Get to Know Pete Cassani of the Peasants
Hey Everybody!
I’d like for you to meet and get to know Pete Cassani. He’s the friendly guy who not only put us up at his house in Boston, but let us share his show at Harvard Square that memorable Saturday night of our tour.
You can check out his site on your own and hear some of his music at http://www.thepeasants.net/ , but until then, here are some excerpts from the “News” section of his site.I think you’ll be able to see why he and I hit it off politically.
I’ll be putting more here about Pete later. We’ll be sharing the Victorians’ Midnight Café Stage Friday, October 14, along with Whoa Nellie and maybe another band – all with the purpose of Driving out the Bush Regime!! Stay tuned.
- Uke Man
From Pete Cassani’s “The Peasants” site:
29 September, 2005
Homeless Squared in the USA!!! Tommy, our manager, lived in a tent under a bridge the past few summers. He's a Vietnam Veteran who's had some problems with alcohol and the law but his heart is gold and he works harder than any of us!!!
Anyway, about a week ago I got a call from Tommy. Some gov't goon squad from the City of Cambridge had gone down under the bridge and wiped him out, sort of like a hurricane. They took everything he had and threw it away. Coleman Stove, clothes, cooler, bed, light, everything... gone. Apparently you are not allowed to be a homeless veteran living under a bridge in the United States. Never mind Hurricane Katrina! And this in the People's Republic of Cambridge!
I thought about it and realized if Tommy were allowed to get away with this, pretty soon everyone would be living rent or mortgage free under bridges. Then what?!! Nobody would feel like paying for a mortgage. Then where would we be?! I'll tell you. We'd be no better than the American Indians who had no respect for land ownership. That's right. Redskins. The lot of us. Banks wouldn't get their pound of flesh. Landlords would have to pay their own mortgages. People would be free to set up camp wherever they wanted. It would be uncontrollable. We wouldn't be able to collect taxes. We couldn't pay for illegal invasions of oil rich countries. We certainly wouldn't be able to control the rest of the world!! Obviously Tommy had to go. He's on the couch.
If you live in Boston you may start to see Love Your Enemy posters for the Record Release party at The Middle East October 7th. Looks incredible thanks to Catherine Carter, Amanda Stark and Zanne de Janvier. Will be at Upstairs with The Ike Reilly Assassination, Suspect Device and The Glows. We go on at 10 pm and Ernie is playing drums. Come down and bring money to buy CDs!!
Almost finished booking my annual solo tour. This one will just go to the Midwest, the Mid Atlantic, a bit of the South and back up to New England. Many open mikes. A few good shows. One at The Elbo Room in Chicago. Repeat business @ Seattle's in Wooster, OH. Going to Columbus. Will play with Bobby Blasto Gutbucket Starker (fr Peasants) and Tom the Ukelele Man. Also stopping by Rock Island, IL to see my friends Chris and Elizabeth and the cutest little girl in the world, Shivon. I think that's how you spell it. I should know. I'm her goddamn Godfather! Poor kid.
25 September, 2005
Cool weather coming down fast here in New England. Took a seven piece Ukelele band out to Harvard Square with me last night. In from Columbus, OH. Bobby 'Blasto Gutbucket' Starker, one of the founding members of The Peasants, is playing Saxophone for Ukelele Man. They sounded like a New Orleans Dixie/Ragtime Band w/the Sax, Trombone, Trumpet, Harmonica, Ukelele, bass, guitar and drums. Even broke out the Ear Flute. Quite a circus.
Sure was great to play with Bobby again. We did all the classics. Black Coffee, Planet Earth, Good Thing Once. Like riding a bicycle. Love to just play guitar while somebody else does the singing!! Especially if it's Bob. He's a bad motherfucker. Sounds like a very pissed of Johnny Cash and god knows what else!! Ukelele man was great too. Strangest band to hit the pit all year, according to one of the Cambridge Arts Council monitors. Despite the cold, people were out. We tag teamed. Worked out pretty good.
