Joe
plays free music for some of the following visitors and with some great musicians
in Washington Square Park. . .
and some other places. (P.S. If I got your name wrong please let
me know so I can fix it.) |
Two ladies from Spain sing along with Maurice. (8/17/2010) |
Lukas from Italy
plays a song. (8/17/2010) |
This excellent singer dropped by to do a song. (8/16/2010) |
Artist demonstrates his body painting skills on a beautiful model. (8/14/2010) |
Another excellent singer plays a song for us. (8/13/2010) |
Ali and Maurice play for the crowd. 8/8/2010 |
Girls join Artie to sing harmony. 8/8/2010 |
Carol listens to Kirk sing some songs. 8/7/2010 |
Maurice plays with Elana and Christia. 8/8/2010 |
Christia sang "Maxwell's Silver Hamer". 8/4/2010 |
Elana did an old standard. 8/4/2010 |
    
Beautiful girls provided lots of maracas for the music. 8/4/2010 |
This couple came out at night to hear the music. 8/4/2010 |
Beautiful girls from Russia shook their maracas for us. 8/3/2010 |
Maurice and Ali inherited a dancer for their music. 8/3/2010 |
Ali dressed up like Carmen Miranda. 8/3/2010 |
Skip talks with a fan. 8/3/2010 |
These two girls try out the instruments. 8/2/2010 |
Myra relaxes during the late night music. 8/2/2010 |
This beautiful woman danced to some of Joe's songs. 8/1/2010 |
Lori B. sang a Lucinda Williams hit. 8/1/2010 |
Joe tried to encourage a couple from Toronto gets ready to try a
song. 8/1/2010 |
Skip Mitchell and Danny Rivera got the music going with some
great vocals. 8/1/2010 |
Two more couples from Toronto were with us for the day in
Washington Square. 8/1/2010 |
We discovered the wonderful voice of Sheri Miller when we took a
break for dinner. 8/1/2010 |
Maurice stays cool under a shady tree. 7/31/2010 |
Jennifer and Mai from University of Notre Dame sat in the
sun. 7/31/2010 |
Family plays maracas together. 7/31/2010 |
Girls from France shaking their maracas. 7/31/2010 |
Claire from England played guitar as a child. 7/31/2010 |
Ali plays for the crowd. 7/31/2010 |
Lori B. sang an original song. 7/31/2010 |
Girl from Brazil stopped by on her way to a concert. 7/31/2010 |
Songwriter Jefferson sings an original song for Susan. 7/31/2010 |
Country songwriter Lori B. sings her song "Trouble". 7/30/2010 |
Skip Mitchell sang "Still The One". 7/30/2010 |
Beautiful woman from Israel sang "Satisfaction" with Joe.
7/30/2010 |
 Julia
and Carolena from Rome, Italy try out the maracas. Julia then played
guitar for us. 7/30/2010 |
Family from Brooklyn, New York sang Bee Gees songs. 7/30/2010 |
Caroline from Little Italy listened. 7/30/2010 |
Ali sings "Only Happy When It Rains". 7/29/2010 |
Beatrice and friend play maracas. 7/29/2010 |
Christia and friend sang. 7/29/2010 |
This girl shook her maracas for almost an hour. 7/29/2010 |
Maurice led the percussion section. 7/29/2010 |

These two families helped out with the rhythms. 7/29/2010 |
Christia sang "Bang Bang Maxwell's Silver Hammer". 7/28/2010 |
Olga from Russia played the maracas for the song. 7/26/2010 |
   
Family from Italy entertained everyone for about an hour.
Italian songs included "O Sole Mio", of course. 7/28/2010. Group
photo includes Franco, Bobby and Maurice on left side
of picture. 7/28/2010 |

Two friends each played one song. 7/28/2010 |
Lovely Virginia from Indiana played the maracas for the audience in
Washington Square Park. 7/27/2010 |
  
Italian journalist, Dr Franco Perdichizzi, shot video of Joe
singing "Satisfaction". (left) He poses with his beautiful
wife and daughters. (center) His daughter tries Joe's guitar.
And with sister-in-law. 7/27/2010 |
Girl from Brooklyn shakes her maracas. 7/27/2010 |
This beautiful girl helped us keep the rhythm. 7/27/2010 |
Baby plays a song for us. 7/27/2010 |
Guest guitarist from Illinois plays a song. 7/27/2010 |
Ali jams with visiting guitar player as family sings. 7/27/2010 |
Bubble man entertains the kids. 7/27/2010 |
David Peel drops by with friends. 7/27/2010 |
Excellent drummer plays a song with Ali. 7/27/2010 |
Singing family from Georgia visited us in Washington Square Park. 7/27/2010 |
These beautiful girls from Germany sang along with Joe for a couple
of hours. 7/26/2010 |
These ladies from France sang "Satisfaction"". 7/26/2010 |
Women from Indiana and Tennessee USA. 7/26/2010 |
Ali dropped by to play a few songs with Maurice. 7/26/2010 |
This family played Maracas with us in Washington Square Park. 7/26/2010 |
A guest guitarist plays a song for the crowd. 7/26/2010 |
(left to Right) Drummer Maurice, Jennifer from New Jersey,
and couple from Italy requested "Satisfaction". 7/26/2010 |
Joe Westchester sang "Country Roads". 7/26/2010 |
Tim from New Jersey USA played a song. 7/26/2010 |
Alexis dropped by from the Bluenote on her break to sing some songs
with Joe. 7/25/2010 |
Family played music with us in the rain. 7/26/2010 |
John from Brooklyn was an excellent harmony singer. 7/25/2010 |
Patty played her originals and had a beautiful voice. 7/25/2010 |
The famous David Peel drops by to hear a song. 7/24/2010 |
Late night visitors to Washington Square sang and danced to Joe's
music. 7/24/2010 |
Country singer Lori B. plays one of her originals. 7/23/2010 |
Dancers pose for UMO Music before their show. 7/23/2010 |
  
