John Walsh Jr and Friends: News

Keep checking out the Music Part of the site for MP3s from 2007 and from the archives! Some great tracks from gigs with friends from many groups besides the Rebellion, too!

I'm accepting students for percussion and drumset for the 2007 school year. I teach all levels of interest and ability, so get in touch through the contacts page if you have questions. Our bios page on this website has a lot of information about my playing experience and my educational experience.

Getting gig recordings ready for people to listen to used to be a lot more time-consuming than nowadays. Good thing is that technology has finally caught up with the speed of a gigging musician. We just need enough to buy a bigger hard drive!
I'm looking forward to sharing some tunes I've played in bands both here in Connecticut and for show performers during my years as a drummer on board cruise ships floating around this fine globe of ours!

We just wanted to say thank-you to the town of Coventry for including us on their summer series this year!
We had a great time with the mellow crowd of listeners, swimmers and picnicers as the 90-degree daylight faded.
Patriot's Park Bandshell is especially beautiful at sunset. We hope to be back in the future. Till then, get on our email list or keep checking our calendar to see where we are at!
Peace.!

If you didn't check out our NEW TRIO VIDEO for 2007, it's up on the site now under our MP3-Video link at the top of every page.
SPECIAL THANKS:
-- Jeff Schlichter- for filming us! To contact him see our links page.
-- The Federal Cafe in downtown Hartford,CT for giving us a good time to do our filming!

I am now accepting drum and percussion students for the 2006-07 school year.
I will be teaching Middle School percussionists in the Middletown,CT school system,
and ALSO in Middletown:
I will be teaching at the fantastic Green Street Arts Center. You've got to check out how much they have to offer kids and adults alike! One of the most positive places in our state of Connecticut!

Keep your eyes open for new video from both Junior's Rebellion and Marshall and Walsh Percussion Programs!
I'm gonna try to surprise you!

The Rebellion are accepting bookings all year, but we are ready to play for your town green, cookouts, block parties, weddings- anytime, really. Summer is a lot of fun for us!
To contact us follow the contact/booking link at the top of every page and use email or phone! Hope to talk to you soon!

Mark Manczuk was one of the three of us who put together this last year's percussion video (the one currently on the site). He is moving toward becoming more and more educated, and also he is gigging more and more, so it looks like he's moving onward into his own space.
Thanks for the laughs and for bringing your music around through playing and teaching as well.
Keep in touch!

Wow!!
Saturday Oct.8th was the GHMarathon and the rain was cranking for much of the morning, but we played in a great spot on someone's porch to pep-up the runners. We were one mile from the end of the 25-miler, so folks looked tired but extremely happy to hear us
We may have been one of the only bands who showed up on the Hartford side of the river despite the weather, and we say that because so many runners seemed truly psyched to see and hear us as they worked toward a finishing time.
See you there next year!!

Hostbaby has come through with their promise to enable us to have video on their server, SO
In the next few weeks/months you will be able to get the "full picture" of us ( yesssss...! )

MARSHALL, MANCZUK AND WALSH PERCUSSION PROGRAMS will be the first to proudly appear. So keep your eye out!
Actually, there is one test video up there already.

I TRIED lowering the video quality for dial-up to make streaming possible and and it was terrible.
BUT anyone can still listen to our music MP3s with both dial-up or highspeed connection.

If you have DSL, CABLE or other highspeed connections you are GOLDEN for checking out the streaming video!
Let me know what you think of the examples.

Check out our new Junior's Rebellion mp3s on our MUSIC page.
There are 12 new DUO MP3s and
11 new TRIO MP3s!
Junior even sings!
Hope you enjoy the tunes

In addition to Junior's Rebellion, John Walsh is joining The Les Rios Band and will be doing dates all over New England from Vermont to Boston.
Check the Calendar for dates when we are near your town!!

On Friday, May 6, 2005
Marshall, Manczuk and Walsh will be showcasing our percussion group at the 105th Connecticut PTA convention in Waterbury,CT in preparation to begin working in the schools and communities during the next school year.
(Conn. Grand Hotel and Conference Center- Waterbury, CT)