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Written by Mike Fitelson
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Wednesday, May 19, 2010 |
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After 40 some-odd years, Peter Walsh, the co-owner of Coogan’s Restaurant on Broadway at W. 169th Street and one-time Columbia Records recording artist, returned to the stage Fri., May 14 in a benefit concert for his wife Suzanne’s summer arts camp for youth.
The concert at the Armory on Ft. Washington Avenue was attended by over 100 friends and family who witnessed the crackerjack band rip through a smattering of rock, blues, jazz and, yes, even reggae tunes, belted by the more than soulful Walsh. The multi-set offerings included covers (everything from “Whiter Shade of Pale” to “Try a Little Tenderness”) and several originals that Walsh penned in the 1960s, before joining the Army when his record contract fell through. But it was the Dylan covers where Walsh proved himself as a great interpreter of song. The video clip is from the sound check when the band ran through “Just Like a Woman,” which opened the evening. To date, the concert has raised over $10,000 for Creative Arts Summer Camp. Learn more at http://www.cshnyc.org/coogans.
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