I’d like for you to meet and get to know Pete Cassani. He’s the friendly guy who not only put us up at his house in Boston, but let us share his show at Harvard Square that memorable Saturday night of our tour.
You can check out his site on your own and hear some of his music at http://www.thepeasants.net/ , but until then, here are some excerpts from the “News” section of his site.I think you’ll be able to see why he and I hit it off politically.
I’ll be putting more here about Pete later. We’ll be sharing the Victorians’ Midnight Café Stage Friday, October 14, along with Whoa Nellie and maybe another band – all with the purpose of Driving out the Bush Regime!! Stay tuned.
- Uke Man
From Pete Cassani’s “The Peasants” site:
29 September, 2005
Homeless Squared in the USA!!! Tommy, our manager, lived in a tent under a bridge the past few summers. He's a Vietnam Veteran who's had some problems with alcohol and the law but his heart is gold and he works harder than any of us!!!
Anyway, about a week ago I got a call from Tommy. Some gov't goon squad from the City of Cambridge had gone down under the bridge and wiped him out, sort of like a hurricane. They took everything he had and threw it away. Coleman Stove, clothes, cooler, bed, light, everything... gone. Apparently you are not allowed to be a homeless veteran living under a bridge in the United States. Never mind Hurricane Katrina! And this in the People's Republic of Cambridge!
I thought about it and realized if Tommy were allowed to get away with this, pretty soon everyone would be living rent or mortgage free under bridges. Then what?!! Nobody would feel like paying for a mortgage. Then where would we be?! I'll tell you. We'd be no better than the American Indians who had no respect for land ownership. That's right. Redskins. The lot of us. Banks wouldn't get their pound of flesh. Landlords would have to pay their own mortgages. People would be free to set up camp wherever they wanted. It would be uncontrollable. We wouldn't be able to collect taxes. We couldn't pay for illegal invasions of oil rich countries. We certainly wouldn't be able to control the rest of the world!! Obviously Tommy had to go. He's on the couch.
If you live in Boston you may start to see Love Your Enemy posters for the Record Release party at The Middle East October 7th. Looks incredible thanks to Catherine Carter, Amanda Stark and Zanne de Janvier. Will be at Upstairs with The Ike Reilly Assassination, Suspect Device and The Glows. We go on at 10 pm and Ernie is playing drums. Come down and bring money to buy CDs!!
Almost finished booking my annual solo tour. This one will just go to the Midwest, the Mid Atlantic, a bit of the South and back up to New England. Many open mikes. A few good shows. One at The Elbo Room in Chicago. Repeat business @ Seattle's in Wooster, OH. Going to Columbus. Will play with Bobby Blasto Gutbucket Starker (fr Peasants) and Tom the Ukelele Man. Also stopping by Rock Island, IL to see my friends Chris and Elizabeth and the cutest little girl in the world, Shivon. I think that's how you spell it. I should know. I'm her goddamn Godfather! Poor kid.
25 September, 2005
Cool weather coming down fast here in New England. Took a seven piece Ukelele band out to Harvard Square with me last night. In from Columbus, OH. Bobby 'Blasto Gutbucket' Starker, one of the founding members of The Peasants, is playing Saxophone for Ukelele Man. They sounded like a New Orleans Dixie/Ragtime Band w/the Sax, Trombone, Trumpet, Harmonica, Ukelele, bass, guitar and drums. Even broke out the Ear Flute. Quite a circus.
Sure was great to play with Bobby again. We did all the classics. Black Coffee, Planet Earth, Good Thing Once. Like riding a bicycle. Love to just play guitar while somebody else does the singing!! Especially if it's Bob. He's a bad motherfucker. Sounds like a very pissed of Johnny Cash and god knows what else!! Ukelele man was great too. Strangest band to hit the pit all year, according to one of the Cambridge Arts Council monitors. Despite the cold, people were out. We tag teamed. Worked out pretty good.
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