First it's the belly dancer. 7/23/2010 |
  
Then the hoop dancer followed by a dance duet. 7/23/2010 |
Maurice poses with the dancers. 7/23/2010 |
Miguel played percussion with Joe and Lori. |
Girls from Austria listened to the music. 7/23/2010 |
This couple sang songs with Maurice on drum. 7/23/2010 |

Beautiful girl from France plays percussion with Maurice and
boyfriend. 7/22/2010 |
Little boy wants to tune the drum with the wrench. 7/22/2010 |
J.R. sings "something" by the Beatles. 7/22/2010 |
Christea plays a song. 7/22/2010 |
Couple from Tennessee sang "Cover of the Rolling Stone"
with Maurice. 7/22/2010 |
This girl sang a song from Lady Gaga. 7/22/2010 |
Family from Italy sang "O Sole Mio". 7/22/2010 |
Monica had a great bluesy voice. 7/22/2010 |
Rob sang "Jumping Jack Flash". 7/22/2010 |
This guy played his favorite blues riff. 7/22/2010 |

Visitors from China including the one that almost got away and was
forced to pose with the guitar. 7/21/2010 |
Guest guitar player does a Jimmy Hendrix classic song called
"Purple Haze". 7/21/2010 |
Trink plays her fathers tambourine from his polka band. 7/21/2010 |
Couple from France helped with the percussion. 7/21/2010 |
Jazz singer Danielle is learning to sing classic rock and soul
songs. 7/21/2010 |
Emy from Japan is learning percussion. 7/21/2010 |
Joe posed with part of the audience. 7/21/2010 |
These two beautiful girls from Japan just wanted to hold the
equipment. 7/21/2010 |
Brothers from Israel spent their last night in New York listening
to Joe and the gang. 7/21/2010 |
Incredible saxophone player Nate played flawless on every song even
though he never played with us before. 7/21/2010 |

It was couples night for playing music. 7/21/2010 |
Tom did a great job on an old Motown classic song. 7/21/2010 |
Girls from Russia played their maracas. 7/21/2010 |
Maurice and his volunteer percussion group. 7/21/2010 |
Miguel has a great voice but preferred to play percussion this
night. 7/21/2010 |
Fantastic guitarist Scott wowed the audience. 7/21/2010 |
The last guest guitarist of the evening. 7/21/2010 |
Strina from Denmark is learning to play the guitar in Washington
Square Park. 7/20/2010 |
A musical family was visiting us in Washington Square. 7/20/2010 |
Cole is a violinist who wanted to try the guitar. 7/20/2010 |
This couple came all the way from Australia to play guitar. 7/20/2010 |
Ali played a song by Green Day. 7/20/2010 |
BBC Radio DJ Vic Morgan dropped by historic Washington Square Park
and played a song for Joe. 7/19/2010 |
This girl from Hamburg Germany sang a song by the arch. 7/19/2010 |
Singer/songwriter Mary from Greenwich Village. 7/19/2010 |
This beautiful family and their friends from Alberta Canada all
turned out to be excellent singers. 7/19/2010 |
One of the girls from Alberta played several songs and sang with
her friend in Washington Square Park. 7/19/2010 |
Later in the day drummer Maurice joins Mary on guitar to
sing songs with the family from Canada. 7/19/2010 |
Country singer Lori B. with lead guitarist Shawn and Will.
7/18/2010 |
Will did a great job with a classic David Crosby song. 7/18/2010 |
Family from France likes Beatles songs. 7/18/2010 |
Hans and his wife from Germany played maracas with us. 7/18/2010 |
Fantastic trio of Scott, Shawn and Maurice entertain
the crowd. 7/18/2010 |

Another Joe who plays guitar. Joe sang an Elvis Costello hit with
his backup group. 7/18/2010 |
More lovely maraca players. 7/18/2010 |
Incredible drummer Jeff along with guitar great Scott. 7/18/2010 |

Laira from Italy lets her hair down and shakes her maracas. 7/17/2010 |
These NYU post graduate students played percussion late into the
night. 7/17/2010 |
This beautiful woman sang "I Can't Get No Satisfaction"? 7/17/2010 |
A musical family from England. 7/17/2010 |
Country singer Lori makes the guitar players work hard. 7/17/2010 |
Sage and Danny play a song together. 7/17/2010 |
Guest guitar girl plays a tune. 7/16/2010 |
David sings a song by David Crosby. 7/16/2010 |
Grace shakes her maracas and sings with Joe. 7/13/2010 |
Chris plays "Blackbird" by the Beatles. 7/13/2010 |
Heather sang some fantastic original songs. 7/13/2010 |
Grace played a song on guitar. 7/13/2010 |
Kamel Toe sang a song. 7/13/2010 |
Guest harmonica player takes a solo. 7/13/2010 |
Three girls played maracas on Joe's songs. 7/13/2010 |
Young lady from Israel poses for a picture after singing. 7/13/2010 |
Mike sang "try a Little Tenderness". 7/13/2010 |
This family from Denmark are all musicians. from left are Bjarne,
Karin, Mikkel and Malte. 7/12/2010 |
Lenore from the Bronx plays the blues. 7/12/2010 |
This guy from southern Italy sang beautiful songs in Italian. 7/12/2010 |
Danny Rivera, Lori B. and Phil play in the rain. 7/11/2010 |
A Spanish singer entertains the crowd. 7/11/2010 |
Spain wins World Cup! 7/11/2010 |
Everybody in the fountain. 7/11/2010 |
Lori plays into the night. 7/11/2010 |
Ali is only happy when it rains. 7/11/2010 |
  
