| PETE FORNATALE TRIBUTE "Red Rubber Ball" Finale - Aztec Two-Step & Friends @ City Winery 5/27/12 "For Pete Sake" at City Winery ....The Aztec Two-Step/Pete Fornatale Simon & Garfunkel Songbook show originally scheduled for this date became a loving celebration in memory of legendary New York DJ Pete Fornatale. Rex Fowler, Neal Shulman and longtime bassist Fred Holman of Aztec Two-Step paid tribute to their dear friend and colleague along with fellow musicians, DJs and friends of Pete's on Sunday, May 27, 2012. Hosted by NY1's Budd Mishkin, guest musicians included Tom Chapin with Michael Mark, David Buskin, Julie Gold, and Willie Nile joined by James Maddock. WFUV's Don McGee, plus Budd Mishkin and Pete's sons Peter and Mark Fornatale all helped with Pete's narrations and read excerpts from his book "Simon & Garfunkel's Bookends." Other guests included legendary Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame DJ Joey Reynolds, Ken Best of WPKN & WHUS, Spider Glenn of WNTI, Vinny Cohan of WDFH. Two of Pete's favorite WFUV engineers, Matt Billy and Jeremy Rainer also spoke. It was an unforgettable evening filled with laughter and tears, musings and music, just like Pete would have wanted it. Proceeds from the show were donated to WhyHunger, on whose advisory board Pete served for many years up until his passing. |
