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These
are the Photos Archived for July thru December 2003.
(Click on a photo to Enlarge It!) |
Singer / songwriter / keyboard player, Meryl Leppard from Australia,
played her originals at the UMO Open Mic. 12/28/2003 (Photo by Sandy Hechtman) |
With a great voice, Joe Moran debuted some of his songs.
12/28/2003 (Photo by Sandy Hechtman) |
Keith Lane plays an original number. 12/28/2003 |
Nick Priessnitz (Volume
I of "The 14 Best Singer / Songwriters of Greenwich Village), got
funky. 12/28/2003 (Photo by Sandy Hechtman) |
Songwriter, Jono plays some of his originals for the audience. 12/28/2003 (Photo by Sandy Hechtman) |
Joining Joe Budnick (center), are (left to right), sax great
Chuck Hancock, and The Men Of Harmony, Danny
Rivera and Ron Cutler. 12/28/2003 (Photo by Sandy Hechtman) |
Ben and Zach introduce their new songs at the UMO Open Mic. 12/28/2003 (Photo by Sandy Hechtman) |
Rick Charming performs originals that would make Lenny Bruce
proud. 12/28/2003 (Photo by Sandy Hechtman) |
Bob Wasserman tries out his originals on a unique 12 string electric.
12/28/2003 (Photo by Sandy Hechtman) |
Steven Mark starts the Sunday afternoon Open Mic with some great original
songs. 12/21/2003 (Photo by Sandy Hechtman) |
Jeff Jacobson (Volume
I of "The 14 Best Singer / Songwriters of Greenwich Village)
played 3 new originals at the UMO Open Mic. 12/21/2003 (Photo by Sandy Hechtman) |
Singer /songwriter / keyboard player Addison does a beautiful
ballard at the UMO Open Mic. 12/21/2003 (Photo by Sandy Hechtman) |
Originally form Liverpool, England and now visiting us from Maine, Stephen
Stroud rocks us with a high-energy original song. 12/21/2003 |
Jimmy Stone puts out a soulful original. 12/21/2003 (Photo by Sandy Hechtman) |
Nick Priessnitz (Volume
I of "The 14 Best Singer / Songwriters of Greenwich Village),
played a funky original. 12/21/2003 (Photo by Sandy Hechtman) |
Joe Budnick is joined on stage by country singer Lori Behrman,
keyboard great Don Bogut and Dan "the Harmony Man"
Rivera. 12/21/2003 (Photo by Sandy Hechtman) |
Don Bogut shows just what can be done with some nimble fingers on the
piano. 12/21/2003 |
Calvin Bennet plays some of his originals at the UMO Open Mic. 12/21/2003 (Photo by Sandy Hechtman) |
Joe Sanders played a couple of his favorite oldies with Dan Rivera on
flute. (recorder) 12/21/2003 (Photo by Sandy Hechtman) |
Lori Behrman, Joe Budnick, Dan Rivera and Skip Mitchell sing "Is She
That Sweet" at the Sunday Afternoon UMO Open Mic. 12/14/2003 (Photo
by Sandy Hechtman) |
Skip Mitchell sings his original song "Comfort Me This Last
Time". 12/14/2003 (Photo by Sandy Hechtman) |
Steve Lieberman in action at the UMO Open Mic.. 12/14/2003 (Photo
by Sandy Hechtman) |
Mike Trenouth debuts 3 new songs on the keyboards at the Sunday Afternoon
UMO Open Mic. 12/14/2003 (Photo by Sandy Hechtman) |
Sax great Chuck Hancock adds some soul to Joe's set. 12/14/2003 (Photo
by Sandy Hechtman) |
Lori Behrman harassing Joe on "Sorry, Sorry" (song written by
Bobby Stewart). 12/14/2003 (Photo by Sandy Hechtman) |
This couple helped Joe sing some songs. 12/14/2003 |
Father and son from Scotland have a few pints while they check out the
music. 12/14/2003 |
"PoorBox" wows the audience with their original songs at the UMO
Open Mic. 12/07/2003 |
Mike Trenouth, who is on Volume I of
"The 14 Best Singer / Songwriters of Greenwich Village plays
a new original. 12/07/2003 |
Tom Manno, played the song that got him on Volume
I of "The 14 Best Singer / Songwriters of Greenwich Village.
12/07/2003 |
Bartender Emma stops for a moment to hear a song. 12/07/2003 |
Scott plays 3 great original songs on a great sounding tiny Taylor guitar.
12/07/2003 |
Steve Lieberman sang and played some unique songs on bass. 12/07/2003 |
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This couple decided to watch our camera. 12/07/2003 |
These folks braved the blizzard and came to the Open Mic from
Pennsylvania. 12/07/2003 |
Scott Severin plays an original song from a CD he's working on. 12/07/2003 |
Henry tells the audience a story. 12/07/2003 |
Addison starts the UMO Sunday Afternoon Open Mic with some great original
songs. 11/30/2003 |
Skip gets ready to go on stage and rock the house. 11/30/2003 |
Owen Roberts belts out a couple of tunes. 11/30/2003 |
The microphone made it possible for everyone to hear the beautiful quality
of Drita Ftera's voice. 11/30/2003 |
The Hutch Simon Project dropped in to sing some songs before their evening
show. 11/30/2003 |
Tony T sang his first original with a touch of Stevie Wonder. 11/30/2003 |
Valkyrie played some Rock originals. 11/30/2003 |
Willi popped in to the UMO Open Mic to do a couple of numbers.
11/30/2003 |
This couple in the audience helped Joe sing a few songs at the UMO Sunday
afternoon Open Mic. 11/30/2003 |
Norman sang a couple of his great original songs. 11/30/2003 |
Drita Ftera comes out to play at night. 11/23/2003 |
Gary and Joe Sanders enjoying a beautiful Sunday afternoon in Washington
Square Park. 11/23/2003 |
Sang some songs from "Counting Crows". 11/22/2003 |
Don Bogut plays song from "The Band" on a Sunday afternoon in
Washington Square Park. 11/16/2003 |
A visiting singer entertains the audience. 11/16/2003 |
Don gets "the women of rock" into action. 11/16/2003 |

