CORNWALL, Ontario – With the full moon lighting up the night sky, this week, the timing was perfect for local music duo, Moonlight Ride, to premier, to the public, their first original song, Rushing for Red Lights.
The congenial pair, Art Levert, on guitar, and Mike Pilon, on percussion, who have been playing out together, in and around the area, for the last year, are looking forward to even more of that, taking their act “on tour.”
Some of us remember Levert from the “gentle jam” open mic nights he hosted in the early 2000s, at then-called Papa Gedoro’s (now Schnitzel’s). He would follow that with a band called Frasier Creek, which played in and around the area for a stint.
Pilon, who says that his love of drumming started at the tender age of three, “banging on pots and pans,” met Levert, a couple of years ago, when they began playing in a band together. The band didn’t last, but their friendship did, and the rest is history.
Performing what Levert calls “crowd pleasing music,” like the Eagles, Rolling Stones, Johnny Cash, Van Morrison, Dwight Yoakam. … Classic Rock, Country, Blues,” they are hoping to add many more originals to the show, as time goes on.
In the meantime, check them out at www.facebook.com/pages/Moonlight-Ride/685506898187017?ref=ts&fref=ts.
Here’s just some of the live music happening in and around the area.
Rock Bottom will be Live at Lola’s, on February 7.
This month at the Jet Set Pub (NavCentre) Sean Harley, on the 7th; Bruce Ciccarelli, on the 13th; Brian and Tim, Feb. 20; and Sean Harley, on Feb. 27.
For something completely different, the Seaway Valley Theatre Company’s production of the comedy/musical, Monty Python’s Spamalot, opens February 13, and run 14, 20 , 21 at 7:30, and February 15, at 1:30, at Aultsville Theatre. Visit www.aultsvilletheatre.com, for further information.
The Def Leppard tribute, Hysteria, will be live on stage, at La Maison, February 28. Tickets are $10 in advance and $15 the day of show.
Also on February 28, Retro Night, at Aultsville Theatre features tributes to ABBA, The Bee Gees, Neil Diamond, and Cher. This is a fundraiser for Roy & Cher’s Animal Rescue. Tickets are $46.50 (plus applicable surcharges) and available at the Cornwall Civic Complex Box Office Mon-Fri, 8:30am-4:30pm (613) 938-9400 , online www.admission.com or Aultsville Theatre box office 1 hour before show time.
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