What a treat to be back in the groovy little KZTV studio, located at Mt. Sinai hospital on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. The staff (Gerard, Alayna and Deepika) were so cheerful and happy to have us there, and set-up took almost no time at all.

The whole thing felt very comfortable (for me, anyway), as if we’d done it a hundred times, when in fact the opposite…

We’d been looking forward to this gig for weeks, a chance to get back into Manhattan and rock a proper NYC crowd. And what a venue, a gorgeous patio overlooking the East River. Meanwhile, Time Out NY Kids and a bunch of other sites had listed tonight’s event as their Top Pick (apparently not much happens in town on Mondays).

So it was a real shame when the skies opened up and rained us out!

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Wow! We just played an amazing show at the Knitting Factory to a huge crowd! What a thrill!

To be honest, we didn’t know what to expect today. Our last few Knit gigs have trended downward, attendence-wise, a phenomenon we attributed to the warmer weather. (Who wants to sit in a bar on a good beach day?) In fact we were scheduled to play a set there in July and we cancelled it, anticipating an empty house.

But then something cool…

Today was the first of our three gigs with This Is It! Productions’ Traveling Kids’ Kingdom, and what a start it was! Deanna Hunt and the good folks at This Is it! really know how to pull out all the stops and put on a great show.

Our friend DJ Mickey G was there, doin’ his thing as MC. He knows what the kids like! We talked about collaborating with him; Dana has a new song that might be a perfect match for his skills at the turntable. I…

We’re back!

After a lovely hiatus, the Lemons are back to tackle the second half of the summer. And we came back with a bang, rocking the gorgeous gazebo in Victory Park in the lovely little hamlet of Rumson, NJ. I don’t know the full story of how this gig was booked (I rarely do) but apparently there are several Hoboken ex-pats in Rumson, and someone slipped our name to the town Concert Committee*. Thank you, whoever you are!

Rumson…