a virtual museum of the music culture of the Buffalo/Niagara region of Western New York and con...

This week's guest In the Flamingo Lounge, Jamie Sunshine, is a percussionist and educator from Buffalo, New York. She holds a Masters degree in Music Performance from West Virginia University and a Bachelors degree in both Music Performance and Music Therapy from The State University of New York at Fredonia. She has studied Western percussion extensively, and performs with various percussion ensem...

This week's guest In the Flamingo Lounge, Chuckie Campbell is an American recording artist, booking agent, poet, fiction writer, editor, publisher, and educator. His music has appeared in Billboard Magazine, The Huffington Post, DJBooth, The Source, Young Hollywood, and The Examiner. In the past, he's won A3C's "This Is My Year" Contest, and took home All WNY Music Awards for "Best Hip-Hop Artist"...

Pete Holguin, a go-to drummer who has worked with many major Buffalo bands including Posse, the Billy Brite Band, Soul Invaders, Elmo Witherspoon, Stan & the Ravens, the Buffalo Blues Band and Junction West joined Rockabilly Greg (and Zooey) in the Flamingo Lounge on December 5, 2023. Pete is an inducted member of the Buffalo Music Hall of Fame with The Soul Invaders. He can be seen behind the kit...

This week's guest In the Flamingo Lounge, Vinnie DeRosa, is a versatile musician and knowledgeable singer-songwriter who possesses fluency in nearly every core instrument, enabling him to conceptualize and produce every facet of his original song ideas. Since its inception in 2012, Vinnie has spearheaded the band VITAMIN D, continuously seeking new musical collaborators. Through his skillful live...

This week's guest In the Flamingo Lounge is singer, songwriter, multi-Instrumentalist, recording artist and a bandleader, Melissa Sauers. She joined Rockabilly Greg (and Zooey) on Saturday, November 4, 2023 and reflected on her music and performed some original music.

This week's episode is a walk down McVan's memory lane. Many performers played at Mcvan's over the course of its existence from 1922-1984 under owners Lillian McVan and Joe Terrose. Performers included Nat "King" Cole, Ella Fitzgerald, Art Tatum, Gypsy Rose Lee, Jimi Hendrix, The B52's. McVan's also served as an incubator for bands like The Good, The Enemies,The Jumpers, Pegasus, Mark Freehand and...

James Patrick "Jimmy" Lynch originally made his mark on Buffalo's country music scene in the 80's and 90's until moving to Nashville in 1994. He was a "first Call" for Buffalo promoters to serve as opening act for the biggest names in country music. He has opened for many major acts including Dwight Yoakam, Willie Nelson, George Jones, Asleep at the Wheel and Marty Stuart at legendary venues such...

This week's guest In the Flamingo Lounge, Dwane Hall, is no stranger to the Buffalo Music scene. Dwane, a 2-time inductee in the Buffalo Music Hall of Fame, told stories of how he got started in music, became proprietor of the Sportsmen's Tavern which was voted Venue of the Year in 2018 at the Ameripolitan Awards and how he started the Sportsmen's Americana Music Foundation.

This week's guests In the Flamingo Lounge are Kaley Lynch, Andrea Lynch, Evan Kaminski and Mike Militello from Karma Queen, a four-piece woman-fronted indie pop/rock band from Buffalo, New  York. Inspired by CHVRCHES, Florence and the Machine, Paramore, and Beabadoobee, Karma Queen welds together shimmering guitar riffs, clever lyrics, and catchy grooves to create a unique and pliable sound. The b...

This week's guest, Chelsea O, is host of The Scene, on WBFO The Bridge: a show that focuses on broadcasting artists from the Buffalo and Toronto area and is also an alt/pop/rock artist from Buffalo, NY with her project, Stress Dolls.

This week In the Flamingo Lounge we're talking about folk icon and Buffalo Music Hall of Fame inductee, Jackson C. Frank. Joining us to discuss Jackson is Jim Abbott. Jim was Jackson's guardian and cared for Jackson until his death in 1999. Jim also wrote and published a well-researched memoir about Jackson's life, titled Jackson C. Frank: The Clear, Hard Light of Genius.

This week in the Flamingo Lounge is a conversation sparked by my 40th high school reunion in July 2022. Since then, I've learned that three of my classmates' fathers were musicians with fascinating stories. These stories, often untold, need to be shared, especially when they come from the people we know and love. Milissa Albano, Bizzie Rathgeber Cors, Lisa Rathgeber Bobotas and Lisa Roeder shared...

Dellwood and Brandywine McGinty (Jerry and Kate Starr Hall), and George Sweet-Peppers (Brian Iten), from Dellwood and the Nightshades, joined Rockabilly Greg in the Flamingo Lounge on September 6, 2023. Dellwood and the Nightshades are a unique and eclectic Buffalo, NY based band that combines elements of alternative, indie, and retro pop to create a sound that is both nostalgic and fresh. Hailing...

Jon Hasz and Cathryn "Cat" Curry Hasz, aka The Beard and the Bird, joined Rockabilly Greg in the Flamingo Lounge on September 7, 2023. A bi-coastal duo, peddling their upbeat swing, folk, and outlaw country-inspired melodies from sunny San Diego traveled to Buffalo in search of Tim Hortons and some Canadian-style culture and found their second home.

This week's guest, Greg Meadows, is one of the most respected graphic designers in Western New York. He studied Graphic Design at SUNY Fredonia and has been in the ad/design business since 1984. In 2010, he won the Alex Osborne Award for Creativity from the local ad club. He has also taught Graphic Design at SUNY Fredonia, Villa Maria College, Daemen College, and UB. Greg joined Rockabilly Greg In...

On Saturday, September 2, 2023, Rockabilly Greg went on location to meet with jazz icon, and 2023 Buffalo Music Hall of Fame Inductee, Peggy Farrell where they had a ball talking about Peggy's musical journey. Peggy has been singing all her life and has performed all over the US. While working at the Statler Hotel in Buffalo she started singing with Anne Fadale who insisted she try out for a talen...

Dennis Reed Jr., Andrew Gianni and Alaina Reid from Yellow jack joined Rockabilly Greg In The Flamingo Lounge on August 30, 2023. Yellow Jack are known for playing ROWDY ROOTS MUSIC FROM THE LAST 200 YEARS including Fiddle tunes, Appalachian murder ballads, bluegrass standards, folk revival anthems, union songs, ballads and spirituals.

This week's guest In the Flamingo Lounge, Sally Schaefer, a multi-instrumentalist with classical background in piano and violin and a master's degree in ethnomusicology. She visited the Lounge on Monday, August 21, 2023 for a great talk about music and a live recorded tune. Sally is best known for her work as a Buffalo-based violinist in genres as diverse as Americana, Celtic music, rock, hip hop,...