Chris and Geno met late last summer while Geno was hosting a local Open Mike Night. After hearing Chris perform Geno nagged Chris into letting him be his lead guitarist. Chris showed up every week to perform at Geno's Open Mike Night and they forged the beginnings of The Man In Black Band by turning the open mike night into their weekly rehearsal session much to the chagrin of certain local denizens who would much rather hear heavy metal music. At one point the Bar Owner commented that "Johnny Cash is not bringing in the cash" No matter, Chris and Geno got in a lot of practice and enjoyed themselves immensely.
Geno was subsequently "let go" from his Open Mike Night gig due to lack of new customers. He was replaced by several decks of cards.
On March 8th, 2007 Chris lost his right leg in a motorcycle accident but despite this major setback The Man In Black Band has never missed a gig.
Before the MAN in BLACK could reunite with Geno at his Prime Time open mic with one leg, crutches, and a guitar, Jimmy the owner fired Geno (can you get severance pay for having worked for free) and the open mic was no more. No surprise to those of us in the inner circle, rumors later surfaced that Geno’s former boss may be in the Witness Protection Program and may, in fact, be Principal Ed Rooney, from the movie “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off”, having escaped the lunacy of Hollywood for a quiet life in Thomaston, CT.
Let the animal in you out and get crazy at Bikini Beach Rock! at the Zen Bar as Blue Sting Raye Productions presents...
4 bands for your listening pleasure: The TarantinosNYC, The Knuckledusters, SPF-4 and the Paul Brockett Roadshow.
All Surf! All Rockabilly! All Nite long! Just $5, kids okay w/ parents!
The Zen Bar is located at 270 Farmington Ave., Farmington CT - Exit 39 off Rte. 84; head down Rte 4 East for 1.1 miles and make a left into The Exchange(across from the Uconn Health Center) the Zen Bar will be on your left. for more info contact Blue StingRaye at thestingraye@comcast.net
See you in 2 weeks at The Zen Bar! Listen for ticket giveaways on: WNHU 88.7 w/ Michelle Terranova Tuesday 8-10 pm WESU 88.1 w/ Rockabilly Willy Sunday 2:30 - 5 pm WWUH 91.3 w/ Wild Wayne Sundays 6-8 pm
Popped your cherry! Whats up Chris? Um...If you need some help with this thing let me know. I can help you get some of your music on here. It makes for a great online bio. Also you should hit up all of your friends and build your friends list. That way when you have shows you can post bullitens and send messages to everyone at once with the info. Feel free to browse through my friends and find people you know. Let me know. K?....Todd
