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About Me

In the early 70's, my brother Dennis showed my his Harmony guitar which he learned to play when he was in the Air Force, and showed me the chords to "For What It's Worth". I bought a guitar that week and have been playing ever since. When my children were young I played for them at night instead of reading them stories. I played in church folk groups for many years, both in Brentwood, Long Island and in upstate at Corpus Christi Church.When I moved to upstate New York in 1989 and in 1990 I was told about the open mic at Caffe Lena and I have been going almost every Thursday since. I play a lot of the singer songwriter tunes like Paul Simon, Cat Stevens, Jimmy Buffet, Taj Mahal, John Prine, Beatles, and lots of folky stuff. I was asked to become a host and have been hosting ever since. With the influence of so many fine musicians, I started writing songs in the early 90's and my first project was reviewed by "Dirty Linen" magazine.In the late 90's I played many solo and group venues in the area as part of a group called Traveling Players. More recently I've been playing with Emily Smith and the Midnight Sun doing many fundraisers and benefits. We were at the Saratoga County Fair this year as a finalist for the Froggy 107 shootout. I continue to write and listen to many different types of music, and go to many open mics in the area where I meet many fine musicians. Music is the great equalizer, young and old, we all share a common love.

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Member Since: 8/31/2006
Band Website: flickr.com/photos/pashoukos
Band Members: Beatles Cover : When I'm 64

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Influences: Walking in Memphis with Pete and Garland at Gaffney's open mic
Record Label: Rainman music
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Valentines song

My Valentine Day song is now up again on Myspace. Written many years ago, and a favorite at Caffe Lena. It's a short little ditty so give a listen. Buy flowers and candy if you want,...
Posted by Raymond Pashoukos on Mon, 04 Feb 2008 07:54:00 PST

Music videos of Maurizio and Phil Drum

I uploaded a couple of videos of Maurizio and Phil Drum which were taken 122106 at Caffe Lena's open mic. Hope you enjoy them.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCECk8prYGIhttp://www.yo utube.com/wat...
Posted by Raymond Pashoukos on Sun, 20 Jan 2008 09:41:00 PST

Putting on the Ritz

I put up a Fred Astaire video of the Irving Berlin song "Putting on the Ritz" It is simply amazing and I'm learning the song.... big endevour.. and this will inspire me to reach for the sky.
Posted by Raymond Pashoukos on Sun, 13 Jan 2008 11:01:00 PST

Angels We Have Heard On High

This short recording just done with the harmonica. For some reason I can play tunes by hear... simple stuff, but it's fun. Enjoy the season and Merry Christmas.
Posted by Raymond Pashoukos on Sat, 22 Dec 2007 01:30:00 PST

Christmas for Cowboys - take 3

I don't remember were I first heard this song but it has become one of my favorites. It was covered by John Denver in his Christmas album of 1998. Maybe I like it because I have horses and can i...
Posted by Raymond Pashoukos on Mon, 17 Dec 2007 06:31:00 PST

Feliz Navidad

Feliz Navidad, written by Jose Feliciano is such a fun Christmas song. I remember playing this song at my daughters grammar school in Brentwood NY. I used my baritone guitar for this one f...
Posted by Raymond Pashoukos on Sat, 15 Dec 2007 08:19:00 PST

Old Toy Trains

I just recorded another Christmas song for my new album (next year). The song is Old Toy Trains, written by the great Roger Miller in 1967 about his son who was two years old at the time. ...
Posted by Raymond Pashoukos on Tue, 11 Dec 2007 06:53:00 PST

Up on the Rooftop

Up on the housetop was written by American composer Benjamin Hanby in 1864 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_HanbyThis is my new arrangement for the song which I sang for my children when t...
Posted by Raymond Pashoukos on Sat, 08 Dec 2007 08:46:00 PST

Valentine Day song up for a couple of weeks

My Valentine Day song is now up on Myspace. Written many years ago, and a favorite at Caffe Lena. It's a short little ditty so give a listen. This will only be up for a couple of wee...
Posted by Raymond Pashoukos on Fri, 09 Feb 2007 05:08:00 PST

I'm not a cowboy

I wrote this in response to a real cowboy picture of a friend on flickr. http://flickr.com/photos/13866524@N00/He's looks like a real cowboy and realize I'm not a cowboy, but I am a horseman (or close...
Posted by Raymond Pashoukos on Mon, 01 Jan 2007 09:31:00 PST