{"id":35610,"date":"2024-07-12T17:06:05","date_gmt":"2024-07-12T21:06:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/?p=35610"},"modified":"2024-07-12T17:06:06","modified_gmt":"2024-07-12T21:06:06","slug":"on-stage-coatesvilles-mascherino-still-rocking-with-the-color-fred","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/?p=35610","title":{"rendered":"On Stage: Coatesville’s Mascherino still rocking with The Color Fred"},"content":{"rendered":"
By Denny Dyroff,<\/strong> Entertainment Editor, The Times<\/em><\/div>\n
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The Color Fred<\/p><\/div>\n

Here are some bands that might be on your playlists.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Taking Back Sunday is an American\u00a0rock\u00a0band from\u00a0Long Island, New York. They released their eighth and most recent studio album,\u00a0\u201c152,\u201d in 2023.<\/div>\n
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Breaking Pangaea\u00a0was an American\u00a0emo pop\u00a0band from\u00a0Philadelphia. The band released their debut EP and full-length album on Florida’s\u00a0Undecided Records\u00a0and released a follow-up EP on\u00a0Equal Vision Records.<\/div>\n
Say Anything\u00a0is an American\u00a0rock\u00a0band from\u00a0Los Angeles,\u00a0California. The band was formed in 2000 by\u00a0Max Bemis\u00a0and his friends, and within two years, they had self-released two EPs and a full-length album.<\/div>\n

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The Lemonheads are an American\u00a0alternative rock\u00a0band formed in\u00a0Boston\u00a0in 1986 by\u00a0Evan Dando,\u00a0Ben Deily, and\u00a0Jesse Peretz.<\/div>\n
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Brody, which existed from 1992 to 1999,\u00a0released a 7-inch EP on Creep Records entitled “Against Forgetting” and a full-length CD entitled “Worth Dying For” on Harvest records.<\/div>\n
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The Color Fred is a band from the Delaware Valley that has released two studio albums — \u201cBend to Break\u201d\u00a0(2007) and \u201cA Year and Change\u201d\u00a0(2022) \u2013 and one EP \u2013 \u201cThe Intervention EP\u201d\u00a0(2009).<\/div>\n
Terrible Things is an\u00a0alternative rock\u00a0band from the Philly area that has released one album — Terrible Things\u201d\u00a0(2010) and one EP \u2013 \u201cPre-Transmission\u00a0EP\u201d (2012).<\/div>\n
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These bands \u2013 diverse as they are \u2013 all have one thing in common with regard to personnel.<\/div>\n
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Forget \u201cSix Degrees of Kevin Bacon.\u201d This is a case of \u201cOne Degree of Fred Mascherino.\u201d<\/div>\n
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Mascherino, a highly respected guitarist and songwriter, has been an influential member of all these bands. And you can add Stickman\u00a0(1989-1992) and Initials (2009-2010) to the list.<\/div>\n
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Mascherino\u2019s main, current and longest-running project is The Color Fred. With TCF, he performs solo acoustic and with a full band.<\/div>\n
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On July 17, Mascherino will perform a solo acoustic show at the Sellersville Theater (24 West Temple Avenue, Sellersville, 215-257-5808, www.st94.com<\/a>).<\/div>\n
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\u201cLast fall, I did a \u201cFred Mascherino Acoustic Tour\u2019,\u201d said Mascherino, during a phone interview Tuesday night from Ocean City, New Jersey.<\/div>\n
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\u201cI did 40 shows in eight weeks. I got in the van, drove across the country with my acoustic guitar and a box of merch.\u201d<\/div>\n
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Mascherino is also currently working full time with Say Anything.<\/div>\n
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\u201cThey asked me to join Say Anything,\u201d said Mascherino, a native of Coatesville. \u201cI started playing with them a year ago. I just finished playing a cross-country tour with them.<\/div>\n
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\u201cI\u2019m playing more acoustic shows when I have time on my own. I didn\u2019t have any The Color Fred shows lined up right now.\u201d<\/div>\n
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On April 18, 2009, an acoustic CD titled, The Color Fred “The Intervention EP” was released to commemorate\u00a0Record Store Day. The CD had acoustic versions and demos of songs from “Bend to Break” as well as unreleased songs.<\/div>\n
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On April 1, 2022, having reunited with a new lineup three years prior, The Color Fred released its sophomore album,\u00a0\u201cA Year and Change,\u201d on indie label Heading East Records, which was founded by Mascherino earlier in the year.<\/div>\n