Maracas. 7/11/2010 |

Guest guitar players. 7/11/2010 |
Mother and daughter sang harmony with Joe. 7/11/2010 |
An excellent Spanish guitarist and singer. 7/10/2010 |
Soul man Arthur Stewart asks "have You Ever Seen The
Rain". 7/10/2010 |
Maurice starts the beat for "Groovin". 7/10/2010 |

Tajna sang a beautiful harmony with Joe on "Groovin". 7/10/2010 |

Carolina and Jo-an of Spain pose, then play maracas with
Joe. 7/10/2010 |
Ali sings a Metallica ballad for the audience. 7/10/2010 |
Emma and Jessica from Brooklyn. 7/10/2010 |
Jessica sang an excellent original song for the audience. 7/10/2010 |
Country singer Lori B. does her version of "Let It
Bleed". 7/10/2010 |
"The Voice of Satchmo" plays maracas and sang harmony. 7/10/2010 |
These beautiful girls sang and played percussion with Joe. 7/9/2010 |
Shannon from Chicago sang harmony. 7/9/2010 |
Jefferson plays maracas after his beautiful girlfriend sang
"Summer time". 7/9/2010 |
Very quiet audience members. 7/9/2010 |
J.P. sang a song for Cindy and Shu from China. 7/9/2010 |
Girls played maracas and sang. 7/9/2010 |
Larissa never played guitar before so Joe showed her how to hold
it. Her mother Theres looks on. 7/8/2010 |
Rosangel, Herminia and Thaelman from Venezuela shook
their maracas while Joe played guitar. 7/8/2010 |
A new singer dropped by to sing "Girls Just Wanna Have
Fun". 7/8/2010 |
These audience members sang and played maracas. 7/8/2010 |
Andrew played a great Neil Young classic song. 7/8/2010 |
Margaret Sullivan sang a folk song in Washington Square. 7/8/2010 |
This beautiful girl from Spain posed with Ali after he
finished singing some of her favorite songs . . . 7/8/2010 |
. . . her boyfriend liked the songs also. 7/8/2010 |
On Patricia's last day in New York, her and Ali arrive like
tourists. 7/7/2010 |
Patricia is really smiling, she must have had a lot of beer. 7/7/2010 |
Lori and Patricia pose for their last picture on visit. 7/7/2010 |
Ali plays one of Patricia's favorite songs. 7/7/2010 |
Patricia is caught in an emotional moment. 7/7/2010 |
Patricia takes a photo of sax great Chuck Hancock. |
Lori and the gang sang a song for Patricia's legs. 7/7/2010 |
Chuck Hancock plays a solo for Patricia's legs. 7/7/2010 |
Our youngest maraca player can't believe that Patricia's legs
are leaving. 7/7/2010 |
Maurice dedicates his drum solo on "Like a Rolling Stone"
to all of Patricia. 7/7/2010 |
Visitors are sad that Patricia's leaving. Guy on right asks
"Who is Patricia?" 7/7/2010 |
This new singer had an excellent voice even though she was very shy
when she sang with Joe. 7/7/2010 |
Some of the audience members join in for Patricia's last night in
New York. 7/7/2010 |
This guy sang a song for Patricia. 7/7/2010 |
Guy from Sweden played a song. 7/7/2010 |
Lori sings a song with Patricia at the end of the night. 7/7/2010 |
Ali and Patricia pose for last picture in Washington Square.
Patricia promises she'll return. 7/7/2010 |
Visitors from Poland play maracas with Joe at the UMO
Free Music Event held most days in Washington Square Park.
7/6/2010 |
Moniqua sang for the audience on a hot night. 7/5/2010 |
Meanwhile, her friend Lily relaxes. 7/5/2010 |
This guest guitar player sang some songs for . . . |
. . . his beautiful girlfriend. 7/5/2010 |
Maurice gets the girls to play percussion with him. 7/5/2010 |
The kids played maracas during the show. 7/5/2010 |
Another guest belts out a classic Hendrix tune. 7/5/2010 |
This group had their own unique song. 7/5/2010 |
Pro guitarist Shawn shows how great solos are played. 7/5/2010 |

Some of the nice people who sang along despite temperatures over
90. 7/5/2010 |
Larissa from Germany and girl from Bronx New York discover our
music in Washington Square Park. 7/4/2010 |

