7th & 8th November 2008
Two gigs at Club Cafe in two nights. Opening for Bill Toms and Hard Rain on the seventh.The following night was a milestone for the Brit. Joel opened for the Italian Superstar Elisa, in front of a sold out house! Joel and Jim rocked Club Cafe for 45 minutes, receiving huge applause from the Italian fans. After selling lots of cds and receiving much praise for the song Why You Calling Me? (Italians are mama's boys too!) Joel and friends were invited to hang out with Elisa on the tour bus!
Joel and Jim opening for Elisa @ Club Cafe 10.7.08
Joel to perform with Italian superstar!
Elisa Live in Concert! Joel and Elisa
11th October 2008
Joel performs with Denny Laine and the Granati Bros at Lincoln Park Performing Arts School in front of a sold out auditorium. Joel gives solo performances on Yesterday, Across the Universe, Eleanor Rigby, and plays a short set with Boulevard of the Allies to start the show. He also stands beside Denny Laine at center stage to sing harmonies on his hits, including Mull of Kintyre, Band on the Run and Live and Let Die. It was electrifying.
Joel and Denny after the show After show gig at Headstones
Jason Kendall, Joel and Joey Granati Joel and Denny share the stage again
Joel with Pete Bennett, Denny Dave, Joey and Joel
Laine, The Granatis and the
band and crew. Joel never looked
so tall.
29th September 2008
Unoffical video released on youtube on the upcoming Beatles Tribute concert featuring McCartney's former Wings bandmate Denny Laine, Pittsburgh legends the Granati Bros and Londoner Joel Lindsey. Guest speaker Former Beatles, Stones and Kinks promoter Pete Bennett. (The video has the official audio from the radio commerical on The Pickle 99.3fm but the visuals are froman unknown source).
view video (Be patient, it takes a few moments to load!)
26th September 2008
"BIG NEWS!! BEST IN THE 'BURGH JUST GOT BIGGER!! We are thrilled to announce that on Friday September 26th the Best in The 'Burgh series is moving to The Cabaret Theater, downtown Pittsburgh. Three of the city's most prestigious artists will have the opportunity to perform in The main auditorium each month, with phenomenal sound and lights in one of Pittsburgh's most prestigious venues. The audience can enjoy table service (food and alcoholic beverages) and the events are open to all ages. We have managed to keep the entrance fee to just $5, and we will still be raising money for local charities through our raffle. Hosted by Joel Lindsey, Best in the 'burgh just got a whole lot better. For more info click here."
18th July 2008
Joel is featured in Pittsburgh's Jenesis Magazine. Read the article here.
23 May 2008
The Tribune Review give Joel and Amy's newly founded charity music showcase BEST IN THE BURGH 3 a great write up! Check it out here.
21 May 2008
James Kurasch. Learn more about that mystery man HERE.
16 April 2008
A big thanks to Scott Tady from the Beaver County Times for another great shout out in his always entertaining column. Check it out HERE.
4 April 2008
Joel and Jim are honoured to play Pittsburgh's official Barack Obama rally at the CCAC Gymnasium. Obama's the one in the middle.
25 March 2008
On the road again...Joel's is on a mini-tour through New York City, with a full report on the trip coming soon. In the meantime, mark your calendars for some upcoming gigs:
14 January 2008
Joel's in the news again! A big thanks to Scott Tady for the mention in yesterday's Beaver County Times. Read the article HERE.
26 December 2007
In promotion of his upcoming gig in Johnstown,PA, Joel is featured in the local newspaper, Our Town. Read the article HERE.
20 December 2007
Joel will be appearing KDKA Radio with AcoustiCafe founder, Mark Willson during Carol Lee Espy's Life Lounge! Listen in on Saturday, January 5, 2008 at 11:00pm to hear Joel play live and to find out more about the forthcoming AcoustiCafe Open Stage Nights at Club Cafe.
To listen live online during the show, click HERE.
18 December 2007
AcoustiCafé Brings Back Pittsburgh’s #1 Open Stage
Pittsburgh, PA - Club Café, widely regarded as the best listening room in the city, is pleased to host the return of AcoustiCafé's Open Stage starting Monday, January 7th, 2008 at 7:00pm. This kickoff event will feature all three of AcoustiCafé’s regular rotating hosts – Paul Tabachneck, Heather Kropf and Joel Lindsey. Fashioned after some of the high profile and wildly successful open stages in Nashville and New York City, AcoustiCafé’s open stage intends to create a supportive environment for artists to network with their peers, test new music or haul out old favorites, and most importantly, extend their reach in the local scene. The open stage will also welcome talented touring artists.
With free admission, drink specials, an early time slot, and the state-of-the-art sound and ambiance of Club Café, AcoustiCafé organizers expect this to become the most popular open stage in the region, both for the artists and music lovers. For more information on AcoustiCafé, or the open stage, please visit www.acousticafe.org.