Professional harmony singers Ron Cutler and Danny Rivera helped us out on
some songs. 11/16/2003 |
Artie drops by to play one of his songs. 11/16/2003 |
A local journalist / photographer doing an article on Village musicians.
11/15/2003 |
Erik Hendin knocks the audience out with his original songs at the winter
session of the Sunday Afternoon UMO Open Mic. 11/09/2003 |
Joseph Rajer came from Spain to wow the audience with his fantastic voice
at the UMO Open Mic. 11/09/2003 |
These women were definitely enjoying the show ! 11/09/2003 |
Singer, Fawn was hanging out in the audience. At the end of the show, Joe
convinced her to come up to the stage and sing. 11/09/2003 |
Emma, our lovely bartender at the Sunday Afternoon UMO Open Mic.
11/09/2003 |
Bruce Balmer unveiled a brand new up-tempo song that really rocked the
house. 11/09/2003 |
This couple helped Joe Budnick sing some songs. 11/09/2003 |
"Cyclub" came from Boston to play some of their unique originals
at the Sunday Afternoon UMO Open Mic. 11/09/2003 |
Aaron Lisman sings a ballad. 11/09/2003 |
Daniel has a few drinks at the bar while listening to the music.
11/09/2003 |
John Oreo played an edgier kind of acoustic rock love song at the Sunday
Afternoon UMO Open Mic. 11/09/2003 |
Todd (guitarist) and Dana (vocalist) joined in on the
singing in Washington Square Park on a beautiful Sunday in November.
11/02/2003 |
Harmony expert Ron Cutler relaxes between songs. 11/02/2003 |
Country Singer / Songwriter, Lori B., tunes up for her Sunday set in
Washington Square Park. 11/02/2003 |
On Saturday, Skip got the music flowing with Dan (playing the
Recorder).
11/01/2003 |
Crazy Jack played a song with Skip. 11/01/2003 |
We had a beautiful audience today. 11/01/2003 |
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Can you believe it? Each of these pictures were taken after a love song.
11/01/2003 |
A guest singer helped us out with some harmony. 11/01/2003 |
Joe Sanders played a song he wrote. 11/01/2003 |
 
