Feb. 25 & 26

Hi,

Man....Saturday kicked butt over at Hidden Hollow in West Seneca. I had quite a few friends show up at the show and we partied on until about 2:30 A.M.! Sunday was the 12th annual "Doc's Day For Kids" at the Buffalo Brew Pub In Williamsville, NY. The place had about 300 people there...It was the 6th time I played this event and it was incredible. We raised thousands of dollars for childern in the Catholic Health System. I saw some people that have come to my other shows there and I appreciate you showing up and contributing. I am taking two weeks off and I will be back on March 9. I can't believe I actually have a vacation! I'm going to Montreal with my girlfriend...I can't wait. Check back here for more news...I will still make posts during my time off. I'll see you soon!

Feb. 17 & 18

Hi,

What a great couple of nights I had. Friday I played Simmie's in Lancaster, NY and although the weather was really cold a bunch of people made the trek out to see me play. We had a good night of dancing and partying. I tried some new songs and it was awesome. I love when that happens. I love to work up new songs (or songs I haven't done before) and un-veil them so to speak. Saturday was excellent. I always have a great time at Tony Rome's and Saturday was no different. My buddy, Ed Strawbrich helped me set up (Thanks man!) and we both thought it was going to be a quiet night...We were wrong! More people arrived, and then more...We partied our butts off! Joe Sorrentino, the owner came up and sang a couple tunes and at the end of the evening told me "Man, this is your year! You always do such a great job here." What seemed like a slow night turned out to be "party as usual!" My brother Anthony even showed up out of the blue and joined the festivities.. Birthdays, friends, partying and dancing...It doesn't get better than that!

Feb. 9, 10, 11

Hey,

The week went very well. Thursday Bob Luterek and I performed as "Replay" at the casino at Buffalo Raceway. Replay is a side project that Bob and I do. It involves Jazz and more produced things. Bob gets a ton of sounds from his Roland synth module. This enables him to do sax leads and such on his guitar! It was great! Friday I was at the Sonoma Grille in Snyder NY. It's a beautiful, trendy place with a great intimate atmosphere. Saturday was an absolute party! I played at Fudd's Hidden Hollow and the owners, Shawn and Marsh were great to me. I had friends come from all over Western New York. There were 4 birthday parties and a retirement party going on all at once! I rocked it out and booked more gigs there all the way to May! Look for me there throughout the summer. I'm tired gang...I'm stopping short here...If you have a chance, join my group site at:

http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/greggsansone/


See you down the road!

January 27,28, 29

January 18 to 22

I had a wonderful week....Busy as all get out though. I'll try to be brief. Wednesday I played at Average Joe's. Despite the horrible weather alot of people showed up. It went well. Thursday I went to the Buffalo Thrills party...For those of you who don't know, Buffalo Thrills is the agency that represents me. Learn more about them at www.buffalothrills.com. A ton of people were there. My buddy, Michael Bly was performing an acoustic show so I joined in. Nice to kick back and play. Friday I played at the Byrncliff Resort 11 miles outside of East Aurora, NY. What a beautiful place! It really has a wonderful crowd because people are there year round enjoying the lodges and the outdoors. They loved my show! Saturday took the cake...It was the first time I played at Griffin's Irish Pub on Abbott Rd. in South Buffalo...My friend, Danny Griffin (the owner of Griffin's) never heard me before and the crowd was nuts! Danny got up and sang, people partied their tails off and then came up and told me it was the best music they ever heard at Griffin's! Danny and I really connected... Go figure. Many of my friends were there including Ed and Diane Strawbrich and Bob and Gerry Luterek. Bob jammed with me and a great time was had by all. I didn't get to bed until 6:30 a.m.! That's it gang...I'll be in touch soon. I am going to record some new original tunes in the next two weeks...I'll post the music on MySpace.com so you can hear it and download the music. We'll be in touch.

January 13 and 14

What can I tell you? Friday went o.k. at the Holiday Inn on Grand Island except for the fact that management wanted me to turn the volume down (the bar was filled with people who wanted to party)....I was looking forward to playing at Tony Rome's on Saturday. I wasn't disappointed...Good God, The place was mobbed! It was so wonderful to see so many of my family members and friends. It was Lisa Santora's birthday and so many people came out. The sound was great and my buddy Bob Luterek came up and jammed on some tunes! What was really amazing is that friends of mine came out that I haven't seen in so long. It was a great experience. I am so happy when performances turn out like that.

Bennigan's

Wednesday, January 11 went great at Bennigan's! So many of my friends came to the show...There were people there that never heard me before and they were really entertained. I love that...New people enjoying my music...It adds to the vibe so to speak. It was the first time I played Bennigan's and everyone had a great time. I'm looking forward to playing there again at the beginning of February!

January 6, 7 and 8

New Year's Eve....