Maurice (drum) and guest guitarist / singer from North Carolina
played a song for the girls. 7/2/2010 |
Country singer Lori B sings a song with a member of Select
Blendz vocal group. 7/2/2010 |
Kamel Toe plays guitar with drummer Maurice, 7/1/2010 |
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Some of the audience members who were shaking their maracas. 6/29/2010
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Brian sangs a song for the audience. 6/29/2010 |
Ali keeps the beat. 6/27/2010 |
Colin rests on his Baby Grande Piano that he brings to the park.
6/27/2010 |
These girls played their maracas for me. 6/26/2010 |
Some of the beautiful women in the audience. 6/26/2010 |
This audience member is also a scientist from China. 6/26/2010 |
A couple from England listening to Beatle's songs. 6/24/2010 |
A lovely volunteer singer for the afternoon. 6/23/2010 |
A new singer / songwriter in the park. 6/23/2010 |
One of the newer guitar players. 6/22/2010 |
   
Some of the guest guitar players for the day. 6/22/2010 |
A nice couple in the audience. 6/22/2010 |
Jamie and her little dog Gus. 6/22/2010 |
Yurica is completely focused as she plays classical music . . |
. . until she finishes playing and spots Joe's camera. (6/21/2010) |
Yurica plays the first song she learned from Joe on the guitar. (6/21/2010) |
Russian born guitar player sings a song. (6/21/2010) |
This beautiful woman from Russia sang along on the Beatle songs. (6/21/2010) |
A quiet listener from England did not sing along on the Beatles
songs. (6/21/2010) |
Collin plays a current hit song on his baby grand piano. (6/21/2010) |
Visitors to Washington Square Park pose with Joe's guitar. (6/20/2010) |
Maurice plays drum for bluegrass Gene. (6/20/2010) |
Jessie plays harmonica with Lori (guitar) and Maurice
(drum). (6/20/2010) |
Lori plays a country tune with Ali on drum. (6/20/2010) |
This girl from Egypt tries out the guitar. (6/20/2010) |
Jessie plays a song on guitar. (6/20/2010) |
Harmonica man plays a tune on his lunch break. (6/19/2010) |
Shawn plays lap steel guitar for boy with maracas. (6/19/2010) |
Maurice and Scott jam.(6/19/2010) |
A family visit to Washington Square Park. (6/19/2010) |
Artie belts out a song. (6/19/2010) |
Archie played some funky music. (6/19/2010) |
 
A crowd gathers for the music. (6/19/2010) |

We had two Broadway style singers in the audience this evening. (6/19/2010) |
Bruce did a great job on a hit song by the eagles. (6/19/2010) |
Ali plays a Metallica hit on acoustic guitar. (6/18/2010) |
A visitor plays a song. (6/18/2010) |
More guitar players every day. (6/17/2010) |
Patricia bangs while Ali plays guitar. (6/17/2010) |
A couple enjoys the live music. (6/17/2010) |
Visitor from Belgium poses for Joe's camera. (6/16/2010) |
Excellent guitarist / singer from Philadelphia. (6/15/2010) |
The girls are listening to the music. (6/15/2010) |
A new guitar player in Washington Square Park. (6/15/2010) |
A listener stopped Joe near The New School to ask about the music
in the park. (6/14/2010) |
Little boy played maracas with this lovely guitar player. (6/14/2020) |
Couple from Britain pose behind girls from France. (6/14/2010) |
Couple enjoying acoustic music in Washington Square Park. (6/14/2010) |
Maurice and his lovely friend. (6/14/2010) |
A girl practicing some new songs. (6/12/2010) |
Guy sings a song for his beautiful girlfriend. (6/7/2010) |
Girl trying out a nylon string Spanish guitar . .
. |
. . . considers using it like a lap steel guitar. (6/7/2010) |

Joe had a lovely audience at the UMO
Free Music Event held most days in Washington Square Park. (6/6/2010) |
This woman came all the way from Brooklyn to lay her tambourine
with the group. (6/6/2010) |
Bluegrass Gene plays a song with Maurice. (6/6/2010) |
Lori sings a song with Danny and Phil. (6/6/2010) |
Guest guitarist at the UMO
Free Music Event in Washington Square Park. (6/5/2010) |
A visiting high school class provided come music on this day. (6/4/2010) |
Nancy from Mexico plays classical music. (6/3/2010) |
This family from England spent their last 2 hours in New York
singing with Joe during the UMO
Free Live Music Event in Washington Square Park. (6/2/2010) |
These beautiful girls were singing with us at the UMO
Free Live Music Event in Washington Square Park. (6/1/2010) |
A visitor plays a few songs. (6/1/2010) |
These two friends are excellent singers and songwriters. (6/1/2010) |
During fleet week a marine dropped by to plays some tunes. (5/31/2010) |
Is Patricia telling Joe to come closer or is she saying something
else? (5/30/2010) |
Ray, Jeff, Joey and Lori jam for the crowd. (5/30/2010) |
Ali and Shawn belt out a Green Day song. (5/30/2010) |
Master guitarist Shawn demonstrates his fine technique. (5/30/2010) |
Birthday girl Michelle with her friends Catherine and Bridget.
(5/29/2010) |
This woman was really enjoying the music. (5/29/2010) |
An excellent singer and guitarist. (5/28/2010) |
Russell adds his unique style to some popular songs. (5/28/2010) |
These beautiful women sang along with Joe during an UMO
Free Live Music Event in Washington Square Park. (5/28/2010) |
These beautiful ladies from British Columbia seemed to be enjoying
the free music from Joe Budnick and Ali. (5/24/2010) |
Famous performance artist Joey Joey takes Christine, from
Toronto, for a bike ride. (5/22/2010) |
Ali and Lori play nice together. (5/22/2010) |
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A surprise visit and performance from the lovely and talented Tomika.
(5/22/2010)
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Just as a young man in the center of the first photo proposes
to his girl, everyone in Washington Square park starts dancing to the
new couples favorite song. (5/13/2010)
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A family of excellent singers visited on Mother's Day. Their three
daughters played maracas on Joe's songs. (5/9/2010) |
Arthur Stewart sang "Country Roads" for the family. (5/9/2010) |
Grace played "Blackbird" by the Beatles. (5/9/2010) |
Ali played music so these models from an upcoming reality
show could dance. (5/9/2010) |
Joe Budnick talks with harmonica player Jessica from
Columbia. (5/7/2010) |
Master guitarist Shawn accompanies Joe on some songs. (5/7/2010) |
Country singer Lori sang a song with Shawn. (5/7/2010) |
Little Louise played maracas with the group. Louise plays
maracas professionally in her school band. (5/7/2010) |
Percussionist Maurice poses with guest singer Brittany from
Virginia. (5/7/2010) |
Joe talks with Sax player Claire as they wait for the 83
degree temperature to go down. (5/7/2010) |
A visiting family sang with us. (5/6/2010) |
Ms Nyu, a concert violinist played rock and soul music with Joe
today. (5/5/2010) |
Family from the netherlands sang along with Joe and the crew. (5/5/2010) |
Ali plays a Green Day song with the violinist. (5/5/2010) |
Sax great Chuck Hancock and piano man Colin Huggins donate
some time to play during the UMO
Free Music Weekly Event. (5/4/2010) |

