Thursday, February 3, 2011

Winterstack Concert A Huge Success!

Festival Hall in Reedville VA hosted a sold out event of 300 people enjoy a winter concert to benefit the Save the Stack effort. The event was opened by Reedville’s newest group of musicians called “Throwin Wake” (Justin Fulcher on lead vocals, Whitney Jett on bass guitar, Michael Painter on lead guitar and Joe Jones on drums.

They were followed by the headline band called Nightshift (Kevin Pittman on rhythm guitar, lead vocals, keyboard and harmonica, Eric Deihl on lead guitar and vocals, Kenneth Hurst on bass guitar and Kim Haynie on drums and vocals. which is comprised of a group of guys who grew up in Reedville in the 1970s and formed the band Nightshift before they could drive cars.

They were the featured act at fire house parties, street dances and graduation parties. They have only reunited 3 times in 30 years. Jan 29th was the 3rd reunion and they rocked the house. Their second set event included a special guest appearance of Will Pittman (Kevin’s 12 year old son) on guitar for the famed Johnny Cash song “Ghost Riders in the Sky” and teenager Seth Deihl (Eric’s son) on several songs where he played the keyboard and harmonica.

You can see a ton of fun images here on the save the stack Facebook page.