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\u201cI\u2019ve been touring the last five years with the band,\u201d said Mascherino. \u201cIn 2022, I released a full band album and played a lot of shows with the Color Fred. Then, I started the acoustic shows last fall.<\/div>\n
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\u201cIn my acoustic show, I do three songs from my other bands \u2013 Taking Back Sunday\u2019s \u2018Set Phaser to Stun,\u2019 Breaking Pangea\u2019s \u2018Worst Part,\u2019 and Brody\u2019s \u2018Against Forgetting.\u2019 I do a lot of The Color Fred and some stuff from Say Anything and Terrible Things.<\/div>\n
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\u201cThe idea was to re-imagine songs from these bands. Taking Back Sunday is still going without me. Breaking Pangea and Brody are not around. But there will be a Breaking Pangea reunion August 23 at Underground Arts.\u201d<\/div>\n
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Obviously, Mascherino loves to stay busy. He found a way to do it even through COVID.<\/div>\n
Mascherino began performing online, generating interactive projects with his fans and teaching classes virtually.<\/div>\n
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\u201cOne of the things I was doing during the quarantine was teaching lessons via Skype,\u201d said Mascherino.<\/div>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve been teaching guitar lessons. I\u2019ve also been teaching lessons on other music topics such as songwriting, recording techniques and music theory.<\/div>\n
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\u201cI had been talking to fans online and they\u2019d wind up asking me a lot of questions. I told them that I\u2019m teaching lessons. They were all sitting around bored too. So, they said \u2013 we\u2019ll take classes too.\u201d<\/div>\n
Mascherino\u00a0has written a lot of songs, produced a lot of records and played in quite a few bands. His musical CV is impressive.<\/div>\n
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The Color Fred\u2019s debut full-length album, \u201cBend to Break,\u201d was released in October 2007 via Equal Vision Records. The album peaked at #8 on the Billboard\u00a0Heatseekers Chart. TCF toured the U.S., Canada and the U.K. several times.<\/div>\n
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The Color Fred released \u201cThe Intervention EP\u201d in April 2009. The EP featured new and old songs performed acoustic, plus two home demos.<\/div>\n
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Mascherino\u00a0seems to always have several irons in the fire.<\/div>\n
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There are a number of Coatesville natives who have achieved international stardom and repeatedly expressed pride in their hometown.<\/div>\n
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One of the first was Calvin \u201cSilky Smooth\u201d Grove, who was a world champion boxer. Then, there was basketball star Rip Hamilton, who was one of the premier players in the NBA. Mascherino\u2019s name also belongs on that list.<\/div>\n
Mascherino, who lived in Coatesville when he was young,\u00a0has always had respect for his roots and pride in his hometown and it showed up in two tracks by Terrible Things.<\/div>\n
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\u201cSteel Town\u201d was inspired by the series of fires in Coatesville a few years ago. Another TT song \u2013 \u201cUp at Night\u201d \u2013 dealt with that period when they told residents to keep lights on at night. The lyrics talk about being able to see Coatesville from space that night.<\/div>\n
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\u201cI grew up in Coatesville,\u201d said Mascherino, who has a degree from Temple University in jazz performance\/guitar.<\/div>\n
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\u201cI have a history of referring to Coatesville in my songs. I\u2019m proud of being from there. Some people don\u2019t have a good impression of Coatesville, but I think it was a good place to grow up and is still a good place to live.\u201d<\/div>\n
Now, Mascherino\u00a0has developed an attachment to West Chester.<\/div>\n
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\u201cMy wife Elena opened up a vegan restaurant in West Chester,\u201d said Mascherino, who was top-flight swimmer at Bishop Shanahan in the 1990s.<\/div>\n
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His wife\u2019s restaurant is called Love Again Local (18 South Church Street, West Chester, www.loveagainlocal.com<\/a>). It features a wide variety of vegan sandwiches, salads, daily specials and desserts.<\/div>\n
