Nicole Atkins, Locksley, Willie Nile & Pat DiNizio to play benefit salute to Buddy Holly at Vintage Vinyl

As anyone in the Jerz will tell you, the best record store on the East Coast is Vintage Vinyl in Fords.  No further discussion needed.  I just found this press release in our in-box for what looks like a killer free event at "The Double V":

Record Store Day Sponsoring "Buddy Holly Lives!" festival at Vintage Vinyl to raise money for Parkinson's research

January 23, 2009- Record Store Day, presented by a consortium of independent music retailers spanning the United States and overseas with hundreds of store locations, will be sponsoring Buddy Holly Lives on January 31st, 2009. Vintage Vinyl Records will host "Buddy Holly Lives," a live in-store concert event.

The free concert will seek to raise money for the Light of Day Foundation, a charitable organization dedicated to finding a cure for Parkinson's Disease. The event begins at noon and is expected to run until about 5 PM.

The performers, including celebrated NY rocker Willie Nile, Columbia recording artist Nicole Atkins, Pat Dinizio, lead vocalist of the Smithereens, MTV featured artists Locksley and more, will each perform their favorite Buddy Holly tunes to celebrate the life of the rock legend and commemorate the 50th Anniversary of his tragic plane crash. The event will take place on the Vintage Vinyl in-store stage.

Vintage Vinyl Records is an independently owned and operated records store in NJ since 1979.

To learn more about this event, visit vvinyl.com and vvinyl.com/buddy.php

Location: Vintage Vinyl Records, 51 Lafayette Road Fords, NJ 08863

My Morning Jacket & Nicole Atkins - "Islands In The Stream (Live at MSG on NYE 09)" mp3

Nicole Atkins, Live In The Dirty Jerz.

In a convergence of two of the best entities in the New Jersey music scene, Nicole Atkins played a great acoustic set at one of the world's best music stores, Vintage Vinyl of Fords last month, and the whole thing was shot with multiple angles and can be streamed courtesy of YeboTV:

I know I've said it before, but you've got to see her and her band, The Sea, live and in-person to really see and feel how powerful a performer she is. Here's her current string of dates:

02/19/08 Cleveland, OH Beachland Tavern

02/20/08 Ann Arbor, MI Blind Pig

02/21/08 Chicago, IL Subterranean

02/22/08 Milwaukee, WI Cactus Club

02/23/08 Madison, WI Café Montmartre

02/25/08 Minneapolis, MN 7th Street Entry

02/29/08 Portland, OR Doug Fir Lounge

03/01/08 Seattle, WA The Triple Door

03/03/08 San Francisco, CA The Independent

03/05/08 San Diego, CA Brick By Brick

03/06/08 West Hollywood, CA The Troubadour

03/09/08 Dallas, TX House Of Blues - Cambridge Room

03/10/08 Houston, TX The Mink

03/12/08 Austin, TX SXSW
03/13/08 Austin, TX SXSW
03/14/08 Austin, TX SXSW
03/15/08 Austin, TX SXSW

03/17/08 Birmingham, AL Bottle Tree

03/18/08 Atlanta, GA EARL

03/20/08 Charlotte, NC Snug Harbor

03/21/08 Charlotte, NC Snug Harbor

03/22/08 Chapel Hill, NC Local 506

03/24/08 Washington DC Rock and Roll Hotel

3/25 Philadelphia, PA The World Cafe Live

6/12-15 Manchester, TN Bonnaroo


Nicole Atkins - "Party's Over" mp3