Debbie keeps time as the kids break dance. 11/01/2003 |
Surprised by the camera. 11/01/2003 |
Alexandra and her mom visited us in Washington Square. 11/01/2003 |
The audience stayed with us into the night. 11/01/2003 |
Skip was ready to sing. 11/01/2003 |
One last song before we go home. 11/01/2003 |
What was supposed to be a rainy Sunday turned out to be a beautiful day
for music. Susanna, visiting from Hungary, joined in on the harmony.
10/26/2003 |
A new Singer / Songwriter played his originals for the audience.
10/26/2003 |
Dan "the Harmony Man" did some great vocals in a higher register
on some new songs. 10/26/2003 |
Drita Ftera plays "Sullivan Street" for the audience. 10/26/2003 |
Scott Samuels started off the day with a beautiful acoustic session.
10/25/2003 |
A recent discovery in Washington Square ! Fantastic violinist, Kalum
jammed with the local singers and songwriters. 10/13/2003 |
Sage plays a request called "Stay The Night". 10/13/2003 |
Dan (the harmony man) accompanies Sage on tambourine. 10/13/2003 |
Franco and the singing women of the Village. 10/13/2003 |
Not only are these guys good singers but they are also screenwriters.
10/13/2003 |
Violinist, Kalum accompanies Lori on one of her songs !
10/13/2003 |
These visitors to the village stayed late to hear the music. 10/12/2003 |
Alan and Carrie sing a duet. 10/12/2003 |
A rare nighttime concert from Lori. 10/12/2003 |
These girls were visiting from Florida. 10/12/2003 |
This woman is working on a story about the "Sounds of Washington Square"
. . . 10/11/2003 |
These beautiful girls are keeping an eye on Jed! 10/12/2003 |
Jed, the fantastic master of the Harmonica, jammed with the singers and
songwriters of Greenwich Village. 10/11/2003 |
Drita played "Into the Mystic" in Washington Square. 10/11/2003 |
Skip gets ready to show the audience what he's got. 10/05/2003 |
Carol likes what she sees. 10/05/2003 |
Lori took the audience into country heaven. 10/05/2003 |

The audience is captivated by Carrie's powerful vocal delivery.
10/04/2003 |
Joe Sanders and Carrie Dean do a song together. 10/04/2003 |
Dan the Harmony Man is ready for action. 09/27/2003 |
  
(1) Alex convinces Mercedes to let her style her hair. (2) Mercedes
shows the result. (3) Lori convinces Mercedes that it looks good. (4) Alex
gives Lori $5 for helping her. (Just kidding!) 09/27/2003 |
These folks get ready to hear live music on a nice Saturday afternoon in
Washington Square Park. 09/27/2003 |
This couple is ready to rock. 09/27/2003 |
Lori, Franco, and Mercedes are ready for some music. 09/27/2003 |
A new guitar player joins the group. 09/27/2003 |
These lovely ladies are waiting . . .
. . for the band to play. 09/21/2003
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This family is enjoying the music.
Allan's father gets into the music. 09/21/2003
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Allan and Joe get serious ! 09/21/2003 |
Sage (right) leads the guitar group on one of his songs. 09/21/2003 |
Lori entertains visitors to Washington Square Park. 09/20/2003 |

These folks seem to be enjoying the music. 09/20/2003
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Karen and Big John (the unofficial Mayor of Washington Square) give
the sign of approval. 09/20/2003 |

Two new musicians play some tunes in Washington Square. 09/20/2003 |
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Lori keeps her eyes on the guys while playing in
Washington Square. 08/24/2003 |
Even the "Rockin Rabbi" got into the music. 08/24/2003 |

The beautiful girls were in town. 08/24/2003 |
Chuck's horn was working overtime. 08/24/2003 |
Chuck and Skip pose with the girls after the show. 08/24/2003 |
Was the beautiful Alex caught telling Lori naughty jokes in Washington
Square Park? 08/23/2003 |
Joe Sanders sings "Brown Eyed Girl". 08/23/2003 |
Mark listening to "The 14 Best Singer /
Songwriters of Greenwich Village" CD. 08/23/2003 |
Franco "the Harmony Man" returned to join the backup singers.
08/23/2003 |
Mark sings songs of "The Grateful Dead". 08/23/2003 |