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\u201cWe\u2019ve been vegans for 20 years,\u201d said Mascherino. \u201cElena\u2019s restaurant has been open since 2017.<\/div>\n
\u201cIt started when she had success making vegan cookies and evolved into a restaurant in downtown West Chester. We make a lot of the meats and cheeses ourselves.\u201d<\/div>\n
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Mascherino\u00a0is also a family guy. In addition to assisting his wife in her restaurant venture, he has been helping his daughter with her music career.<\/div>\n
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\u201cLily has her own band called Lilito\u201d said Mascherino, referring to his daughter who graduated from CPFA (Center for Performing and Fine Arts: PA Leadership Charter School) in West Chester and attended Berklee College of Music. \u201cHer brother Scott is the drummer.\u201d<\/div>\n
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Brother and sister phenomenon Lilito was formed in a basement in Chester County in 2018 when lead vocalist Lily Mascherino started bringing her piano-based rock songs to band practice with her brother, Scout, who would handle the drums.<\/div>\n
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Lily, also known as Lilito, has since co-produced and recorded 10 tracks for the concept album, \u201cHappy Horse Lamp.\u201d<\/div>\n
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\u201cLily played the Sellersville Theater back in January,\u201d said Mascherino. \u201cShe opened for Juliana Hatfield.\u201d<\/div>\n
Ironically, despite all the bands and all the years, Fred Mascherino has never played at the Sellersville Theater.<\/div>\n
\u201cThis will be a first,\u201d said Mascherino. \u201cIt\u2019s a great place to play. I\u2019m really looking forward to it.\u201d<\/div>\n
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Video link for Fred Mascherino — https:\/\/youtu.be\/vlX8L40JRRU<\/a>.<\/div>\n
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The show in Sellersville, which has Bren as the opening act, will start at 8 p.m. on July 17<\/div>\n
Ticket prices start at $25.<\/div>\n
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Other upcoming shows at the Sellersville Theater are Gary Hoey on July 12, Ryan Coleman on July 12, Forever Tina on July 13, The Ruta Beggars and Serene Green on July 14 and Patty Griffin on July 15.<\/div>\n
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Jamey\u2019s House of Music (32 South Lansdowne Avenue, Lansdowne, 215-477-9985, www.jameyshouseofmusic.com<\/a>) has an impressive lineup of shows for this weekend.<\/div>\n
On July 12, Jamey\u2019s will present Slim and the Perkolators sharing the bill with Billy the Kid and the Regulators.<\/div>\n
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Gabe Stillman<\/p><\/div>\n

On July 13, Jamey\u2019s will host Gabe Stillman.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Stillman, an accomplished blues guitarist from Williamsport, seems to have found a home-away-from home in Delaware County. This will be his eighth concert at Jamey\u2019s in the last few years.<\/div>\n
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\u201cI\u2019ve stayed busy all through the last year-and-a-half \u2013 playing music for the people,\u201d said\u00a0Stillman, during a recent phone call from his home in the birthplace of Little League Baseball.<\/div>\n
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\u201cI\u2019ve probably done at least 100 shows so far this year \u2013 in the Midwest and mostly up and down the East Coast<\/div>\n
Stillman\u00a0was busiest during a two-week period in April 2021.<\/div>\n
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\u201cI went to Austin in April and recorded my first album,\u201d said\u00a0Stillman. \u201cIt was produced by Anson Funderbergh at Wire Recording.\u201d<\/div>\n
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Funderbergh is top-flight guitarist\u00a0and\u00a0the bandleader\u00a0of\u00a0Anson Funderburgh and the Rockets\u00a0since 1978. Their style incorporates both\u00a0Chicago blues\u00a0and\u00a0Texas blues. He is also one of the most respected producers in Texas\u2019 capitol city.<\/div>\n
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\u201cI met Anson at the International Blues Challenge a couple years ago,\u201d said\u00a0Stillman. \u201cI\u2019ve been a fan of his since I was a teenager. He\u2019s in my top 10 list of blues players. And I loved his production work with other people.\u201d<\/div>\n
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Stillman\u2019s album, \u201cJust Say the Word,\u201d was released by the Vizztone Label Group.<\/div>\n
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\u201cIt\u2019s a 15-song album \u2013 13 originals and two covers,\u201d said\u00a0Stillman. \u201cThe covers were Bill Withers\u2019 \u2018Friend of Mine\u2019 and Bobby Blue Bland\u2019s \u2018I\u2019ll Take Care of You.\u2019<\/div>\n
