Syracuse Ska Forum

From Punknews.org ---

The Silver Sprocket Bicycle Club has released a new 7" EP from Vic Ruggiero, front-man of The Slackers, entitled On The Rag Time. The four-song EP is described as a rag-time piano record with all original songs, and featuring Jimmy Boom of The Phenomenauts on drums. The EP has a limited pressing of 500 on red and purple wax. Silver Sprocket will be releasing a full-length follow-up album by Ruggiero this summer.
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I got 2 copies (one for me and a gift for a friend) of this record in the mail the other day and it was very refreshing to hear some of these tunes with piano and voice, especially ones that that have not been done in solo format previously to my knowledge, like 3 & 4. I could argue that most of these are hardly rags, and hardly "rag" rolled in the way some of us saw on the beat up piano in the westcott a few years back. cheers!

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Track list:
1. Never go back Home (Stubborn All-stars)
2. Lonely Nights
3. Henderson Swamp (The Slackers)
4. Love Ya Moma (Skandalous All-stars)

HEY!!! BE NICE TO THAT PIANO AT THE WESTCOTT!!


Seriously, that piano is maintained and primarily used by the Syracuse Community Choir. They practice there weekly. That's one reason I try to keep people from playing around on it too much.

That was a compliment for that piano in a round about way -- As I enjoyed Vic's performance on it very much!