Shrine Bar - 04.01.10

Another night for Stolen Rhodes in New York City, and another great show for Stolen Rhodes in New York City. We made our triumphant and victorious return to the Shrine Bar on Thursday, where we played a solid 45-50 minute long set. The Harlem based venue is quickly becoming one of our favorite venues as once again the vibe, energy, and crowd we're outstanding. The show saw a bunch of classics, but a couple of twists to the set. Life Was Never Finer made its first appearance ever as a show opener, and we pulled out a rare cover with the Stevie Wonder classic Superstition. Look for us back at the Shrine on Thursday night May 20.

Set List:
Life Was Never Finer
Brand New Cadillac
All Night Long
One Day Everyday
Superstition (S. Wonder)
Beautiful Way
Keeps Us Moving

SR is off this weekend and we would like to wish everyone a Happy Easter or Passover. We will be back on Thursday night at Sweeney's in Northeast Philly for our first show at what we hear is a great venue. Look for us back in New Jersey on the 17th of this month as we play Surf Taco in Jackson. We'll be back in NYC on May 15 for our first appearance at the National Underground.

Also on the 17th of April make sure to check us out at the Blockley Pour House with our friends Big Blue Spruce amongst others as we play a benefit show for Camp Cranium.

Hope to see everyone at the shows.

SR SetMcIntyre's 03.25.10

Hello Stolen Rhodes fans, and welcome to your latest installment of the Stolen Rhodes set list blog. Last night our travels to took us to Toms River, New Jersey on the Jersey Shore for another engagement at McIntyre's in Toms River. Of course McIntyre's is always a dear place in the heart of the band as we played our first gig there about two years ago. Last night we were one of two bands to take the stage along with End of an Era, who put on a great set themselves. Last nights show was a blistering set, with one blistering track after the other as the band tossed all their ballads aside for the set, in favor of their loud catalog showcasing Peacemaker and Life Was Never Finer to open the show, and closing out with Falling off the Edge and Keeps Us Moving to keep the energy at a 10 the whole show.

Peacemaker
Life Was Never Finer
Brand New Cadillac
All I Need
One Day Everyday
Sympathy for the Devil (M. Jagger/K. Richards)
Rearviewmirror (D. Abbruzzse/J. Ament/S. Gossard/M. McCready/E. Vedder)
Falling off the Edge
Keeps Us Moving

Great news for NYC SR fans, along with Dan making an appearance with the Michelangelo Quirinale Band at Hank's Saloon in Brooklyn, SR will be returning next Thursday April 1 to the Shrine Bar in New York. For those of you that missed the last show at the Shrine you missed on a good show at a great venue. Great people, great vibe, and decently priced booze. A must see show for all. SR goes on at 10 PM.

For those of you on the Jersey Shore, we will be back at Surf Taco on April 17 for a full set of SR, and on May 1 for ST's Cinco de Mayo Festival. Info on the Cinco de Mayo show will be coming shortly.

For those of you in Philly we will be making our debut at Sweeney's in the Northeast on April 8. We will be returning to Milk Boy live on May 8 also. Please also check us out on April 17 as we play the Camp Cranium Benefit Concert at the Blockley Pourhouse in Philly. Please come out and rock out for a good cause.

Hope to see you all at upcoming shows and always remember to keep it movin....

SR

Puck Live 03.19.10

Hello all! On Friday the 19th we made our successful return to Puck Live in Doylestown, PA. We along with our friends Big Blue Spruce packed the intimate Doylestown club, and left all fans wanting more including a call for an encore by Stolen Rhodes. Amongst the highlights for the night was a great version of One Day Everyday which seems to be getting better with every show. The setlist also saw the return of the Pearl Jam cover Rearviewmirror, which along with Keeps Us Moving closed out the main set.

Set List
Faded Pictures
Life Was Never Finer
All I Need
Wild Night (V. Morrison)
All Night Long
California
Beautiful Way
Little Wing (J. Hendrix)
Sympathy for the Devil (M. Jagger/K. Richards)
Take Me Home
One Day Everyday
Freight Train
Rearviewmirror (D. Abbruzzese/J. Ament/S. Gossard/M. McCready/E. Vedder)
Keeps Us Moving

Encore
Whipping Post (G. Allman)

Look for Stolen Rhodes this Thursday night at McIntyre's in Toms River, NJ as we play their original music showcase night. We also will be returning to Surf Taco in Jackson on April 17, and on May 1 for their Cinco de Mayo Festival. More info to come on both.

For those of you in New York City you can catch Dan at Hank's Saloon in Brooklyn, NY on Friday night as he plays a set of ZZ Top with the Michelangelo Quirinale Band.

For those of you in Philly, we will be returning there on April 8th at Sweeney's in the Northeast for our debut show at what we have heard is a great venue.

Also in SR news, we were just confirmed once again for the Jackson Township PBA's annual pig roast in Lakewood, NJ. The event will take place this fall on September 25 at Pine Park.

03.25 - McIntyre's - Toms River, NJ
04.08 - Sweeney's - Philadelphia, PA
04.10 - Franklin & Marshall College - Lancaster, PA (Private Show)
04.17 - Blockley Pourhouse - Philadelphia, PA (Benefit for Camp Cranium)
04.17 - Surf Taco - Jackson, NJ
04.22 - Coyle's Roxbox - Roxborough, PA
04.23 - Triumph Brewery - Princeton, NJ
05.01 - Surf Taco - Jackson, NJ (Cinco de Mayo Festival)
05.15 - National Underground - New York, NY
09.25 - Jackson PBA Pig Roast - Lakewood, NJ

See you all at the next show.
SR

Shrine Bar - 03.03.10

Stolen Rhodes made a very successful return to New York City on Wednesday night, playing at the Shrine Bar in Harlem. First off we must comment on how great of a venue this place was. Great mix of people, accented by a great mix of music throughout the night. The Dan Arcamone Trio provided the crowd with some solid and well played jazz, highlighted by the guitar skills of Arcamone. Stolen Rhodes went on second and played some of their funkier and soulful numbers including a sweet rendition of Beautiful Way and the return of Whipping Post to the set list. Following us was the nights headliner the Plaine Truth. If you are a fan of SR I highly suggest checking out the Plaine Truth. A great mix of rock and roll and blues of today and yesterday. All in all a great time was had by all parties involved and we look forward to playing at the venue again shortly.

