Kathy Geary, soprano

Three Part Harmony! - Peter Paul and Mary, Beatles, CS&N, Uncle Walt's Band

Original air date July 23, 2016 | Time 59:00

It's a special talent when three voices blend into one, this was a regular part of the vocabulary of early folk and rock in the early 60's. We hear Peter Paul & Mary from 1966, 1969 amd 2004: "Hurry Sundown", "Leaving on a Jet Plane", "Great Mandella" and "Don't Laugh at Me". The Beatles used three part harmony extensively in their early songs but it slowly disappeared in their work until their final Abbey Road Sessions in 1969; "You Can't Do That", "Yes It Is" and "Because". Crosby Stills and Nash built their sound around three part harmony and from their debut in 1969 we hear "Helplessly Hoping" and "49 Bye-byes". Finally, one of my personal favorites, friends of mine, had Uncle Walt's Band in Austin TX in the early 70's, we hear "Aloha" and "High Hill" from their debut album.

Paul Simon "Stranger to Stranger"

Original air date June 25, 2016 | Time 59:00

Simon's 13th solo album was just released on June 3 called "Stranger to Stranger". Flamenco dancers and hand clapping are the basis of the rhythm track of "The Riverbank". His long time partner producer Roy Halle, who is 82 yrs old, produces this album, a lifelong collaboration which began with Simon and Garfunkel's "Bookends in 1968. all the songs on today's program are produced by Roy. "Mrs Robinson","America","El Condor Pasa / If I Could" and "Cecilia" from Bookends and "Bridge over Troubled Water" 1968 and 1970. From Paul's debut solo 1972 self titled album we hear "Duncan". Next from June 2016 we hear "Proof of love" and the title track to "Stranger to Stranger". Paul Simon is an American Master singer songwriter.

Cloud Cover on Revelations Book II

Revelations Book II

released 1999 on WHICH Records, vinyl re-issue 2011

I AM HERE (Ron English / Kathy Geary)

Kathy Geary - vocals, piano
Don Martin - electric bass
Stephen Henderson - snare drum, congas
Andrew Williams - trombone
Serena Jost - cello
Produced by Kathy Geary & Ron English
recorded at Smash Studios, NYC 1999

HOLY TERROR (Ron English / Kathy Geary)

Kathy Geary vocal, piano
Bob Windbiel guitars
Don Martin bass
Adrian Harpham drums
Chorus: Emilio 'Zef' China, Michael DiRoma, Kathy Geary, Paris Pacchione, Nancy Tepper, Robert Wagner
Produced by Kathy Geary and Ron English
Mixed by Chris Albert at Mutiny Zoo Studios, Hoboken NJ
Recorded by Richard A. La Salvia at Smash Studios, NYC

Bleecker St. Reality Band "Fourth of July, 1993"

Bleecker St. Reality Band "Fourth of July, 1993"

My friend and business partner David Sokol and I formed a band in the early 1990's named "Bleecker St Reality Band". We both lived in the same building on Bleecker St down in the West Village in NYC and we were partners in Euphoria Studios, a music rehearsal studio that is still running strong to this day. We met our bassist Dan Martin, a gifted singer songwriter with Cuban heritage, and together we placed an ad in the Village Voice looking for a lead guitarist. We found Kevin Giordano and made our first recordings within two weeks of meeting him, after maybe two or three rehearsals we produced "Fourth Of July", which was the actual recording date. Dan Martin's girlfriend Linda Rabiet made a video of the session.

We recorded covers. I had been a huge fan of Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks and we did two of his songs.