10 October 2007
Joel is interviewed at the Connections Cafe in Oakland, Pittsburgh. His electrifying performance of 'Think it Over' is also filmed. Watch them both now!
29 September 2007
Joel has entered the ITune generation! All the old stuff and a bunch of new can now be purchased
as downloadable tracks on both his website and myspace. For a mere 99 cents, you can put hits
like James the Cat and The Place Where We Belong on your mp3 player and jam along at home.
Joel has also begun his invasion of PIttsburgh with gigs at Club Cafe and Songwriters' Circle.
Check out the gigs page for a listing
of his many upcoming performances.
29 July 2007
Joel has just been featured in a headlining article by Scott Tady in the BEAVER COUNTY TIMES!
22 July 2007
JUST ANNOUNCED! Joel will be performing in London on 19 August 2007 at the Jazz Cafe.
For more information visit http://www.laniado.co.uk/laniadolive.html
22 June 2007
Joel prepares to leave the cultural city of San Francisco. Deep inside the travel straps
and sleeping bag lies his guitar. He really did shlep this thing across America. But it made it back
in one piece, so he must have known what he was doing. And a flight case would have been 5
times as heavy...And far less colourful.
21 June 2007
Blondies, Haight and Hayes, San francisco. My last gig on tour before returning to Beaver PA.
A coffee shop, a bunch of old hippies wearing bum bags, beads and hemp clothing. There wasn't
even a pa system. Poetry, an amazing blues harp player, story tellers. I jammed with an old blues
playing guy who lived in San Fran around the same time my mum lived there as a wild child hippy
with a flower drawn on her cheek. He didn't know her. We rode the bus back to market together.
He toked his pipe on the journey. Naturally i declined.
18 JUNE 2007
San Francisco. Drugs, music, strip clubs and clam chowder. Bewildered, disorientated and
exhausted, Joel plays the bars of San Francisco, lost and alone. Thrilling. this time at a bar
called Retox. A nice bar, but don't walk the streets after 2am around here. The crackheads
are out, and they have guns! A bad combination. But Joel felt safe as he had befriended Eugene,
a 31 year old half Irish half Cleveland street hustler. He was also a musician. Think Jon Lennon
meets an enraged pitbull. He knew every stripper in town by there first name. In San
Francisco you can have a buffet lunch while you get a lap dance.
13 june 2007
Joel opens again for 'Stewart Mann and The Statesboro Review' , this time at The 6th street's
Chuggin Monkey. His set included a version of Free's 'Hunter', for which Scott from the band jammed with Joel. Joel also performed backing vocals for the band on Sweet Home Alabama and various CCR oldies. The guys were a real good laugh and excellent musicians.
"In Birmingham they love the Gov'nor...."
13 june 2007
Joel walks onto an outdoor stage where 'The Doogs' are mid set. He jams with them on a djembe.
Only in Austin can you walk onto a stage while a band are playing and start jamming without so
much as an introduction. They jammed together for around an hour. It was great.
12 june 2007
Joel opens for 'Stewart Mann and The Statesboro Revue', a local band from Austin. The gig was at
The Blind Pig on 6th Street, the coolest rooftop venue in town. 6th street was awesome live
music, beautiful women, cheap booze 7 days a week 'til 2am. An amazing place. Adam had left for
Boston, but Joel had hooked up with the right people and made some great friends. The Lone Star
beer flowed like water that night, and an after party with the band continued through
the early hours.
9 June 2007
Austin, Texas had opened its arms wide open to these British musicians. This was Gino's, an
Italian dive with an awful house band. They played for around 20 minutes. Joel and Adam played
for an hour.
4 June 2007
Having Met an enthusiastic musician called Mike at the Tailgate, he had arranged a saturday
night showcase for Joel And Adam at The Corkscrew, a swanky wine bar in the Heights of
Houston. The crowd went crazy for the duo, and they played arguably their best set of the tour.
There was something in the air that night. The bar owner said it was the biggest crowd
response any artists had received in his venue, it was a packed house. They were invited back,
but the next day the pair left for Austin.
1 JUNE 2007
Houston Texas, Christian's Tailgate. The rain poured down as Joel and Adam pulled up to a
small corrogated iron building just off the freeway. Inside were tvs showing various basketball
and baseball games, and the locals drank pitchers of Miller Lite. The mensroom door was a thin
piece of white laminate barely attached by two small hinges with 'men' drawn on in marker
pen. Joel re-introduced the duo to the crowd 83 times during the set. Adam grimaced.
29 May 2007
Nashville, Tennesse. Joel and Adam arrive early to play an open mic at 'The Hall of Fame
Nashville'. They are overheard warming up by the host, and are asked if they would be the
featured act and play an hour set. They give a killer performance and sell a load of cds. At the
start of the the gig, Joel announces to the audience " Hi everyone, we're from London." An
audience member with a strong southern accent hollers " London, Kentucky??" We made great
friend's with Aaron from Vancouver, of the band 'The Broken Condom Babies'. He high-fived alot.
