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An advance review of GENE CASEY & the LONE SHARKS: What Happened.

BY HOWARD THOMPSON, North Fork Sound Radio:
Gene Casey & The Lone Sharks: "What Happened"

"When I first moved to the North Fork from the Big City, I wondered if I was making the right move. Sure, my doctors told me I had to slow down but this was crazy. Our new abode in New Suffolk makes Mattituck look like Tokyo and when I stopped by the Post Office to get a PO Box # Kim, our friendly postmaster, welcomed me by saying "I hope you like quiet". I felt like telling him the only quiet I really like is the
gap before the next track comes crashing in but I held my tongue. Turns out I had nothing to worry about. We've got good 'peckers in the garden AND a great 'picker right here on the North Fork.

My next door neighbor, Smugglin' Johnny C, tipped me to the Lone Sharks a while back and the first time I saw them, at the Masonic Temple in Greenport (sadly, now an
overpriced "antique" store) I thought I must be hearing things. Could there really be a group this good, this authentic, this real? In 2006?? Out here??? The band were tight, they looked cool, they enjoyed what they were doing and above all, the audience were
eatin' it up. We all know real musicians don't work -they PLAY - and whether taking on rockabilly, country, western swing or the blues, they performed like they were sharing a bill with Buddy Holly. Tunes made famous by Chuck Berry, Duane Eddy, Bo Diddley, Elvis and others mingled with homegrown originals, and everything fit seamlessly.

I went back for more when they played Greenport's Monday Night Music Series to a crowd whose ages ranged from 8 to 80, boys & gals, straights 'n' gays, white collar/blue collar. Talk about a demographic! They had it all, and pretty much everyone who could, danced to rockers and ballads and everything in between. I've clocked them a few times since, most notably at a couple of Shelter Island's annual (Wades) Beach Blasts and only last week at the Old Mill in Mattituck, where they raised the spirits of the Million Dollar Quartet (subbing Bo D for Jerry Lee).

All of which brings me to their new 12-song cd, "What Happened", (no 'question marks' necessary, bub) now available at CDBaby.com and soon at the iTunes and Amazon digi-stores. You can bet if it ever gets released in the UK, the label will press
up some vinyl too, cuz they do that over there. Songs about lyin', dancin', rainin', cheatin', dyin', lovin' 'n' leavin' make it an album most of us can relate to (I mean - who wants an album about golfin', cleanin', huntin' or speculatin', eh?) and when Gene lets his deep baritone loose, you'd swear the Man In Black himself just walked in the joint. Impeccably produced by Casey and Johnny Blood, the Lone Sharks - Chris Ripley, Tony Palumbo, Paul Scher and Joe Lauro - expertly back up Gene's stellar guitar playing with
panache and style while East End neighbor, Nancy Atlas, harmonizes on "Please Don't Dance", a hilarious slice of boogie that recalls the Georgia Satellites.
Still, Gene is very much his own man and this is the first time a Sharks' album is fully self-penned. Stan Mitchell lent a hand on "That's What Cheaters Do", a barn-storming little country rocker which someone should get to Carlene Carter, like, NOW while other
standouts include "Gone Hollywood", "Bad Baby", "I Love What I Do", "I Was Right" and a sonically tweaked and improved version of the sublime Casey classic "Who's Sharing The Moon" which, originally, could be found on their mini album, "Six Pack".

Bottom line, this album is as American as you can get, and it exemplifies the kind of music that makes us Europeans love American musical culture so much.

Now be a patriot and support your local musicians, especially this one."

Thanks for voting the Lone Sharks "BEST of the BEST" in Dan's Papers Annual Poll!!!

