I turned 60 at the beginning of October and for my party I held a benefit for the non-profit organisation The Music Settlement, which deals with early childhood education, people with mental illnesses and music therapy, among other programmes.

This first set of songs come from that benefit concert, which featured some of Cleveland's best musicians:

VICTOR SAMALOT: Happy Jazz For You
DEREK DePRATOR & EVAN KLEVE: I Am Just An Actor In A Play
JOE ROLLIN PORTER: Spike Driver Blues
ANGELLE SHERIDAN: The Changing Times
ALAN GRANDY: Untitled 3
ALAN GRANDY & JEFF REDING: Working Class Hero
CARLOS JONES: Catcha Falling Star
ALEX BEVAN: Mississippi Medicine
anitakeys: Wedding Song (Single)
INDUCING PANIC: The Love Song (from With Sounds That Nobody Really Likes, Vol. 2)
KISS ME DEADLY: Shallow Focus (from what you do in the dark)

I got the news that legendary Cleveland blues musician Glenn Schwartz (formerly of the James Gang and Pacific Gas & ELectric) had died at the beginning of this month. This is for him from their newly released lost treasure 'Sunday Morning Revival:

THE SCHWARTZ-FOX BLUES CRUSADE: Sunday Morning Revival
THE SCHWARTZ-FOX BLUES CRUSADE: Ninety Nine

And now back to our regular programme:

FLOYDBAND: Innocent By Insanity (from The Secret to our Suckcess)
FAITH ACADEMY: Sex Like Heaven (Live)
THE LEPERS: Coitus Interruptus (Ode to Larry Flynt) (Single)
HAMMER DAMAGE: Laugh (Single)
THE GUNS: I'm Not Right (from The New Hope, Vol. 1 compilation)
DRUNK BUSEYS!!: Voices (from the Pony Punches EP)
HOSTILE OMISH: It's No Fun (from the Clearing the Air compilation)
GARTEN KIRKHOF: Sixteen Days (from Le Dormier: A Retrospective)
DRAGONWYCK: Run To The Devil (from Chapter 2)
ARCHIE & THE BUNKERS MEET THE CLEVELAND STEAMERS: Hung Up On You (Single)
THE BYRON NEMETH GROUP: I Am The Walrus
BLUTO'S REVENGE: Back To Normal (from use once and destroy)
APARTMENT ONE: Back To The Synthesizer (Demo)
DAVE E & THE COOL MARRIAGE COUNSELORS: Psychology 101 (Live)
FLEXIDIGIT: The Test Of Love And Sex (Live)
KIRKENDAHL VOYD: (You're In My Fondest) Nightmares (from Graveyard A-Go-Go)
INSANITY & THE KILLERS: Too Much Porno (from The Killers)
THE KNEECAPPERS: Instrumental (Live)
CIVILIAN TERRORISTS: Alternative Energy (Demo)
POOBAH: I Want Peace
BOLD CHICKEN: Please Me (from Bold Chicken)
CHI PIG: Ring Around The Collar (from the Burn Rubber City, Burn compilation)
THE F-MODELS: It's Not Right (Demo)
THE MICE: Not Proud OF The USA (from the Rond On the Edges and High in the Middle compilation)

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