By Drew Carrano

Last week the Milford Oyster Festival’s Board of Directors made the very difficult decision to cancel the 2020 Oyster Festival due to COVID-19. The festival was  scheduled for Saturday, August 15th.

Jay Pinto, President of the Milford Oyster Festival, stated the following in a press release: “The safety of our dedicated festival goers, vendors, sponsors, volunteers and surrounding community always has been, and will remain our primary concern. Having closely monitored the progress of Federal, State and local guidelines and after much discussion and hope that the Festival could be possible, we know this is the right decision as we all do our part to stop this disruptive virus.”

Though we’re all sad this year’s festival isn’t happening, we can look forward to next year’s festival on Saturday August 21, 2021. We can also reflect on past Oyster Festivals, like the memorable time we had with Eddie Money in 2018.

Eddie Money

with John Cafferty and The Beaver Brown Band

Special Guest: Mark C. Daniel & The Free Radicals

Saturday August 18, 2018

Milford Oyster Festival’s Fowler Field – Milford, Connecticut

About The Show:

On May 10, 2018 it was announced on 99.1 PLR’s Chaz and AJ In The Morning that Eddie Money will headline the 2018 Milford Oyster Festival with John Cafferty & The Beaver Brown Band. It marked first time in the 44 year history of the Milford Oyster Festival that there would be two headliners on the main stage.

Prior to the show, Eddie Money told Chaz and AJ in a radio interview, “I can’t wait to get to Connecticut and play all the hits!”

And that he did.

Over 50,000 people attended the 2018 Milford Oyster Festival on what was a beautiful day. But the weather wasn’t the only thing that helped attract such a huge crowd. Eddie Money was in town.

Sadly, Eddie would pass away a little over a year later on September 13, 2019 from esophageal cancer. But the memories of his performance and all the great songs in his legendary career will live on forever.

Listen to Chaz and AJ’s Interview with Eddie Money.

Eddie Money Meet & Greet Photos

Setlist

1. Baby Hold On
2. Wanna Be a Rock n’ Roll Star
3. We Should Be Sleeping
4. Endless Nights
5. One More Soldier Coming Home
6. Walk On Water
7. No Control
8. Trinidad
9. I Wanna Go Back
10. Gimme Some Water
11. Take A Little Bit
12. Two Tickets to Paradise
13. Shakin’

Watch: Eddie Money Live

By Drew Carrano

Happy Birthday to Rich Robinson! The rocker and founding member of The Black Crowes turns 51 on Sunday, May 24th.

To celebrate, we look back at an intimate, acoustic concert outside Boston, right before the COVID-19 pandemic, featuring Rich and his older brother Chris Robinson going under the name “Brothers of a Feather.”

Brothers of a Feather

An Acoustic Evening featuring Chris and Rich Robinson of The Black Crowes

Brothers of a Feather Tour 2020

Wednesday February 19, 2020

Brighton Music Hall – Allston, MA

About The Tour:

Brothers Chris and Rich Robinson announced a string of acoustic shows ahead of their Black Crowes reunion tour, which was originally scheduled to happen in the summer 2020 to celebrate the 30th anniversary of their debut album, “Shake Your Money Maker.”

Together the siblings went as “Brothers of a Feather” and played a brief one-month tour in small iconic clubs.

After a pair of performances in London and Amsterdam, respectively, Chris and Rich headed to the United States to kick off the North American portion of the tour. The first gig in the states was held at Brighton Music Hall, located just outside of Boston. The crowd of 500 or so, which included celebrities like Peter Wolf of the J. Geils Band and invited guests, enjoyed a 13-song, 90-minute set that featured Black Crowes classics and a Little Feat cover to close the show.

Below is the setlist from the Brothers of a Feather performance at Brighton Music Hall on February 19, 2020.

Setlist*

1. Jealous Again
2. Twice as Hard
3. Wiser Time
4. Thorn in My Pride
5. Cursed Diamond
6. Oh Josephine
7. Good Friday
8. Hotel Illness
9. Descending
10. Soul Singing
11. She Talks to Angels
12. Remedy
13. Willin’ (encore) (Little Feat cover)

*source: setlist.fm

Watch: Brothers of a Feather Live

By Drew Carrano

COVID-19 isn’t stopping The Rolling Stones. Though their summer stadium tour has been put on hold, The Stones are banging out new material, including their brand new single, “Living In A Ghost Town,” which you can listen to here.

Today we look back at The Stones “No Filter” 2019 Tour that came to Gillette Stadium in Massachusetts last summer.

The Rolling Stones

No Filter 2019 Tour

Special Guest: Gary Clark Jr.

Sunday July 7, 2019

Gillette Stadium – Foxborough, MA

About The Tour:

In 2019, The Rolling Stones announced its next leg of the “No Filter” Tour that would play 17-dates at stadiums across North America. Soon after the announcement, it was revealed that Mick Jagger would need to receive medical treatment to replace a valve in his heart. This forced The Stones to postponed the tour.

After a speedy recovery by Mick, The Stones announced the tour would resume on June 21, 2019 at Chicago’s Soldier Field. The show at Foxborough’s Gillette Stadium, originally scheduled for June 8th, would happen on Sunday July 7, 2019 with special guest Gary Clark Jr. The sold out crowd of 50,000 people rocked out to a two-hour Stones show that featured 20 songs, including a song voted by the fans (She’s So Cold), a short acoustic set, two songs sung by Keith Richards and enough pyrotechnics to light up the Massachusetts sky.

Setlist*

1. Street Fighting Man
2. It’s Only Rock n’ Roll (But I Like It)
3. Tumbling Dice
4. She’s So Cold (fan online voting request)
5. Ride ‘Em on Down (Eddie Taylor cover) (featuring Gary Clark Jr.)
6. Play With Fire (acoustic)
7. Dead Flowers (acoustic)
8. Sympathy for the Devil
9. You Can’t Always Get What You Want
10. Honky Tonk Women
11. Slipping Away (Keith Richards on vocals)
12. Before They Make Me Run (Keith Richards on vocals)
13. Miss You
14. Paint It Black
15. Midnight Rambler
16. Start Me Up
17. Jumpin’ Jack Flash
18. Brown Sugar
19. Gimme Shelter (encore)
20. (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction (encore)

*source: setlist.fm

Watch: Rolling Stones Live