These lovely ladies made some requests. (And of course we sang them!) 08/23/2003 |
Skip gets the crowd going in Washington Square Park. 08/23/2003 |
In the audience is John and his beautiful woman. It turns out that John is
a fantastic singer. He later leads "In The Still Of The Night"
for the enthusiastic audience. 08/23/2003 |
  
The romantic couples were out in Washington Square Park. 08/23/2003 |

Tonight's back-up singers and fantastic lead guitarist, Mike. 08/23/2003 |
Artie is on air-raid duty tonight. 08/23/2003 |
This week in Washington Square, country singer Lori
Behrman sang a romantic song. 08/17/2003 |
Lori's love song had an effect on Dr Arn and his wife. 08/17/2003 |
The great singer Skip
Mitchell gets ready to wow the audience on a Sunday afternoon.
08/17/2003. |
Singer Ron Cutler warms up with some vocal exercises. 08/17/2003 |
Ron (parmesan) makes Skip an offer he can't refuse. 08/17/2003 |
Joe Sanders entertains the crowd with his favorite doo-wop song.
08/17/2003 |
Dan tunes his flute for the next song. 08/17/2003 |
These folks brought their own front row seats. 08/16/2003 |
"Big John" (the unofficial Mayor of Washington Square)
officiates at the acoustic music with his wife Karen. 08/10/2003 |
Artist Mike and his lovely lady are visiting Greenwich Village from
Roanoke Virginia. 08/10/2003 |
Carrie Dean stirs up the crowd along with Joe Sanders on guitar.
08/10/2003 |
Carrie Dean's cousins look like they're having too much fun. What are they
up to? hmmm . . . 08/10/2003 |
This girl tries to photograph the photographer. 08/10/2003 |
A visiting group of backup singers helps us out. 08/10/2003 |
Country Singer Lori Behrman starts up the music. 08/09/2003 |
Thom Manno does a Beatles Tune. 08/10/2003 |
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Music bring out the love !
      
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It also brings out the beautiful women !
     