Joe Budnick and the gang had a lovely audience that included "The
Primaries" singing group and a photographer from Argentina.
(5/4/2010) |
Lori plays a country song with master guitarist Shawn on lap
steel guitar. (5/2/2010) |
Eric plays an original song during the UMO
Free Music Weekly Event. (5/2/2010) |
Joe Budnick gets inspired to play a few songs. (5/2/2010) |
These girls helped us out at the UMO
Free Music Weekly Event. (5/2/2010) |
This father gave his son the best seat in the house. (5/2/2010) |
Non-stop dancing for many years. (5/2/2010) |
    
Audience kept us going long into the night for almost 10 hours. (5/2/2010) |
Artie rocks the house. (5/1/2010) |
Mette takes a picture of Joe taking a picture of Mette.
(5/1/2010) |
A beautiful solo from professional guitarist Shawn. (4/30/2010) |
A new guest guitarist drops by jin in on a song. (4/30/2010) |
Jacob plays along with the group. (4/30/2010) |

Left, a jazz singer with friend and right, Daniela,
who sings standards. (4/30/2010) |
Ali plays a song from Green Day. (4/29/2010) |
Lori plays with a guest guitarist. (4/29/2010) |
Janice and friend listen to the music. (4/29/2010) |
Visiting guitarist helps out with the music. (4/29/2010) |
    
The beautiful Jessica proves she can do it all. (4/29/2010) |

Joe had a beautiful audience and . . . |
. . he convinced lovely Lindsay to play a song. (4/29/2010) |
Miranda (from London) helps UMO
provide free music for village visitors. (4/24/2010) |
The Jersey City Girls sang with us in Washington Square Park. (4/24/2010) |

Fantastic Sage Logan said his guitar shrank after the rain. (4/24/2010) |
Local bluegrass artist Gene trades solos with master guitarist Shawn.
(4/24/2010) |
Lori played one of her country hits while Mette looked
around holding a blanket. (4/24/2010) |
Jessica played harmonica while Joe sang "Like a Rolling
Stone". (4/24/2010) |

Arthur models his new glasses for Amy and her family. (4/24/2010) |
The Six Sisters from Kentucky sang with us today. (4/23/2010) |
Hippie Guy did a fantastic job singing songs of the 1960's. (4/23/2010) |
Jessica played "House of the Rising Sun" on guitar. (4/23/2010) |
This couple tried out a song together. (4/23/2010) |
Ad-hoc Guitar Circle plays for visitors to Washington Square Park. (4/23/2010) |
Even Bug Man got into the act. (4/22/2010) |
The amazing Shawn on guitar helped with the UMO
Free Music Event in Washington Square Park. (4/20/2010) |
A new Mystery Guest Singer. (4/20/2010) |
A beautiful guest guitarist. (4/19/2010) |
Another great love song from Ali. (4/19/2010) |
A guest Singer from Washington. (4/19/2010) |

Visiting singers and guitarists. (4/19/2010) |
Jessica loves her harmonica. (4/19/2010) |
Jacob improvises a song. (4/19/2010) |
Arthur Stewart is one of the professional musicians who join Joe
Budnick / UMO Music to provide Free
Entertainment for visitors of Washington Square Park. (4/18/2010) |

A great reason to play free music. (4/18/2010) |
Brent and his lovely friend helped US out with the music. (4/18/2010) |
   
Some of the visitors / music listeners in Washington Square Park. (4/18/2010) |
Camera shy singer Michael David. (4/18/2010) |
Michael David sings a song for us. (4/18/2010) |

Shawn, Steve and Chuck play some jazz standards for Ellen
to sing. (4/14/2010) |

Allie plays a Metallica song with drummer Jeff in Washington
Square Park. (4/14/2010) |

