Hair of the Dog
Tannery Pond Center presents our Winter Coffeehouse Concert Series: Hair of the Dog, Celtic
Sunday, March 24 | 3-5 PM.
Tickets: $15 in advance, $20 Day of Concert, FREE for Youth 18 and younger.
For advance price tickets, please visit the TPC box office, or call (518) 251-2505, or purchase online thru Eventbrite. Some "Day of Event" tickets are reserved for purchase at the box office.
This concert is underwritten by the Glenn and Carol Pearsall Adirondack Foundation, “dedicated to improving the quality of life for year-round residents of the Adirondack Park”. You may visit their website: HERE
Together since 1993, Hair Of The Dog is one of the world’s foremost Celtic bands. They’ve released 10 CDs including, “Release The Hounds”, “Gaelic Bark’, “Collection”, “at The Parting Glass”, “Let It Flow”, “Donegal” and “Liam Left The Lights On Again”. In May, 2012, The Irish Echo stated, “Liam Left the Lights On Again…in it’s entirety is simply a delight to listen to” and in January, 2008, the Kingston, New York Freeman Times declared, “Hair Of The Dog plays with a cohesive oneness that most bands never get. They are a regional music treasure.” The Dog was also mentioned in Billboard Magazine as one of Irish Music’s biggest sellers. Their song “One Sunday Morning” was featured on the 2003 Colleen Records compilation CD “Songs of Irish Freedom Vol. 3”. In 2005 they appeared on “One Child At Time”, a charity compilation that also included U2, James Taylor, The Chieftains and Carly Simon. Hair Of The Dog has repeatedly been named “Best Band” since the late 1990’s, by the Northeast’s top regional newspapers and magazines.
Based in Upstate New York, Hair Of The Dog is Rick Bedrosian (guitar and vocals), Larry Packer (fiddle), Dan Samson (bass and vocals) and Gene Garone (drums and vocals). The band members boast extensive resumes: Founder Rick Bedrosian has performed and/or recorded with Stevie Ray Vaughan, Marshall Crenshaw, Gene Clark of The Byrds, John Stewart of The Kingston Trio, Marshall Chapman, Blackhawk and the Outlaws. Rick’s also an accomplished music producer, an award winning film maker, an international tour guide and a photographer. His photo of Paul McCartney landed on the cover of the Spring, 2010 issue of Classic Drummer magazine. In addition, Rick Bedrosian is the writer, director and host of a globally popular Web Series called, “I Could Eat”. “I Could Eat” has been Officially Selected for screening in more than 35 film festivals and has won, Best Web Series/TV Pilot (18 times and counting) in cities that include New York, San Francisco, Paris, Rome, Madrid, Tokyo and Darjeeling. From 2012-2019, Rick was “George Harrison” in Hey Jude, a successful Beatlemania stage show.
Fiddler Larry Packer was lead guitarist of Sha Na Na (as seen in the concert documentary, “Festival Express”), had a top ten hit (Good Old Rock and Roll) with a Jimi Hendrix produced band called Cat Mother and the All Night News Boys and appeared with The Band in Martin Scorsese’s “The Last Waltz”. Larry also guested on NBC’s Saturday Night Live’s third episode which originally aired October 25th, 1975. Packer’s name appears on albums and playbills with countless other major acts including The Band (“Islands” & “High on the Hog”), Hall and Oates (“Abandoned Luncheonette”), Lou Reed, Jeffrey Gaines, Phoebe Snow, Jerry Jeff Walker, Peter Rowan, Harry Belafonte, David Bromberg, Maria Muldaur and the New York Rock Ensemble. Larry was inducted into the New York State Blues Hall of Fame in 2016.
On bass and vocals is Dan Samson. Dan Samson studied at the Crane School of Music and has played bass in numerous bands throughout New York’s Capital Region for more than 40 years- most notably, performing with New York State Blues Hall of Fame inductee, Willie Pierce Blues Band and the Grammy nominated Joey Thomas Big Band. In addition, Dan has also recorded with Loni Richards, Willie Pierce and the Joey Thomas bands. He’s also performed with Phil Guy and toured with Big Bill Morganfield. Dan currently sings with the Mendelssohn Club of Albany, NY and is the Music Director for the Journey UCC Church.
Drummer/ vocalist Gene Garone has spent 52 years loving music, acquiring knowledge and playing with the energy of a 22 year old. Gene has been ubiquitous in the Northeast, beating a savage tattoo with dozens of bands including Doc Scanlon’s Rhythm Boys, Brass-O-Mania, Mother Goose Jazz Band, Joey Thomas Big Band, The Roasters, CD3, Cole Broderick Quartet, Hair Of The Dog (since 2017) and more, performing at many big venues such as Proctor’s Theater, Cohoes Music Hall and the Palace Theater. Geno has been involved in more than 30 CD recordings and documented more than 12,000 gigs in his career. When asked, his wife said she’s very proud of him as long as he remembers the garbage is put out THURSDAY night for FRIDAY morning pickup!
