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The Insomniacs, Spanking Charlene and The Doughboys Instead of a School Event

January 6, 2016/0 Comments/in Concerts, Music Photography /by Deirdre Ryan

Once again, Randy Now did it again! This time it was for his GARAGE A GOGO WEEKEND held on September 18th and 19th, 2015.at The Open Arts Stage Theater in Bordentown was rocking to three incredible bands. The first night was The Insomniacs, Spanking Charlene and The Doughboys. The second night was The Droogettes, Sorala, Palmyra Delran and The Grip Weeds. I wasn’t able to make it the second night though 🙁

I was a torn about letting my daughter attend Bingo Night at her school or come with me to the concert. At her elementary school, Bingo Night was my committee that I would help out with and run. But this night was something that I wanted to go to, and I thought, you know what? She’s really into The Doughboys, and she’ll love the other two bands. I decided to bring her with me, and her other two friends were helping their dad in the back too. And guess what? THEY.LOVED.EVERYONE.

First up was The Insomniacs, are from NJ and WOW!!!! Check out their new vinyl single here. And look for their album on iTunes -Just Enjoy It!

Then came Spanking Charlene from NYC. The girls were super impressed with the lead singer, a powerful woman. They LOVED her! Check out their album Where are The Freaks.

Then came The Doughboys! Plus Myke Scavone was about to go on tour with The Yardbirds in October and November 2015, so that was pretty exciting. Now he had something in common with Eric Clapton and Jimmy Paige. The Doughboys have been covering songs by The Yardbirds for a long time. I wish that I could’ve seen one of those shows.

Mike Caruso on bass…

Lead singer, harmonica, and percussions, Myke Scavone….

This photo was shot during the song as seen from the below video.

Gar Francis on lead guitar just wails….

The amazing Richie X. Heyman on drums.

Performing Bo Diddly and Mona.

My daughter and her friends had a very good time, might I even say epic? They were so impressed with seeing a strong woman singing and wanted to meet her, and got to get their pictures taken. This to me and my friends, who were the other parents there, agreed, gave our girls an education into music and culture that was different than the norm.

As always, I want to thank these bands, The Open arts Stage and to Randy Now at Randy Now’s Man Cave located right here in Bordentown, NJ. If it were for Randy, then none of these act would in such a great venue like this in our little town. Love you Randy!!!!!

The Successful Failures Perform With Men Without Hats

November 30, 2015/0 Comments/in Concerts, Music Photography /by Deirdre Ryan Commercial Photography

The Successful Failures and Men Without Hats came to Bordentown back in June of this year. Randy Now is a great guy and a very good friend who brings awesome bands and talents to our little town at The Open Arts Theater.

They have a blue-sy, rock, sound that is loud and incredible. The guy on the lead guitar just wails and you can tell that he just loves his instrument and what he does with it.

Randy and Ivan(the lead singer of Men Without Hats) go way back. So it was really a treat to see Pop Goes The World and The Safety Dance, among others live and up close.

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The Ocean Blue at The World Cafe Live

November 22, 2015/0 Comments/in Concerts, Music Photography, personal /by Deirdre Ryan Commercial Photography

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I have wonderful friends and one of them turned 50 the other night. So as a surprise, we all gathered together to have dinner at the White Dog Cafe in University City in Philadelphia. It was interesting because traffic was hell, it was Friday night, but unusually bad. Either way, we were all going to make it! Dinner was delicious and we were able to walk over to The World Cafe Live just up Walnut St.

In 1994, I met my future husband in Center City Philly and we lived on 15th and Locust, so Philadelphia is like home to me. Unfortunately my husband couldn’t be with us, he was working in NYC.

I didn’t bring any big cameras or lenses. I just brought my little Canon s100,an extra battery for it, my iPhone 5, and 2 battery power banks.

We get there, check out coats, and somehow I get separated from my friends. I thought that they were right behind me, but I get right in front of the stage. We got there just as The Ocean Blue was starting, I took a few snapshots and video, but for the most part I just enjoyed the show.

To view my YouTube Playlist from the concert click here. For this tour, The Ocean Blue played their first two albums.

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For an encore, Riverside came onstage as a surprise! The card in my camera became full so lucky for me, my iPhone 5 was full of juice, I grabbed it out of my purse and started to shoot video. The reason I did so much video, even for me, was because my husband saw their first major concert at The Trocadero in Philly. As a matter of fact, in one of the videos, you’ll see their tour dates, and the crowd will start to cheer certain dates that some have been too. And since David couldn’t be there, I wanted to share the experience with him.

My friends and I got pictures with the band which is so great of them to do. None of us look our best, which is just fine, we were all in the moment. I bought this beautiful screen printed poster. These were all done by hand so I just couldn’t resist getting one, it’s going to go in a frame. When I was in high school and in college, my walls were literally covered from almost floor to ceiling with posters.