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Artie belts out a tune. 08/10/2003 |
Lori Behrman sings some background harmony. 08/10/2003 |
Daniel checks out Lori's music. 08/10/2003 |
Relaxing to the music during a break. 08/10/2003 |
Christina and Jose visit everyone in Washington Square. 08/03/2003 |
Waiting for the music to begin. 08/03/2003 |
A new singer helped us out with some songs. 08/03/2003 |
Joe Sanders looks on as Allen does wild things with his guitar. 08/03/2003 |
Christina and Jose with friends from Europe. 08/03/2003 |
Alex is showing her jewelry to Mercedes and Franco. 08/02/2003 |
Lori turns up the heat after the rain ends. 08/02/2003 |
Dan (the harmony man) plays some percussion. 08/02/2003 |
Allen's beautiful girlfriend made it hard for Allen to concentrate . . |
. . . but being the professional that he is, Allen manages to hold his
instrument. 08/02/2003 |
Gerry teaches baby talk. 07/27/2003 |
Lori cranks up an up-tempo acoustic number on this very hot and humid
Sunday in Washington Square Park. 07/27/2003 |
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This couple did some excellent dancing in the 92 degree heat !
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Amura' drops by and plays his original song "Working
To Be Poor" from the UMO Best
Singer/Songwriter CD. 07/27/2003 |
The kids join the band. 07/27/2003 |
Artie plays a tune. 07/27/2003 |
This couple seems to be enjoying the music. 07/27/2003 |
Skip Mitchel gets ready to sing. 07/27/2003 |
Laura plays with the band. 07/27/2003 |
Laura and her Mom (the singer) joins the band. 07/27/2003 |
Joe's Pepsi can fainted during this 92 degree humid day. 07/27/2003 |
Meanwhile, the heat seems to agree with this couple. 07/27/2003 |
The girls get ready for the next song. 07/27/2003 |
Velma Bowen and Gerry pose for a quick picture. 07/27/2003 |
This hot and humid day may be taking its toll on the musicians. 07/27/2003 |
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Meanwhile, these folks took the 92 degree temperature in stride.
07/27/2003
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New York's summer heat and humidity doesn't seem to be bother this lovely
girl. 07/27/2003 |
Meanwhile, these beautiful girls visited us from Atlanta. 07/27/2003 |
Mike Rosner hiked in to Washington Square. 07/27/2003 |
We think Daniel, Dr Arn, and his wife are up to no good. :-) 07/27/2003 |
More visitors listen to the acoustic music and singing in Washington
Square Park. 07/27/2003 |
Sage and Joe Sanders work the audience into a frenzy. 07/27/2003 |
Even with all the heat, she's still smiling. 07/27/2003 |
Rose and her daughter haven't visited us in a long time. 07/27/2003 |
Lori played hard on this 92 degree day. 07/27/2003 |
Gerry and Dan sing a song from down in the Music Pit. 07/26/2003 |
A guitar player treats us to the Bob Dylan song "Don't Think
Twice". 07/26/2003 |
Phil sings along with Lori Behrman. 07/20/2003 |
Joe Sanders gets ready to start a tune for the crowd. 07/20/2003 |
Danny plays a solo. 07/20/2003 |
Allen Chapman sings a soulful number. 07/20/2003 |
Franco arrives ! 07/19/2003 |
Drita and Gerry sing a duet. 07/19/2003 |
Skip and Danny provide harmony. 07/19/2003 |
Artie plays "Walking the Dog". 07/19/2003 |
Lori sings in front of hot dog stand. 07/19/2003 |
Allen Chapman rocked the house. 07/13/2003 |
Somebody finally took Joe's picture. 07/13/2003 |
Mercedes and Alexandra listen to the music. 07/13/2003 |
Dr Arn, photographer extraordinaire, caught on camera. (well almost
!) 07/13/2003 |
The great Skip Mitchell came out to wow the audience with his powerhouse
voice. 07/13/2003 |
Dan joins Lori on one of her original songs. 07/13/2003 |
Thom Manno plays a solo. 07/13/2003 |
Great singer / songwriter / guitarist Paul DeCoster belts out a song.
07/13/2003 |
Joe Sanders starts up an oldies tune. 07/13/2003 |
Fantastic blues / rock singer Carrie Dean relaxes before her next song.
07/13/2003 |
Alan Chapman looks like he's up to something naughty while fixing a
string. 07/13/2003 |
Gene shows some of the mandolin picking that makes him stand out in
Bluegrass music. 07/12/2003 |
A fine Acoustic Bass player joins in. 07/12/2003 |
Dan, Artie and Gene do a Bluegrass song. 07/12/2003 |
Joe Sanders sings about "Margueritaville" in Washington Square
Park. 07/06/2003 |
After singing a 60's song, "White Rabbit", Christina gives us
the Peace symbol. 07/06/2003 |
A singer with a great smile adds a lot of energy to the music. 07/06/2003 |
Franco cools off during the music in Washington Square Park on a Sunday
afternoon. 07/06/2003 |
A drummer sits in. 07/06/2003 |
Sax great, Chuck Hancock backed up some of the musicians in Washington
Square Park before going to do his show. 07/06/2003 |
Nina and Lori sing a duet for the audience. 07/06/2003 |
Great harmony singer, Danny ready for the next song. 07/06/2003 |
Singer / Guitarist Paul Decoster relaxes on a hot summer day in Washington
Square Park. 07/06/2003 |
Gerry sings a song. 07/06/2003 |
Allen Chapman entertains the audience. 07/06/2003 |
Sage entertained visitors to Washington Square Park. 07/05/2003 |
R&B singing great, Skip Mitchell drops by Washington Square Park.
07/05/2003 |
Country singer, Lori Behrman relaxes on a hot summer day. 07/05/2003 |
Artie is passing through. 07/05/2003 |
Great acoustic Bluegrass Music during the "Night Shift". |