From: Richard Reale
Date: May 9, 2011 3:56:16 AM EDT
To: info@thehappenings.com
Subject: I think all the superlatives about you have been exhausted.

May 9, 2011
Hello, Bobby, Bob and George --
Great thing about you is that I feel I CAN call you by your first names.
Caught your show at Queens College with The Vogues and The Association, with my friend Vito Picone as emcee.
Dazzled us all. And the other guys were good too! budda bing. ... Seriously, what a night of music, and, seriously, you were, of course, spectacular.
The rainbow changed colors all throughout your rendition, Bobby. About 1,000 people in Queens, the Bronx, Brooklyn, and Manhattan tested their tear ducts and their degree of color blindness that night. HealthPlus and MetroPlus thank you for that many less visits to their patient-tested facilities.
Bob, does Neil Diamond know that he sounds like you? Sweet.... Boston Red Sox... Seventh-inning stretch already! Very cool.
George, I play an all-white Stratocaster Lone Star... and you play better !! Of COURSE you play better ! In fact, I really enjoyed not only your style but your on-the-fly effects changes.
OK, so, who am I? Played guitar 45 years, but hardly ever in a band, until last year... I play behind the Jarmels (A Little Bit of Soap, 1961 one-hit wonder). They just celebrated their 50th anniversary in Richmond, VA, where I joined them for their Highland Falls, VA, Henrico Theatre. They sang 10 selections, 8 off their first-ever CD, released in January.
Like The Jarmels, no way I was going to miss you at Queens College. ... And I'll See You... back there. The Jarmels and I were there Oct. 9.
For all the great moments of singing along on your hits, thank you. You were more awesome in February than I could have possibly imagined.
I dropped a note to Gary Fuchs, for whom I have distributed flyers for your Feb. event and Connie Francis' concert, to thank him for reconnecting with you. Vito first told me he worked out the Rockin' Rhino/JES July date with Gary. Fabulous.

Appreciatively from a Corona, NY kid,
Rich Reale                                           

From: Stephen Binley
Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2011 09:31:15 -0800
To: <info@thehappenings.com>
Subject: 2/12 concert in Queens, NY

Hey Guys,

Just a quick email to say that a friend and I were at your concert Saturday (2/12) in Flushing, NY and you were phenomenal!  We both work in radio (and drove down from MA to see the show) and we were blown away with how awesome The Happenings sounded!  Bob M., your lead vocals were amazing - as well as your energy and showmanship; and Bob K., your leads were spot on and your range was terrific too.  (don't mean to leave George out, but he didn't do any lead singing... :-) ).  Your harmonies were tight and the whole sound and package of your set was as good as anything we've heard in a long time (from any genre or decade of music!).  The Happenings were really the hit of the show, as far as we were concerned, and we will definitely make a trip to see you guys again in the future.  Thanx for a GREAT set and performance - it was truly memorable for us!

Sincerely,

Stephen Binley
WYCM 90.1FM
Charlton, MA

P.S.  I've always LOVED "See You In September", and have listened to the original dozens and dozens of times, and when you started that song Saturday night I leaned over and said to my friend: "that's amazing - it sounds JUST like the original", & IT DID!  Great job!

Camelot Christmas Spectacular - Symphony Hall - Allentown, PA

Dec 15, 2010
Hi Bob, we have already had requests to have you back for our 25th Anniversary show next year.  Seriously, people have said they could have listened to you guys all night!! For our show next year we would like to go back to Stabler Arena. That holds four thousand people!   [ ] Take care, say hi to the rest of The Happenings and I will talk to you soon.
 
Marnell

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