Saturday Show- Feb. 15, 2020

MARK NAFTALIN & FRIENDS TO HOST LIVE BROADCAST

FROM THE PEQUOT LIBRARY MIDWINTER BOOKSALE

    On Saturday and Sunday, February 15 and 16, from 1 to 2:30 p.m. each day, Mark Naftalin & Friends will host a live musical broadcast at Southport's Pequot Library as a feature of the Library's Midwinter Booksale. The broadcast will air on Bridgeport's WPKN (89.5 FM), and stream at wpkn.org.

    Led by the renowned blues pianist and Rock & Roll Hall of Famer, the Friends are an ensemble of (mostly) Fairfield County-based blues and jazz musicians. This year’s broadcasts, their fourteenth annual appearance at the Booksale, will feature

    singing guitarists Paul Gabriel (of Blue In The Face and the Paul Gabriel Blues Band) and J.D. Seem (of the Blue-Tones);

    singing harmonicists Manny Foglio (of the Mojomatics) and Mark Zaretsky (of the Cobalt Rhythm Kings);

    from Otis & The Hurricanes, guitarist-vocalist Chris "Otis" Cross and pianist-accordionist-vocalist Smokin' Joe Najmy;

    sax master Crispin Cioe (of the Uptown Horns);

    guitarist-vocalist-harmonicistDaniel J ("The Modern Bluesman"); and

    frottoirist-percussionist-vocalist Peter Menta, a.k.a. Washboard Slim (of Washboard Slim & the Bluelights).

    Joining Naftalin in the rhythm section will be

     bassists David Anastasia and David "Bobo" Lavorgna on upright bass;

    and, on drums and percussion, Matt Moadel and Barry Urich.