Set List
Brand New Cadillac
Life Was Never Finer
All Night Long
One Day Everyday
Beautiful Way
Up On Cripple Creek (R. Robertson)
Whipping Post (G. Allman)
Keeps Us Moving

Once again we would like to remind everyone of the benefit concert being put on by the Brother Elks of Lakewood, NJ on Saturday March 6. The benefit is for local Lakewood resident Glenn Williscroft who is battling cancer. The event starts at 2 PM, and goes until 7. SR will be hitting the stage at 4 PM, and will be joined by our friends the Skyelanders. A $20 donation is being asked for. Hope to see you all there. Also a reminder that our show on Saturday night at Fans in Jackson is canceled as are all future appointments there. We have decided to tell you as fans of our music, as Fans decided that they wanted to be unprofessional and not tell us. We'll hopefully have another Surf Taco date soon.

After the show on Saturday the band will be taking a week off as Kevin is taking a vacation down to Florida to see some Phillies ST games, and Ian will be rehabbing his busted up finger (you've gotta see it...it's gross, and the fact he is playing on it is quite the wonder).

We'll be back with a force on March 19 in Doylestown, PA at Puck Live, and we'll be returning to the Jersey Shore on March 25th at the place where we got our start; McIntyre's in Toms River.

Hope to see everyone at the next gigs, and thanks for all of your support.

01.22.10 Mad Hatter (Sea Bright) & 01.23.10 Surf Taco (Jackson)

Hey all and welcome to the first ever Stolen Rhodes blog. We hope you enjoy.

We had a great weekend playing on the Jersey Shore. Friday night we we're up in Monmouth County at Mad Hatters in Sea Bright. We played three sets, with a two song encore. This was our first show at Mad Hatters; a watering hole for the locals of Northern Monmouth County. We opened with a blistering 1-2 combo of One Day Everyday into the Springsteen classic Spirit in the Night (an opening combo that has taken the place of the Peacemaker/Life Was Never Finer combo that dominated our set list during the summer and fall of '09). Peacemaker was moved to the end of the set for the first time kicking off the encore along with Keeps Us Moving. Other highlights from the show included a blistering rendition of the Tom Petty classic Mary Jane's Last Dance; which has expanded into a 6 or so minute long jam with guitar solos by Kevin and Matt. We also premiered our newest song, End of Alone; which the band agreed was one of the best songs played that night.

Set 1
One Day Everyday
Spirit in the Night (B. Springsteen)
Time of the Season (R. Argent)
All I Need
Wild Night (V. Morrison)
Vultures (S. Jordan; J. Mayer; P. Palladino)
Beautiful Way
The Shape I'm In (R. Robertson)

Set 2
Brand New Cadillac
All Night Long
Mary Jane's Last Dance (T. Petty)
Freight Train
Take Me Home
Superstition (S. Wonder)
Up On Cripple Creek (R. Robertson)
Rearviewmirror (D. Abbruzzese; J. Ament; S. Gossard; M. McCready; E. Vedder)

Set 3
Sympathy for the Devil (M. Jagger; K. Richards)
California
End of Alone
Life Was Never Finer
Idle Ways
Whipping Post (G. Allman)
Falling off the Edge

Encore
Peacemaker
Keeps Us Moving

Saturday night we were back at Surf Taco in Jackson. The band played an epic 24 song; 3 hour marathon set with no breaks except for a drum set change as Matt's father Eddie Pillion came up and jammed on a blistering Up On Cripple Creek with us. The band also threw a "quiet" number into the set as Dan and Matt played a two guitar version of the Springsteen classic Atlantic City. Highlights of the night included a very solid and soulful Beautiful Way that involved Dan going into the crowd and fraternizing with a couple fans; a great version of the Stevie Wonder classic Superstition (complete with Dan's bass solo...and Dan's hair); and rousing rendition of Keeps Us Moving to close the night, with the SR Lovely Ladies on stage singing along.

One Day Everyday
Spirit in the Night (B. Springsteen)
Time of the Season (R. Argent)
All I Need
Brand New Cadillac
All Night Long
Wild Night (V. Morrison)
Up On Cripple Creek (w/ Eddie Pillion on drums). (R. Robertson)
Atlantic City (Dan & Matt). (B. Springsteen)
Sympathy for the Devil (M. Jagger; K. Richards)
California
End of Alone
Life Was Never Finer
Superstition (S. Wonder)
Idle Ways
Mary Jane's Last Dance (T. Petty)
Freight Train
Peacemaker
Beautiful Way
The Shape I'm In (R. Robertson)
Falling off the Edge
Rearviewmirror (D. Abbruzzese; J. Ament; S. Gossard; M. McCready; E. Vedder)
Whipping Post (G. Allman)
Keeps Us Moving

Hope to see everyone in New York City this weekend as we return to Kenny's Castaways on Saturday night. Show starts at 8:00. Also remember February 19 Stolen Rhodes returns to the Stone Pony to open up for Irish rockers Black 47. The show is part of the Stone Pony's 36th Anniversary Celebration.