You won't believe this...I played a rather "high class" New Year's Eve party with my good buddy, Bob Luterek at the Niagara Falls Country Club. As you may imagine, there was quite a bit of "old money" there and the average age was about 72. There were some young people but I had to chalk it off as a chance to play some kick ass Jazz and get paid really well for it. There were tables all in front of the stage area. While Bob and I were playing and entire table of elderly people got up to leave. One woman (about 82 years old) was wearing one of those velvet outfits, you know, the loose fitting burgandy velvet top with matching slacks. As she passed in front of the stage area her pants fell down completely around her ankles! I kid you not! We could see everything! They just dropped! The woman's son helped her with her pants and ushered her out while the bartenders looked at me in shock...I couldn't believe it. Later on Bob said that it was funny that an old woman dropped her pants for me...I told him I've played there a number of times without any disrobing...It must have been him! Ah....the life of a rock star!

Happy New Year!

Well it was a nice rest but it was great to get back to things. New Year's Eve I played a show at the Niagara Falls Country Club with my good buddy, Bob Luterek. It went really well. What I enjoyed most was playing quite a bit of Jazz with Bob joining in on guitar. We really did some great pieces and it showed me that I will do more shows like that. I get into the pure musicianship of those type of shows....Don't get me wrong, I love doing my solo shows and playing in all sorts of venues...I just love playing Jazz and standards as well. This week I start back at some of my favorite clubs...Tony Rome's and The Light House. Not much else going on...I hope you all had a magnificant holiday season!

Average Joe's Christmas Party

What a great time we all had at Average Joe's on Wednesday. I can't believe how packed the place was...You couldn't move! People really enjoyed themselves and I had a number of friends come out and see me. I also met the manager of Bennigan's and he hired me for some Wednesdays starting in January! In any case, I'm taking a small break until New Year's Eve. I really need it. I will play with Button-Eyed Eric (my acoustic duo with Bob Luterek) at Night-Life Magazine's anniversary party on Wednesday, December 28 but that is just about five songs. I hope you all have a great holiday season and I will see everyone soon!

Saturday at Hidden Hollow

What a great time I had Saturday night! There are few times when I play at a place where the owners are really great people that appreciate the music and treat musicians well. This was one of thse times. Hidden Hollow's owners, Marsha and Shawn greet everyone and make you feel like a friend. They loved the show so much that they immediately booked me for two more gigs in February! Check out this little place on Indian Church Rd. in West Seneca. Better yet, come to one of my shows there!

Winter Wonderland

Icy Thursday! 12/15

Good Lord...It was pretty damn icy Thursday night! I played a private Christmas party at Salvatore's. Everyone showed which turned out to be great. I was really suprised...I thought people would've stayed home. In any case, things went well. I hope the weather holds out for all my shows this weekend. See you all soon!

Saturday 12/10

Played at Fanny's Saturday for the Kensington High School Alumni Association. It went quite well and there were people that knew my father's restaurant from years ago. It was wonderful talking about the old days! I had Friday off (the first time in months) and I actually went out and saw "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat." It was awesome! I still have to do my Christmas shopping! Yikes! I'll be back in a few days.

Wednesday and Thursday

I played Average Joe's on Wednesday and it was a really good time. Baby Joe Mesi came in and stayed for about half a set. I'm looking forward to doing the Christmas Party there on December 21. Thursday I did a private Christmas party at the Tri-Main Building. Whta made this especially great was that they rented a baby grand piano and set it up for me! It was awesome! I love the dynamics and purity of a baby grand. I'm off Friday and then I do a private show on Saturday so that's really it until next week. See you soon.

What a weekend!

What can I say about Tony Rome's? Friday was an absolute blast in West Seneca! About 30 friends from the Falk School came to Tony Rome's to see me and help them celebrate our friend, Debbie's defeat of cancer! She kicked it! A ton more people were there and I danced on the tables! It was really great! Saturday I was at Shanghai Red's for a private Christmas party. Man, that place is beautiful! Right on the water at the Erie Basin Marina...I'll be playing there this summer. That's about it for now. If you're in town catch one of my shows...view my calender at www.greggsansone.com.

Back and Ready to Go!

Hi Everyone!

Just wanted to say I'm back and rested! I will be playing Tony Rome's and Shanghai Red's this weekend. Both are sure to be a great time. I hope the weather is o.k....It's windy and cold....Man, that sucks! In any case, I'll post news about the shows after the weekend. Rock on!

Thanksgiving Day...Taking a little break!

Thanksgiving Eve

Well....Every year I play the Buffalo Brew Pub the night before Thanksgiving. It went very well...I felt good about the gig. Lots of friends were out to see me. The place was packed. Some people that never heard of me before really liked the show so I guess I won them over! I hope you all have a great Thanksgiving...I'm taking a couple days off and will resume playing on Saturday.