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What a great time was had yesterday at Daddy’s Warwick for the in-store meet & greet with rock legends TWISTED SISTER!  As you may recall, the band is in town to perform at the Station Family Fund benefit along with a host of other incredible musicians and they kindly took some time out of their schedule to come meet with fans and raise some additional money for the charity.  I am happy to say that you all came out by the HUNDREDS yesterday and we were able to raise $1200 by door donations.  A HUGE thanks to the Warwick PD for helping us out yesterday, and the BIGGEST thanks to the Daddy’s Warwick staff - you guys did a fantastic job! If you weren’t there….here’s what you missed….

THE LINE STARTED HERE….

AND KEPT ON GOING, AND GOING…..

A FAMILY OF FANS….

“TWISTED DADDY” - Fred “Daddy” Bramante and Twisted Sister

THE DADDY’S WARWICK STAFF

THERE I AM….

Ok, I’ll admit it - just like the rest of you I LOVE THIS GAME!  So, we decided to set it up at the Boston store for all to enjoy!  In fact, we are having weekly contests for prizes - t-shirts, guitar strings, gift cards…. PLAY NICE - HAVE FUN!

He brought the sound, funk and fury with Prince and the New Power Generation, and he helped Justin Tmberlake bring ‘Sexy Back’ on the “FutureSex/LoveSounds” tour - John Blackwell is a spectacle for the eyes and ears and now he’s “Ready To Rock” at Daddy’s! Blackwell’s slamming tight grooves, popping snare and furiously flamboyant drumstick twirling and cross-arm strokes must be seen to be believed!

The John Blackwell TRIO 

Daddy’s Junky Music, 165 Mass Ave., Boston 

Thursday, March 27th @ 6:30pm! 

Tickets are $12 and are ON SALE NOW at all Daddy’s locations.  SEATING IS VERY LIMITED FOR THIS EVENT.  More details to come soon.

Daddy’s Junky Music Stores, Inc., New England’s largest musical instrument retailer, in conjunction with The Station Family Fund, will be hosting an in-store meet & greet with all of the members of legendary rock band “Twisted Sister” exclusively at Daddy’s Junky Music’s 1400 Bald Hill Rd., Warwick, RI location on Sunday, February 24th, from 4pm - 6pm. Fans will be able to meet and get their picture taken with Twisted Sister. A donation at the door to the Station Family Fund is kindly requested to meet the band.

“Twisted Sister is proud to be associated with Daddy’s Junky Music stores,” stated Twisted Sister guitarist Jay Jay French. “It is our sincere wish that those fans who show up for our meet & greet can voluntarily contribute what they can to aid The Station Family Fund cause. This is such an important event, and nothing exemplifies the support of this great cause more than having a music store that is so community based. We’d like to thank Daddy’s for asking us to participate in this additional fundraising event.”

The meet & greet comes one day prior to the “Phoenix Rising” concert at the Dunkin Donuts Center in Providence, RI, where Twisted Sister, along with a host of other artists, will perform to mark the five year anniversary of the Station Nightclub fire in which 100 people lost theirs lives, and countless survivors are still in need of financial help.

“The Station Family Fund is a small organization who has realized they have a strong ally in assisting those still in need. Twisted Sister has been become a huge force along with Daddy’s Junky Music in helping us meet those needs,” said Todd King, a Station Family Fund volunteer.

All proceeds from the in-store meet & greet with Twisted Sister & concert ticket sales from the “Phoenix Rising” concert, benefit the Station Family Fund, a non-profit 501 (c)(3) charitable organization founded by survivors of the Station Nightclub fire. The Station Family Fund is committed to providing survivor relief, including costs of ongoing treatment and rehabilitation.

“We are very happy to a be able to be a part of this event and are very thankful that one of my favorite bands, Twisted Sister, is helping us with this great cause.” said Daddy’s Junky Music founder/CEO Fred “Daddy” Bramante

For the most up to date information on the Twisted Sister meet & greet at Daddy’s Junky Music, visit http://www.daddys.com.

For more information regarding the Phoenix Rising concert visit http://www.stationfamilyfund.org

For more information on Twisted Sister visit http://www.twistedsister.com

So, I watched the Grammy’s on Sunday night - great show!  Morris Day and the Time, Tina Turner, the tribute to the Beatles and everything in between was great…well, almost everything.  The only part that bugged me was Kanye West’s acceptance speech - you know, the one where he came across as a completely entitled, and told us how he single handidly saved hip-hop music, no one else deserves Grammy’s but him bla bla bla bla.  So I decided to write an open letter to Kanye…and here it is.

Dear Kanye,

Shut it.

Love,

Candi

While at NAMM this year, I was informed that Webster Theater booking agent, Ben Wu, had gone missing while on vacation in the British Virgin Island’s.  It is with deep sadness to find out that after an extensive search by local police, the US Coast Guard, friends and family, it has been concluded that Ben accidentally fell into the water and is presumed dead.

We here at Daddy’s met Ben for the first time back in 1997 as he was working, I believe as an intern, a the production company we hired to produce our Daddy’s 25th Anniversary event at the Hatch Shell in Boston, MA.  We worked with Ben, and his great friend Jeff Franklin (who also at the time worked at that production company and moved up through the music industry ranks with Ben) on and off throughout the years.  Most recently when Daddy’s opened up our Waterbury, CT location - Ben and Jeff were kind enough to donate concert tickets for our grand opening celebration. Ben was ALWAYS a pleasure to work with.

From all of us here at Daddy’s, our deepest condolences go out to Ben’s family, Ben’s friends (especially Jeff) and to all who had the pleasure of meeting Ben.  He was a gentle soul and will be greatly missed.

RIP Ben.

Candi and the entire Daddy’s Junky Music family.

 

 

 

Meet TWISTED SISTER in person at Daddy’s Junky Music!  Stay tuned for details….