• Rich Pagano & the sugarCane Cups present: The Music of The Who - Live Rehearsal - GA
• 9:00pm

Rich Pagano & The sugarCane Cups host a special live rehearsal at City Winery of songs for the following day’s March 2nd benefit concert "The Music of The Who" at Carnegie Hall, presented by Michael Dorf Presents.

Confirmed special guest so far are: Willie Nile, Bob Mould, Nicole Atkins, Jason Isbell and members of the Fab Faux. More TBA

As the house band leader for the Carnegie show, Pagano will anchor this intimate dress rehearsal with a selection of his original music, Beatles tunes and of course, the music of the Who. Joining him will be some of the artists performing at Carnegie Hall the following night. In addition there will be special appearances by The Contes and Jimmy Vivino's Prisoners of 2nd Avenue.

This is a great opportunity to come and see the artists in a live rehearsal as they prepare for the benefit concert.

Rich Pagano & The sugarCane Cups:

Rich Pagano (The Fab Faux, Rosanne Cash, Patti Smith) - drums/vox

Andy York (John Mellencamp) - guitar/voxv

John Conte (Southside Johnny, Rosanne Cash, Ian Hunter) - bass/vox

Steve Conte (New York Dolls, Paul Simon) - guitar/vox

Kevin Bents (Donald Fagen) - keyboards/vox

"...it won't change the inconvenient truth that Rich Pagano + The sugarCane cups is among the best albums that you'll hear in 2009." - Reverend Keith A. Gordon, Blurt Magazine

"...undeniably Pagano’s showcase, which goes to prove that yes indeed, great drummers can also produce rock solid solo albums." - Kevin O'Hare, Masslive.com

"Rich Pagano is known as one of the coolest singing drummers in the Tri-State area, but his first solo record shows he is also an imaginative songwriter and gifted arranger..." - Kay Cordtz, Elmore Magazine

"...takes his Fab Faux magic and extends it to his first solo release...I love the songs" - Ken Dashow, Legendary New York DJ, Q104 FM

"Music Mix pick of the day-You Want To Stay High" - Simon Vozick-Levinson, EntertainmentWeekly.com