Friendly Reminder: Vinnie w/ Sonic Garden

Just a reminder that Vinnie's shows with Sonic Garden are fast approaching:

Oct 10 at 10pm
Electric Co.
700 Varick St.
Utica, NY
315-792-9271


Oct 11
Valentine's
17 New Scotland Ave
Albany, NY
518-432-6572

Oct 17
Club Infinity
8166 Main St
Williamsville, NY

Check back on the days following for possible posting of the setlists. If you would like to send in your own review, that would be very cool. Send me an email at Sean @ moerons.com

For Sonic Garden's MySpace page, CLICK HERE.

Move over Farmer Ben ... Meet Farmer Dave!

The South Coast Gazette posted an article this morning highlighting a Farm Aid panel with produce farmer Dave Purpura, owner of Plato's Harvest in Middleborough, MA. What does this have to moe.? Well, during the panel, Purpura was joined by our very own Al, Rob, and Vinnie.

The panel was part of the Homegrown Village stage of Farm Aid, where Purpura discussed his sucess and qualms with the produce industry.

The message: buy local, support family farmers rang out from both the artists and concert goers.

It's not just about fresh food and sustainable agriculture. Food that's shipped from South America uses up a tremendous amount of natural resources making its way across the continent. moe. guitarist Al Schnier, said, "If we all were part of the equation, supporting local farmers just a bit more, the environmental impact would be remarkable."

Despite ribbing from the band moe. who dubbed him Farmer Dave, Mr. Purpura said it wasn't a mid-life crisis that made him turn from an engineering career to organic farming. "It was kind of planned, it was always my intention."

I highly recommend readers to check out the full article by CLICKING HERE.

For more information on Farm Aid, CLICK HERE.

Vinnie to perform several shows w/ Sonic Garden

Sonic Garden's MySpace page lists a few of their upcoming shows as having Vinnie as a "special guest drum[mer]"

October, 10 2008 at The Electric Company with Vinnie Amico of moe on special guest drums 700 Varick St., Utica, New York 13502

October, 11 2008 at Valentines - with Vinnie Amico of moe on special guest drums
17 New Scotland Ave., Albany, New York 12207
Cost : $10

October, 17 2008 at Club Infinity with Vinnie Amico of moe plus original/old Sonic Alumni & Acoustic Forum
8166 Main Street, Williamsville, New York 14221

The also add a rumor-ish "Maybe Al will show up too?" to the October 10th show as well. October 17th's show, as you can see above, will include "original drummer Vinnie Amico of moe and original/old Sonic Garden alumni: Rolph Witt, John Yakovu, Joe Bellanti, Dave Ruch, & more".

For Sonic Garden's MySpace page, CLICK HERE.