Listeners included a couple from Israel and Maria and Jessica
from Columbia. (4/14/2010) |
The infamous David Peel sang "I'm Proud To Be a New York City
Hippie". (4/14/2010) |
Maria and Jessica from Columbia, sang "House of the
Rising Sun". (4/12/2010) |
This couple from upstate New York sang along with us today. (4/12/2010) |
Joe enjoys watching Lori and Janice share his guitar. (4/11/2010) |
An excellent player, Dan the Ukelele Man with singer Claire.
(4/11/2010) |
Joe
Budnick was asked "what do people do during a slow romantic love
song?." Well, here's what they do, as caught on camera.
hug.
slow dance,
groom dogs,
sleep,
and some just listen. (4/11/2010) |
Bluegrass Gene sang "The Wait" by the Band. (4/11/2010) |
Skip Mitchell wowed the crowd with "Midnight Special. (4/11/2010) |
Mette and her lovely friend visit us in Washington Square. (4/11/2010) |
Arthur Stewart sings "Moon Dance". (4/10/2010) |

A beautiful girl played with Joe Budnick today. (4/10/2010) |
Lindsay returned to sing with Joe Budnick. (4/10/2010) |
Igor played some old Rock n Roll hits. (4/10/2010) |
A really good new guitarist joined in. (4/10/2010) |
Chuck Hancock plays with Stephanie before she returns to
Germany. (4/6/2010) |
Danny "flute" Rivera and Stephanie do a song
together. (4/5/2010) |
Lovely singer / guitarist Stephanie, came all the way from Germany
to play at the Weekly
UMO Free Music Event for visitors to Washington Square
Park. (4/4/2010) |
New York Times Reporter David Allan came to cover the
Weekly UMO Free
Music Event in Washington Square Park. (4/4/2010) |
This kid is a big fan of Little Steven of Bruce Springsteen's band. (04/01/2010) |

This is the smallest audience Stephanie played for all week. (4/2/2010) |
Fantastic singer / guitarist Moe entertained the crowd. (4/2/2010) |
This guy is a 12 year old up and coming rock star. (4/1/2010) |
Arthur Stewart sang for the audience. (4/4/2010) |

Stephanie put a little group together with help from the Conductor.
(4/2/2010) |
 Joe
Budnick is inspired by this singer from London. (4/4/2010) |

(left) Country singer / songwriter Lori Behrman did an
original song with Mette. (on right) Ali rocks the
crowd. (4/4/2010) |
          
We had a fantastic audience for the Weekly
UMO Free Music Event. |

A dapper gentleman listens to the soulful voice of Christiana. |
Professional guitarist Shawn, gave a generous amount of his time
and talent to the Weekly
UMO Free Music Event. (4/4/2010) |
 
Other volunteers who played. |
The excellent voice of Mike finished the day with "Lean On
Me". (4/4/2010) |
This mystery accordion player ended the month of March. (3/31/2010) |
Lori played one of her excellent original songs in Washington
Square Park. (3/21/2010) |
Fantastic guitarist / singer / songwriter Paul Decoster joins us in
Washington Square
Park. (3/21/2010) |
Songwriter Livia Gerber sang some of her great songs. (3/20/2010) |
Guitarist Amber sang a duet with friend Chloe-Rose. (3/18/2010) |
Songwriter Nancy is serenaded by super guitarist Sean. (3/18/2010) |
Scott (center) jams with a volunteer from the audience. (3/16/2010) |

Chuck Hancock serenades these beautiful women, then . . . |
. . . Sean serenades the same beautiful women. (3/16/2010) |
Harmony expert Danny Rivera picks out a tune on the guitar. (3/16/2010) |
Guitar man Scott backs up a lovely volunteer singer in Washington
Square Park. (3/16/2010) |
Singer / songwriter Jefferson did a set of his original songs for
the crowd. (3/14/2010) |
Nick entertains the audienceat the UMO
Weekly Winter Music Event. (3/14/2010) |
Soul man Skip Mitchell has everyone dancing in the aisles with
"Midnight Special". (3/14/2010) |
Lori Behrman sang one of her original songs for the audience. (3/14/2010) |
Lee did a great version of "Hey Joe". (3/14/2010) |
AC Black (alias Allan Chapman) sang a new original song. (3/14/2010) |
Guitar master Scott played "Bohemian Rhapsody"
for the crowd. (3/14/2010) |
Cowboy Ed sang "Bobby Magee". (3/14/2010) |
Harmony expert Danny Rivera leads a couple of songs. (3/14/2010) |
Singer / songwriter Jefferson with his lovely friend. (3/14/2010) |
Singer Lori (center) with her fun loving family and friends who
visited the UMO Weekly Winter
Music Event. (3/14/2010) |
(l to r) Mary poses with Janice. (3/14/2010) |
Another Joe plays a couple of songs. (3/14/2010) |
Lori relaxes after a long day of running the UMO
Weekly Winter Music Event. (3/14/2010) |
The beautiful voice of Laura brightened up our day in Washington
Square Park. (3/9/2010) |
Kerri sang some of her fantastic original songs. (3/9/2010) |
Grant Hayes got everyone singing at the UMO
Weekly Music Event. (3/7/2010) |
Lee rocks the house at the UMO
Weekly Music Event. (3/7/2010) |
 
Lori is surrounded by excellent musicians. Ali on drum, Paul
on lead guitar and Chuck Hancock on sax. (3/7/2010) |
Patricia (right) with friends from Spain. (3/7/2010) |
Claire gives good sax with Pierre on bass. (3/7/2010) |
Paul Decoster accompanies the fantastic Spring. (3/7/2010) |

