Puma Perl's Blog, page 3
June 15, 2022
11th Street Bar
Photo, Mike Rabinowitz with Joff Wilson, Puma Perl, Dave Donen (drums), guest Seaton Hancock on sax, and Joe Sztabnik
Photo, Mark McKay
Photo, Mike RabinowitzAnother great night at the 11th Street Bar on Wednesday, May 18, 2022. SoulCake opened for us, which they will do again at our next date, Tuesday, August, 23, 2022.
SoulCake at 8:30, Puma Perl and Friends, 9:30-11.Great bar, no admission or cover. 510 East 11th Street, right off Avenue A.
Anyway Café - Upcoming Dates
Photo, Bob Krasner, of Dave Donen, Puma Perl & Joe Sztabnik
Photo, Don Sztabnik
Photo, Don Sztabnik, outside with friends during the break.Having a great time at our monthly gigs at Anyway Café, 34 East 2nd Street, NYC.
A combination of my original poetry, Joe's original songs, a few covers thrown in, percussion by Dave Donen.
Starting in July, 2022, we will be there the second Monday of every month, 8-10.
Great food and drink, cash only, reservations suggested, 212-533-3412.
Recently, Maux Kelley Nolan, wrote a great review of us for BSceneZine:
https://bscenezine.com/bszlog/puma-jo...?
Next date: July 11!
March 29, 2022
Monday, March 28, at the Anyway Café
Puma, Joe (Sztabnik) and Dave (Donen) had a great time at our monthly residency at the Anyway Café, 34 East 2nd Street, NYC. Despite the unseasonably cold weather, we had a full house of both friends and diners who stumbled onto our show.
As per usual, we played for two hours, and included poetry, original songs by Joe, and two covers. Two of Joe's recent songs, "Lucy Dust" and "Home," are especially meaningful in light of the Russian war on Ukraine. We will be performing those songs on April 14 at a benefit to help Ukrainians who have been displaced by the war. The venue is the Parkside Lounge at Houston and Attorney.
Our next two shows at Anyway Café will be May 2 and June 6; starting in July, we will continue our residency on the second Monday of every month.
Photos: Don Sztabnik, Johan Vipper, Last two by Shelley Fromm
Puma Perl by Donald Sztabnik
Dave, Puma and Joe by Johan Vipper
Joe Sztabnik by Shelley Fromm
Drummer Dave Donen by Shelley Fromm
March 24, 2022
Stand with Ukraine: April 14 at the Parkside
On April 14, 2022, a fundraiser for Ukraine will be held at the Parkside Lounge, Houston and Attorney Street. Puma Perl and Friends is one of many bands supporting the cause. Starts at 7, ends?
Meanwhile, check out another great song and video by Joe Sztabnik.
Lucy Dust. Take Out the Power.
March 22, 2022
March 18, 2022, at the Parkside Lounge
Photo, Alan Rand, Puma Perl and Friends
Photo, Alan Rand, joining the Cynz on Fun
Photo, Don Sztabnik
Photo, Joy Grenauer, More Fun with Cyndi Dawson, Anne Husick and the BoysWe opened the night for Cyndi Dawson's birthday bash at the Parkside Lounge. The Puma Perl and Friends lineup was Joe Sztabnik, guitar, Dave Donen, drums, and Angello Olivieri, bass.
Photos by Alan Rand, Don Sztabnik and Joy Grenauer
February 28, 2022 - Anyway Café
Photos, Bob KrasnerOur monthly residency, Puma, Joe and Dave at the Anyway Café.(Puma Perl, Joe Sztabnik, Dave Donen)
February 23, 2022 - 11th Street Bar
Photo, Mark McKay, backdrop Eric SeftelPhoto, Phillip Giambri
Back at the 11th Street Bar, 2/23/22, with SoulCake again opening for Puma Perl And Friend - Joff Wilson, Joe Sztabnik, Dave Donen, with special guests Gass Wild, who sang "Stray Cat Blues" and Seaton Hancock on sax. We will return on May 18, 2022, once again with SoulCake. Photos by Mark McKay and Phillip Giambri
February 9, 2022 - City Winery Loft, Teen Cancer USA
Photo, John Richards
Photo, Don Sztabnik
Dave Donen, drummer, and Puma PerlPhoto, Mark Pollott
We were again included in the Teen Cancer USA benefit, which raises money for music programs for teens in treatment. The theme was the album "Beggar's Banquet" and we performed our arrangement of "Stray Cat Blues" with the insertion of my original poem, "She Breaks."
Photos John Richard, Don Sztabnik, Mark Pollott
March 21, 2022
January 17, 2022, Anyway Café
Puma, Joe (Sztabnik) and Dave (Donen) returned to the Anyway Café on January 17th, 2022 to continue our monthly residency. We have been very careful about avoiding exposure to COVID during times when NYC cases were on the rise and are cautiously optimistic about the near future. Upcoming dates at the Anyway Café are 2/28, 3/28, 5/2 and 6/6. Beginning July, 2022, we will be there the second Monday of each month doing a 2 hour set of original songs, poetry, and covers, 8-10 each month.
Photo, Rosie Kahn
