Hard Luck Café: A Tribute to Those We’ve Lost

The monthly Hard Luck Café concert series co-presented by the Folk Music Society of Huntington and the Cinema Arts Centre (423 Park Avenue, Huntington)  in the Cinema’s Sky Room on Wednesday, March 19, will feature a multimedia Tribute to Those We’ve Lost.  More than two dozen Long-Island-based artists will perform songs by/popularized by notable songwriters and recording artists who left our world over the past year.

The concert will extend from 7-10 p.m., with a short intermission; there will not be an open mic preceding this month’s show. Tickets are $20 ($15 for Cinema Arts Centre/FMSH members) and may be purchased online at cinemaartscentre.org or at the box office through the evening of the show.

Below in order of appearance is a list of participating performers and the songs/artists they’ll be covering.  A few short videos will be screened as well, along with images of the artists we’ve lost.

WELCOMING REMARKS (preceded by the screening of two videos):  Michael Kornfeld, FMSH President  & Cinema Arts Centre board member

Candice Baranello – “I Am a Weary and a Lonesome Traveler” – Barbara Dane

Janice Buckner, Emily Eisen, and Annie Mark – “Breaths” – Bernice Johnson Reagon

Eric Eaton & Jen Grace – “Don’t Give Up On Us” – David Soul,  “Killing Me Softly” – Roberta Flack

Denise Romas – Ewan McColl’s “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face,” a hit for Roberta Flack, “Garden Song” – David Mallett

Ray Lambiase and Kate Corrigan – “I’ll Be Here at Closing Time,”  “Faithless Love” –JD Souther

Terry Seidl (with Ray Lambiase) – “Love Has No Pride” – Libby Titus

Princess Peapod (Dave Cook & Michelle Frimmer) – “White Bird” – It’s A Beautiful Day (Linda LaFlamme)

Hank Stone – “Please Come to Boston” – Dave Loggins, “Broken English” – Marianne Faithful

Gary Schoenberger – “Friend of the Devil,” “ I Know You Rider” – The Grateful Dead (Phil Lesh)

INTERMISSION and screening of several videos

Matt Ponsot – “Heart of Gold” – David Johansen

Phil Kennelty – “Mandela’s Blues” – Kinky Friedman

Jim Whiteman – “Here Comes That Rainbow Again” – Kris Kristofferson

Bob Westcott – “Me & Bobby McGee” – Kris Kristofferson

Larry Moser and Max Rowland – “Billy Broke Locks” – John Roberts

Stuart Markus, Larry Moser and Max Rowland – “Row On” – John Roberts

Bill Lauter – “Today” – Randy Sparks of The New Christy Minstrels,  “Weave Me the Sunshine” – Peter Yarrow

Gathering Time (Stuart Markus, Gerry McKeveny & Christine Sweeney) – “ Light One Candle” – Peter Yarrow, “One Toke Over The Line” – Brewer & Shipley (Mike Brewer)

James O’Malley – “The Cyclops and The Unicorn” – Happy Traum, “I Shall Be Released” – Bob Dylan & The Band (Garth Hudson)

Suffolk Shuffle (Richard Parr & Joe Roccanova) – “Up On Cripple Creek” – The Band (Garth Hudson), “I Want You Back” – The Jackson Five (Tito Jackson)

Lindsay Whiteman – “All By Myself” – Eric Carmen, “Night Changes” – One Direction (Liam Payne)

FINALE:  Gathering Time will lead a closing sing-along of “The Weight” by The Band.

Photo: Christine Ambrosini