A lovely audience gets Joe in the mood to play. (3/6/2010) |
Ali sang a hit song from Nirvana. (3/6/2010) |
Mette practices her fingering. (3/6/2010) |
Guitar master Scott burns up the fret board. (3/6/2010) |
Ali rocks at the UMO
Winter Music Event. (2/28/2010) |
An original song from AC Black (alias Allan Chapman). (2/28/2010) |
 
Chuck Hancock sings a song for the crowd. (2/28/2010) |
Bernie Friedman checks out the talent. (2/28/2010) |
Drita Ftera sings "Second That Emotion". (2/28/2010) |
Lee belts out a soulful rock song with Claire on sax. (2/28/2010) |
Spring sings "Stormy Monday" with guitar backup from Scott
. (2/28/2010) |
Lori Behrman sings one of her original country tunes with Ali
on percussion. (2/28/2010) |
Eddy was on Bass. (2/28/2010) |
Grant Hayes did an original with Chuck on sax. (2/28/2010) |
   
Joe's distracted by beautiful women at the UMO
Weekly Music Event. (2/28/2010) |
Guitar man Scott plays a tune with Eddy on bass. (2/28/2010) |
Harmony man Dan Rivera provided the beat. (2/28/2010) |
Grant Hayes (center) came by to introduce his new 2010 CD at
the UMO Weekly Music Event.
He was accompanied by Chuck Hancock and Scott . (2/21/2010) |
Lee performed a soulful version of "Whiter Shade of
Pale" which was originally done by Procol Harum. (2/21/2010) |
Drita Ftera gave us some classic Motown. (2/21/2010) |
Nick put his own spin on a classic. (2/21/2010) |
 Vocalist Spring
sang
"Summer time" backed up by Nick and Scott . (2/21/2010) |
Ali sang a romantic song with guitar solos from Scott . (2/21/2010) |
    
With both the legendary Chuck Hancock and Claire in the
house it was a great day for Sax. (2/21/2010) |
Lori was clearly enjoying good Sax. (2/21/2010) |
Even Danny, who played Sax a long time ago, decided to give it a
try. Dan said his Sax used to point up too. (2/21/2010) |
Skip brought down the house with "Get Back". (2/21/2010) |
The rock man, Allan Chapman generated high energy. (2/21/2010) |
  
The beautiful girls were in attendance. (2/21/2010) |
Velma Bowen sang a couple of great songs for the crowd. (2/21/2010) |
The quiet man, Pierre supplied Bass for the performances at this
weeks UMO Weekly Music Event. (2/21/2010) |
Ray Sabatello and Lisa opened the UMO
Weekly Music Event with classic rock songs. (2/14/2010) |
Lovely Spring sings "Stormy Monday" with guitar
accompaniment from Paul Decoster. (2/14/2010) |
Paul Decoster sings a new original song for the crowd. (2/14/2010) |
Ali sings a love song for Valentines day. (2/14/2010) |
Lori sings one of her original country tunes, (2/14/2010) |
Lori and Spring. Beautiful women stick together. (2/14/2010) |
Joe Budnick (right) sang a song with the crowd. (2/14/2010) |
A nice three song set from Velma Bowen. (2/14/2010) |
Allan Chapman (center) sings "Carry On" with harmony by Dan
and Skip. (2/14/2010) |
Danny Rivera does a set of favorite songs. (2/14/2010) |
Joe Budnick sings "Bring It On Home" with backup from Skip
and Allan. (2/14/2010) |
Skip Mitchell closed the UMO
Weekly Music Event with "Midnight Special" and had them
dancing in the aisles. (2/14/2010) |
At the UMO Weekly Music Event,
we heard the fantastic singing of Paul Decoster. (2/7/2010) |
Lori Behrman sings her originals for the crowd, with Allan
Chapman on drum and Scott on lead guitar. (2/7/2010) |
Patricia said "even a table setting can be symbolic". Joe
said, "then maybe you and Ali should swap seats". (2/7/2010) |
Tom used to be in a singing group. On this Sunday he dropped by to
check out the music with his beautiful friend Chris. |
   
All the beautiful women (and some guys) are at the UMO
Weekly Music Event on Sunday afternoons from 2 to 6pm at Shades
of Green Pub, 125 East 15 Street NYC. (Hey, where are Joe's
eyes looking?) (2/7/2010) |
Nick gets the crowd going with a special song. (2/7/2010) |
Dan, Allan and Skip did a great version of
"Carry On" at the UMO
Weekly Music Event. (2/7/2010) |
Joe Budnick sings "Gloria" with help from (l to r)
Janice, Danny, Lori, Carol, Scott, Paul,
and Ali. |
Hey, what was Lori caught doing when this picture was taken? (2/7/2010) |
Paul Deoster and Scott did a great duet. (2/7/2010) |
Ali sings a beautiful ballad for the audience with Allan on
drum and Scott on lead guitar. (2/7/2010) |
Harmony expert Danny Rivera sang some leads. (2/7/2010) |
Skip Mitchell (right) with Dan, Joe, and Paul,
brought down the house with his fantastic version of "Get Back".
(2/7/2010) |
Dave Woods opens UMO
Weekly Sunday Afternoon Music Event with his originals. (1/31/2010) |
Lori Behrman played some of her original country tunes. (1/31/2010) |
Allan Chapman rocked the house with some up tempo songs. (1/31/2010) |
Eric Kyle sang some of the songs from his CD. (1/31/2010) |
At the cute table, Janice, Lori and Patricia planned
their day ;-) (1/31/2010) |
Patricia says she deserves a job with Budweiser because she
knows how to hold it. (1/31/2010) |
Nick and Michael get the crowd going. (1/31/2010) |
Skip (right) leads a great version of "Let's Get Funky". Dan
and Joe sang harmony. (1/31/2010) |