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\u201cWhen the album came out, it debuted at Number 10 on the Billboard Magazine Blues chart. It was also named one of the top blues albums of 2021 by Roots Music Report.<\/div>\n
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\u201cI brought my rhythm section Bassist Colin Beatty and drummer Ray Hangen \u2013 down to Austin. In the studio, we used Taylor Streiff, a piano player from St. Louis, Austin\u2019s Texas Horns and had Sue Foley and Anton playing guitar on one track.\u201d<\/div>\n
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Stillman\u2019s experience in Austin was so nice he decided to do it twice.<\/div>\n
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\u201cI do have a new record \u2013 details are coming soon,\u201d said Stillman. \u201cIt\u2019s called \u2018What Happens Next.\u2019<\/div>\n
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\u201cI recorded it in Austin with Anson producing and Stuart Sullivan doing the engineering.<\/div>\n
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\u201cI made a couple trips to Austin and recorded it in the spring of 2023. I\u2019ve held off on releasing it because we were still supporting the last album.<\/div>\n
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\u201cNow, enough time has gone by. I want to get it out there. We\u2019re looking at a fall release. I already have four of five of the new songs scattered throughout the set.\u201d<\/div>\n
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It was another step forward for\u00a0Stillman, who\u00a0has been studying guitar for more than half his life.<\/div>\n
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\u201cI started taking guitar lessons when I was 11,\u201d said\u00a0Stillman. \u201cWhen I started out, I wanted to play heavy rock and heavy metal. Listening to guitarists in those genres, I realized that their playing was very fast and technically complicated. A teacher told me to learn rock by getting into the blues.<\/div>\n
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\u201cSo, I started listening to a lot of blues guitarists like B.B. King, Freddie King, Albert King, Buddy Guy and Elmore James. I was also listening to guitarists such as Duane Allman and Derek Trucks. I realized \u2013 hey, I can do this. I got hooked on blues and R&B \u2013 and jazz. When I was 13 or 14, I started to perform live.\u201d<\/div>\n
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A key stage in\u00a0Stillman\u2019s development came at the Uptown Music Collective in Williamsport.<\/div>\n
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For 20 years, the Uptown Music Collective has been providing exceptional modern music education grounded in traditional educational principles. Its programs engage students through an emphasis on modern genres including rock, pop, soul, blues, country, R&B, and funk.<\/div>\n
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\u201cI studied at the Uptown Music Collective when I was younger,\u201d said\u00a0Stillman. \u201cI also taught there after I got out of college.\u201d<\/div>\n
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Stillman\u00a0spent his college years in Boston where he got a degree in \u201cProfessional Music\u201d with an emphasis on guitar performance and songwriting.<\/div>\n
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\u201cI started my band in 2015 after graduating from Berklee,\u201d said\u00a0Stillman, whose honors include making it to \u201cFinal Eight\u201d of the 35th Annual International Blues Challenge in Memphis Tennessee.<\/div>\n
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\u201cMy band has been primarily a trio but at the Blues Challenge, I made it to the finals with the addition of a harmonica player in the group.\u201d<\/div>\n
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Long touted as a rising star in the field of blues guitarists, Stillman has been branching out.<\/div>\n
\u201cThe new album has quite a bit of diversity,\u201d said Stillman. \u201cSome tunes are definitely blues. Others fall more into the Americana genre.<\/div>\n
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\u201cA large number of the new songs are lyrically driven. For this one, I really focused on the songwriting.<\/div>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s just a shift in what I want to be as an artist. I\u2019ve given up focusing on guitar. I want to be a songwriter first. My top priorities are songwriting and performing.<\/div>\n
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\u201cPlaying at Jamey\u2019s is great. Every single time I play there, it\u2019s sold out or close to it. It\u2019s been great to build a relationship with the fans there.\u201d<\/div>\n
