Stage Fright, guest musicians to recreate 1976 concert
At 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 28, Stage Fright will be joined by nine guest musicians to recreate The Last Waltz, the famous farewell concert given by the Canadian-American roots rock group The Band on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 25, 1976, 49 years ago.
This BYOB concert will be in the Coolidge Theatre at the Deane Center for the Performing Arts, 104 Main St., Wellsboro.
The five members of Stage Fright share vocals and harmonies. They are: Joe Callahan of Wellsboro on guitar; Sean Monroe of Horseheads, New York on bass guitar; Mike Watkins of Addison, New York on keyboard, accordion, mandolin and fiddle; Mike Nickerson on drums; and Joe Narde on percussion. Narde and Nickerson are both from Corning, New York. Monroe, Callahan and Watkins write the music and all collaborate on the arrangements.
The nine guest artists are: singers Karin Knaus and Kira Woods, guitarist and banjoist Josh Sperrick, singers and guitarists Trevor Clark, Molly Cary and Brandon Lusk, singer and harmonica player, Bryan Nickerson, Dave Driskell on sax and piccolo; and Jason Bump on drums.
“Performing live, first as the backing musicians for Bob Dylan and then as headliners, The Band’s original members had reached a crossroads in 1976 after creating some of the most influential music of the late 1960s and early 1970s,” a news release said. “Their Thanksgiving concert was a celebration and the last time this revered rock group would ever perform live again. … The Last Waltz was presented at the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco, California, the same venue where The Band first debuted in 1968. It would go down as one of the most spectacular events in rock history.”