After several beers Patricia was pointing her camera the wrong way
and took this picture of herself. (1/31/2010) |
Ali (center) sang a song that featured great guitar solos
from Scott (left) and Michael (right).
Nick (far right) played percussion. (1/31/2010) |
Skip, Dan and Allan did a fantastic version of
"Carry On". (1/31/2010) |
Skip ("soul man") Mitchell poses with the
lovely Janice. (1/31/2010) |
Some of the beautiful women at the UMO
Weekly Music Event are (l to r) Janis, Mette,
Mette's friend from Denmark, and Lori Behrman. (1/24/2010) |
Scott played a song with pro drummer Jeff who
dropped in from Philadelphia. (1/24/2010) |
Joe Budnick (right) gets good backup from lovely Janis
and Lori along with soul man Skip Mitchell, Allan Chapman
on bass and Scott on lead guitar. (1/24/2010) |
Skip, Dan, Allan, Ali and Scott rocked the house. (1/24/2010) |
Lovely Claire jams with Scott . (1/24/2010) |

Lori and Janis distracted Jeff and Ali during
the show. (1/24/2010) |
A spring-like 55 degree day in January brings out this singing group. (1/18/2010) |
This guy and girl did a fantastic duet in Washington Square Park. (1/18/2010) |
Arthur Stewart entertained visitors to Washington Square Park.
(1/18/2010) |

Artie took some requests for the birthday girl (center). (1/18/2010) |
Evan sang a beautiful song. (1/18/2010) |

This excellent singer/guitarist serenaded Mette. (1/18/2010) |
A group came from the Bar section to listen to music at the UMO
Weekly Sunday Afternoon Music Event in the back room of "Shades
of Green" Pub. (1/17/2010) |
Joe Budnick discovered that one of the beautiful ladies in the
group was a guitar player and managed to convince her to play a duet with
him. (1/17/2010) |

The beautiful Patricia from Spain tells Joe ". . this is the
best way to hold a . ." and Mette from Denmark said "I
don't do that. ." (1/17/2010) |
Nick sings a unique medley for the audience. (1/17/2010) |
Lori Behrman sings one of her great original songs for the
audience. (1/17/2010) |
Dan, Skip and Allan rocked the house with their
version of "Carry On" at the UMO Weekly Music
Event. (1/17/2010) |
Nick, Ali, Dan and Allan jam on a song. (1/17/2010) |

Dan sang one of this couple's favorite songs. (1/17/2010) |
Guitarist Michael did a fantastic job of backing up the singers at
the UMO Sunday Afternoon
Weekly Music Event. (1/10/2010) |
A surprise guest appearance by the members of Allan Chapman's
electric band. (1/10/2010) |
Virtuoso's Scott and Michael trade leads. (1/10/2010) |
Joe Budnick plays for the crowd with help from Michael and Nick
(l to r). (1/10/2010) |
   
This week's audience included members of the "Pants Down
Gang" who helped pump up the party atmosphere in the crowd. (1/10/2010) |
Alternative artist Jessica Delfino sang a fantastic original song. (1/10/2010) |
Joe Budnick plays a song with Scott and Michael.
(1/10/2010) |
  
(l to r) Hey, what's singer Danny Rivera up to? Shouldn't he
be up on stage? Anyway, some of the beautiful women who came back include Patricia,
Helena and Mette. Also, a happy guy sitting in the
dark with two
beautiful women. (1/10/2010) |
  
The two lovely social coordinators of the "Pants Down Gang"
are shown posing with singer Nick, "the Pants Down Cowboy", Country Singer
Lori Behrman, and of course, Joe Budnick. (1/10/2010)
- Nick's photo courtesy Kim Seet. |

Joe ended the show with a request from the girls to play an
up-tempo version of Bob Dylan's "Like A Rolling Stone"
so they could dance. (1/10/2010) - Photos courtesy Kim Seet. |

Joe gets thanked by these beautiful ladies for the all the
fun they had at the UMO
Sunday Afternoon Music Event. Joe tells them "Oh don't bother, I'll tell the other guys". (1/10/2010)
- Photo right, courtesy Kim Seet. |

Some of the beautiful women at the UMO
Sunday Afternoon Music Event are (l to r) Lori, Janice,
Patricia, Helena and Mette. (1/3/2010) |
Lori plays a country tune with Danny Rivera. (1/3/2010) |
|
   
Arthur Stewart testifies and a flash of intense light turns his
jacket yellow!
|

Patricia and Helena drink beer . . . |
. . . then . .
Patricia tells Joe "just use your imagination." (What
does that mean?) (1/3/2010) |
Skip, Danny, and Allan rock the house with
"Carry On". (1/3/2010) |

Scott and Allan Chapman get down. (1/3/2010) |
Ali and Nick do a tune together. (1/3/2010) |
Lori Behrman sings an original song with backup from Scott, Danny,
Pierre and Allan. (1/3/2010) |