Benny Mardones would have had a blast. Back it up a minute. Somewhere up above, the rocker who left us in June 2020 surely did soar along with the full house at the Palace Theatre in Syracuse Saturday night during every second of Bless a Brand New Angel: A Tribute to Benny Mardones. There was…
While putting together today’s Benny’s Lost ’80s Bash fundraising concert for the Carol M. Baldwin Breast Cancer Research Fund of Central New York, Syracuse native Greg Ross came up with a different wrinkle. Fans of Benny Mardones were able to purchase tickets for last night’s Eat and Greet at the Gem Diner to meet the…
Oh, the world of the one-hit wonder. How many bands would have killed for that single hit, that taste of fame, the bucks that may have come along with it. How many bands wave their hands at that notion, saying, we don’t measure our worth in mass popularity, maybe even making a bit of fun…
One good look around the grounds at Sharkey’s Eclectic Sports Lounge in Liverpool, N.Y., Saturday proved that the spirit for Benny Mardones lives. Inside and out. The Syracuse area still brings out the best in Benny. Get him up on stage with his band the Hurricanes in Central New York, and rock ‘n’ roll happens…
The first time I came face-to-face with Benny Mardones was in the lobby of the big daily. Roll the calendar back to 1991, the year I’d made the switch from the sports department to covering music and entertainment. I’d talked to the rocker on the phone for a big piece to preview his show at…
Benny Mardones is coming back to town. Fans will rejoice. People will sing along to “Into the Night.” Women of all ages will jump on stage and dance mightily to “Sheila C.” Mardones and his Syracuse band, the Hurricanes, rocking out for “Benny’s Backyard BBQ Bash,” Aug. 3 at Sharkey’s, on Oswego Road in Liverpool.…
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