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Stillman caps off this weekend with a show in Hector, New York. One week later, he heads out on an extensive Midwest tour with stop in Missouri, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Michigan and Illinois \u2013 including a show at Buddy Guy\u2019s Legends in Chicago.<\/div>\n
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Video link for Gabe\u00a0Stillman\u00a0\u2014 https:\/\/youtu.be\/QGIJgb51Kw8<\/a>.<\/div>\n
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The show at Jamey\u2019s on July 13 will start at 8 p.m.<\/div>\n
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Tickets are $25 in advance and $30 at the door.<\/div>\n
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On July 12, it\u2019s time for a different genre onstage at Jamey\u2019s.<\/div>\n
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Led by Harmonica Slim Derek Matteson on the misery whistle and expat Brit Tim the Perkolator Perks on guitar, with a changing cast of rhythm players and frequent high-profile guests, the veteran musicians are living the life and loving the blues. They always bring the party.<\/div>\n
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The show at Jamey\u2019s on July 12 will start at 8 p.m.<\/div>\n
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Tickets are $30 in advance and $35 at the door.<\/div>\n
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Every Sunday, Jamey\u2019s presents \u201cSUNDAY BLUES BRUNCH & JAM\u201d featuring the Philly Blues Kings from noon-1 p.m. and an open jam session from1-3 p.m. There is no cover charge.<\/div>\n
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Uptown! Knauer Performing Arts Center (226 North High Street, West Chester, www.uptownwestchester.org<\/a>) will host The Discoteks (Disco\/Motown) on July 13, Chrissie Crow (The Pretenders and Sheryl Crow) on July 20, Frontiers Journey (Journey) on July 26, Nimrod (Green Day) on July 27, and Kanin Wren’s Taylor Swift Experience on July 28.<\/div>\n
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Kennett Flash (102 Sycamore Alley, Kennett Square, 484-732-8295, http:\/\/www.kennettflash.org<\/a>) is hosting Thunderbird Divine, Silver\u00a0Sonic, and Impolite Society on July 12, Yesterday\u2019s Gone on July 13, Captain Dawg on July 20, and Clapton America on July 27.<\/div>\n
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The Candlelight Theatre (2208 Millers Road, Arden, Delaware,\u00a0302- 475-2313, www.candlelighttheatredelaware.org<\/a>) will start its run of the hit musical \u201cThe Fantastiks\u201d on July 13. The venue\u2019s Candlelight Comedy Club presentation \u201cMarried, Single and a Baby\u201d will be held on July 18.<\/div>\n
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Shows in July at the The American Music Theatre (2425 Lincoln Highway East, Lancaster, www.AMTshows.com<\/a>) are Amos Lee on July 11, Eaglemania on July 12, Terry Fator on July 13, Asia on July 14, The Docksiders on July 19, Tommy James & the Shondells on July 20, Frankie Valli on July 21, and NEEDTOBREATHE on July 25.<\/div>\n
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The Colonial Theater (227 Bridge Street, Phoenixville, thecolonialtheatre.com\/events<\/a>) will host Tab Benoit & Anders Osborne with Special Guest Mike Zito on July 19.<\/div>\n
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Phantom Power (121 West Frederick Street, Millersville, www.phantompower.net<\/a>) will present Modern Day Pharaohs on July 12, Brown Sugar on July 13, Yacht Lobsters on July 18, Jimmie\u2019s Chicken Shack on July 20, and Fourth Annual Phantom Deadfest on July 27.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times Here are some bands that might be on your playlists. Taking Back Sunday is an American\u00a0rock\u00a0band from\u00a0Long Island, New York. They released their eighth and most recent studio album,\u00a0\u201c152,\u201d in 2023. Breaking Pangaea\u00a0was an American\u00a0emo pop\u00a0band from\u00a0Philadelphia. The band released their debut EP and full-length album on Florida’s\u00a0Undecided […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35608,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5166],"tags":[3912,8932,10428,8931],"class_list":["post-35610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-d-arts-entertainment","tag-featured","tag-fred-mascherino","tag-gabe-stillman","tag-the-color-fred"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35610"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35610\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35611,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35610\/revisions\/35611"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/35608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}