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BIOGRAPHY: The Lone Sharks' first public performance was in the summer of 1988 at Burke's Roadhouse, North Sea, Southampton, NY, with GENE CASEY, singer and guitarist out of NY's latter-day punk/ new wave scene, college chum PHIL GIULIANO on guitar, DAVE DRISCOLL (Phil's then brother-in-law) on drums, and rock vet (and ex-and-current Bongos member) ROB NORRIS on electric bass. Immediately afterwards Gene's brother VINCENT CASEY took on bass duties and lent his vocal prowess and casual genius to the proceedings. The Lone Sharks quickly gained a foothold in the late 80s Hamptons music scene, when bars and bands were plentiful and audiences loyal and robust. A major addition came in the form of STAN MITCHELL (of New Zealand, member of the Drongos) taking over the drum chair in 1990. Stan's expertise and showmanship helped transform the band into a force to be reckoned with, culminating in 1995 with a residency at the legendary The Wild Rose Cafe. This roadside Bridgehampton night spot enjoyed several years of packed houses and great times and the Lone Sharks were at the center of it, maintaining a residency while appearing at other New York landmarks such as the Bottom Line, the Waldorf Astoria's ballroom, and aboard the USS Intrepid. By this time MIKE SACCOLITI on Fender bass, and ANDY BURTON, keyboardist, brought a new dimension to the Lone Sharks' sound. The band was able to conjure up swampy R&B and New Orleans vibes with the twangy wail of Gene's rockabilly-based guitar for hard-driving interpretations of vintage roots music. Stan Mitchell's departure for L.A. brought CHRIS RIPLEY to the fold, with a classic swing feel that characterized the band's next phase. As the millennium approached the Lone Sharks were the most popular band on the East End with two full-length CDs, "Fire. Theft & Casualty" and "Aqua Western" featuring original songs, "Swing, Baby Swing," "I Ain't Dead Yet" and "Dirty All the Time" (see the video at this website or at Youtube.com). The next move was to bring in a full-time tenor saxophonist and Minnesota native PAUL SCHER was-and IS-the man. JOE LAURO, and later TONY PALUMBO, brought the big upright bass sound to the band's increasingly swinging style. 2005's "A Lone Sharks Six-Pack" featured classic rockabilly and R&B in addition to Gene's "Sherri on the Ferry" (dedicated to their Shelter Island fans), and the lilting ballad "Who's Sharing the Moon," later performed as a duet by Gene and local great, NANCY ATLAS in her recent live CD/DVD set. In the course of maintaining their status as "Best of the Best" (Dan's Papers and Hamptons Magazine) the Lone Sharks have shared billing and/or backed-up NRBQ, LINK WRAY, SLEEPY LaBEEF, WANDA JACKSON, BILL KIRCHEN, the Who's JOHN ENTWISTLE, CAROLINE DOCTOROW, THE HIGHWAY QC's and on one unforgettable night, TINY TIM. Gene and the band are proud to part of a thriving live music scene with other bands such as ROY WILSON'S BUZZARDS, THE BLAGGARDS, THE MOONDOGS, RHYTHM BOUND, THE FOUND CATS, THE HORNETS and upstate's MARK GAMSJAGER & the LUSTRE KINGS (please check out their MySpace pages).

Read what Take Back Country magazine has to say about 2005's "A Lone Sharks Six-Pack." (click here).

The folks at PARADIDDLE Records have produced a BOB DYLAN tribute record featuring local artists celebrating the diverse tunes of Mr. D. The Sharks were honored to be invited to this project, contributing a hopped-up rendition of "Down Along the Cove," a tune that has been in and out of Lone Sharks sets for years. Nice to have it on disc.( www.paradiddlerecords.com). Also available: a Paradiddle Records Holiday CD, featuring the Lone Sharks with a twangin' rockin' version of "The Little Drummer Boy."

Gene accompanies singer-songwriter CAROLINE DOCTOROW on her CD "Follow You Down." See her website for all things Caroline: www.carolinedoctorow.com.

Cheers to CHARLIE BACKFISH and all the DJs over at Stony Brook's WUSB radio station. His Sunday morning program, "Sunday Street" has featured Lone Sharks cuts regularly. As always, thanks to BONNIE GRICE over at WLIU. Her morning show and the "Eclectic Cafe" and "The Song is You" are all essential listening. Thanks, too, to Brian Cosgrove, on WLIU, WEHM, and Joe Rock at WBAB, for supporting homegrown talent .

Thanks to all the people keeping the live music scene happening in the area. Click here for links to their web sites.

We love Nick Deane.

 

Gene Casey & the Lone Sharks
August 2008

P.S. Thanks to TERRY DAY for creating and maintaining the Lone Sharks website, 1998 -- 2005.