Kathy Geary, soprano

Kathy Geary "Heaven Is" for NPR TIny Desk 2021

Recorded at home June 6, 2021

Heaven Is, lyrics by Ron English, music by Kathy Geary
Ron sent me these lyrics in March 2020. They impressed me so, that I wrote a song. I picked through the verses and changed the order but didn't change one word of the text. It was such a difficult time and I was thinking about the possibility of dying before I was ready. This song got me through that time.

Bleecker St Reality Band - History and Time Line

It all began in 1992 when David and Kathy were both living in the same building on Bleecker St in the West Village in lower Manhattan. She was reading a biography of Phil Ochs, one of Dylan's contemporaries who lived and died in that block, writing what he felt. She was inspired by the history of the place and even though it seemed that history had passed on there still seemed to be an incredible energy left. People always on the street. Folk singers and african drum jams at midnight, hard rock spilling out from all the clubs, the Bitter End still cranking into the night. Even though Joni and Joan and Judy had left, even though Dylan and Tim Hardin and Jimi and Coltrane were no longer there, Kathy and David were. They started playing together with friends from the neighborhood and throughout the various incarnations of the band, they kept at it. The album UNREAL is the fruition of these years.

Time Line of All Concerts and Sessions in New York City

1/18/97 DARK STAR LOUNGE: Kathy Geary (vocals & guitar), David Sokol (drums), Bob Windbiel (lead guitar), Don Martin (bass guitar)
12/29/96 CB's GALLERY: Kathy Geary (vocals & guitar), Phil Bloom (drums), Bob Windbiel (lead guitar), Don Martin (bass guitar)
12/21/96 BAGGOTT INN: Kathy Geary, David Sokol, Mark Czui (lead guitar), Don Martin
12/10/96 RODEO BAR: Kathy Geary, David Sokol, Bob Windbiel, Don Martin
09/03/96 RODEO BAR: Kathy Geary, David Sokol , Bob Windbiel, Don Martin
07/16/96 SHOWCASE for Lawfirm at Euphoria Studios: Kathy Geary, David Sokol, Bob Windbiel, Don Martin
04/10/96 BITTER END: Kathy Geary, David Sokol, Bob Windbiel, Tony Conniff (vocals & bass)
03/11/96 WESTBETH THEATRE CENTER: Kathy Geary, David Sokol, Tony Conniff, Bob Windbiel
02/27/96 BITTER END: Kathy Geary, David Sokol, Tony Conniff, Bob Windbiel
01/04/96 BITTER END: Kathy Geary, David Sokol, Tony Conniff, Bob Windbiel
09/15/95 HARD ROCK CAFE (US Tennis Open party for the Jensen Brothers): Kathy Geary, David Sokol, Tony Conniff (bass guitar)
05/22/95 MERCURY LOUNGE Last gig with the origianl band: Kathy Geary, David Sokol, Dan Martin (vocals & bass), Kevin Giordano (lead guitar)
04/12/95 LE BAR BAT: Kathy Geary, David Sokol, Dan Martin, Kevin Giordano
03/21/95 UNREAL at Power Station: final mastering
12/04/94 UNREAL at Power Station: final overdubs and mix
10/20/94 A.K.A. on Houston St: Kathy Geary, David Sokol, Dan Martin, Kevin Giordano
07/23/94 UNREAL begin recording at Power Station: Kathy Geary, David Sokol, Dan Martin, Kevin Giordano
06/09/94 POWER STATION track for ENGLISH 101: Ron English, Kathy Geary, David Sokol, Dan Martin, Kevin Giordano
06/01/94 UNDER ACME: Kathy Geary, David Sokol, Dan Martin, Kevin Giordano
05/17/94 POWER STATION: demo 2: Kathy Geary, David Sokol, Dan Martin, Kevin Giordano
05/03/94 LE BAR BAT: Kathy Geary, David Sokol, Dan Martin, Kevin Giordano
03/24/94 TRAMPS: Kathy Geary, David Sokol, Dan Martin, Kevin Giordano
02/16/94 GONZALES Y GONZALES: Kathy Geary, David Sokol, Dan Martin, Kevin Giordano
01/07/94 UNDER ACME: Kathy Geary, David Sokol, Dan Martin, Kevin Giordano
11/15/93 LONE STAR ROADHOUSE: Kathy Geary, David Sokol, Dan Martin, Kevin Giordano, Henry Morales (congas)
10/17/93 THE BITTER END: Kathy Geary, David Sokol, Dan Martin, Kevin Giordano, Henry Morales (congas)
09/23/93 UNDER ACME: Kathy Geary, David Sokol, Dan Martin, Kevin Giordano
09/05/93 THE BITTER END: Kathy Geary, David Sokol, Dan Martin, Kevin Giordano
08/19/93 FLANNERY'S BAR: Kathy Geary, David Sokol, Dan Martin, Kevin Giordano
07/05/93 M&I RECORDING Studios demo 1: Kathy Geary, David Sokol, Dan Martin, Kevin Giordano
04/21/93 NEW MUSIC CAFE: Kathy Geary, David Sokol, Dale Robbins (bass sub for D. Martin), Dorian Cheah (guitar & violin), Craig Schneider (keys), Robert Wagner (tenor)
04/10/93 DOWNTIME: Kathy Geary, David Sokol, Dan Martin (bass vocals on DeMars), Dorian Cheah (vio & guitar), Craig Schneider (keys), Robert Wagner (tenor voice), Carol Attmore (vocals)
03/15/93 THE BITTER END: Kathy Geary, David Sokol, Dan Martin, Dorian Cheah (guitar & violin), Craig Schneider (keys), vocals; Carol Attmore, Edgie Wallace, Robert Wagner
12/20/92 SPEAKEASY: Kathy Geary, David Sokol, Jeff Carney (bass sub for D. Martin), Warren Roche (guitar), Charlotte Carruthers (vocals & keys)

Sleeping Outside

Now and Then AT HOME: Rapping and Singing - BTS, DOESH, Bad Bunny, Art Thief, Machine Gun Kelly, Coldplay

Original air date May 29, 2021 | Time 58:00

Pop and Rock and Rap are all falling together with rappers singing, and singers rapping into a new hybrid type of song, both upbeat and introspective all at once.

Check it out every Sat at 3pm "Now and Then" on https://WJFFRadio.org or 90.5fm Radio Catskill.