Once again, thank you to the members of The Ocean Blue! You put on a fabulous show, and thank you for taking the time to chat and get pictures taken with us!

Uncle Floyd and Les The Mentalist Perform In Bordentown, NJ

August 21, 2015/0 Comments/in Concerts /by Deirdre Ryan Commercial Photography

Acts like these are getting fewer and fewer, so when you see a show that reads Uncle Floyd with Special Guest Les The Mentalist, then you should buy a ticket, bring friends and see the show.

Randy Now hosted the performance at the Open Arts Stage in Bordentown, NJ on May 16, 2015.

The first act was Les the Mentalist, and what he does is help bend the way your brain perceives things, he makes you think and is really damn funny too. Truly Les’s act is one to catch!

After Les The Mentalist’s act was Uncle Floyd! If you’re from New Jersey growing up, you’ll remember him from his tv, The Uncle Floyd Show I remember watching this on UHF channel 48 I “think”….closer to NYC in Northern NJ it was on another UHF channel. But Uncle Floyd is a vaudeville comedienne, who is also a fantastic piano player. (A little known fact about myself, I’m a classically train pianist, so when I hear someone who’s good, I mention it, because it’s literally a joy to my ears.)

Myself and the audience were laughing so hard we were crying, we had such a great time! People, you really need to see Uncle Floyd live in person.

The 1960’s Came To Rock Bordentown, NJ

July 15, 2015/0 Comments/in Concerts, Music Photography /by Deirdre Ryan Commercial Photography

On Friday, January 16th, 2015 Randy Now of Randy Now’s Man Cave Record Shop here in Bordentown, NJ presented New Jersey’s own The Doughboys and The 1910 Fruitgum Company. The concert was held at the Open Arts Stage and was a wicked good time! I went to college near Boston, MA, so you’ll still hear me say wicked from time to time.

I took my daughter to see this show and she loved it, her very first concert! First, The Doughboys kicked it off and played a rocking set. Our daughter and her friends(all in the third grade at the time) were dancing in their seats. Then The 1910 Fruitgum Company came on and whoa! Another incredible set!!!!

My influences for shooting musical artists goes back to the 1960’s, when all you had was maybe 400 speed black and white film. I just love how it seemed simpler back then at venues. And from what I heard from photographers from that time, it was.

Here Randy introduces The 1910 Fruitgum Company. You may remember their hit,

A guy in the audience turned out to be really great with the tambourine, so they let him on stage with the,

Here’s video from that night of The Doughboys:

Goody Goody Gumdrops by The 1910 Fruitgum Company

Peter Tork and The Shoe Suede Blues Concert Shot By Bordentown Photographer

February 8, 2015/0 Comments/in Concerts, Music Photography /by Deirdre Ryan Commercial Photography

On Saturday, November 29, 2014, my buddy Randy Now, introduced Peter Tork and his band The Shoe Suede Blues on stage at the Open Arts Theater in Bordentown Township. This is my second time seeing Peter and his band perform here and I was super excited again. I’m a huge fan of The Monkees and I really like that Peter is doing the blues. You can check out his music by clicking on this link.

He played music from his new album Step by Step and of course quite a few by The Monkees. The photo above is where he’s playing Daydream Believer and parts of the song he lets the audience sing. It was AWESOME!

After taking this shot I was in the back with my friends singing quite loudly, I sing in a church choir 😉

This woman, was filling in for one of his band mate and she was fantastic! Not only could she sing, but she was great on slide guitar and bass. Lauren Ellis was her name I believe.

The above image was taken during the song A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You.

Tinya Cagle Inspirational/Gospel/Soul Musician-Deirdre Ryan Photography – NJ

May 17, 2012/0 Comments/in Branding Photography, Business Portraits, Concerts, Headshots, Music Photography, personal branding photography, Portraits /by Deirdre Ryan Commercial Photography

This past President’s Weekend, I had the pleasure to photograph Tinya Cagle an Inspirational/Gospel/Soul musician and singer. I shot her on location at Hebe’s Music in Mt. Holly, NJ. Tinya was going to perform for a live audience for a video that day. Mt. Holly has great places to photograph around the town, so we did just that.

First we shot some pictures of her inside Hebe’s Music, then went outside around the corner and shot her on the street and in front of what used to be the City Hall and Jail. Then I shot pictures of her back inside of Hebe’s Music as she was performing.

I wanted to photograph her in her element, singing and most of all being herself. My goal was to make her comfortable with me and when this happens, I get great shots.

I love shooting musicians. I grew up listening to a wide variety of music and my all time favorite is The Beatles. Along with the music was the photographs that was taken. I love how they captured the artists and sometimes the wackiness of their characters. Some of the best pictures where done inside the recording studios and while they performed onstage. The recording sessions are where I think photographers captured the musicians at their most vulnerable, using the fastest speed film that they could find and not using a flash so as not to disturb the recording sessions.

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