Marc Black – guitar/vocals
Michael Esposito – bass
Ralph Legnini – guitar
Marc Black, singer/songwriter/guitarist, and NY Blues Hall of Fame inductee will be performing with bassist Michael Esposito at Lydia’s Cafe, a cozy, intimate local cafe with excellent food and friendly folks.
Marc has been a local favorite for over 50 years, beginning his career at age 18 with shows with The Doors, Neil Diamond and Van Morrison.
He has enjoyed many adventures following the music through folk, blues, funk, experimental soundscapes, and film scoring. But in the end, it seems he always comes back to Claudette, that sweet hunk of wood he’s been carrying around with me for 50 years. His guitar, not his wife (in case you’re wondering).
Michael Esposito’s occupations have included musician, painter, builder, priest, and bicycle repairman, as well as cartoonist. In the 1960s, he played in a rock band, the Blues Magoos, touring the country and appearing on TV shows. A decade later, he lived as a renunciate at Church on the Mount, up on Meads Mountain Road. For years he’s been riding and repairing bicycles. These days, he avoids making plans.
Ralph Legnini (a/k/a E Boy) is a music artist / songwriter / producer / engineer based in Woodstock, New York. His studio career began as a member of Nile Rodgers Productions team – working in the control room with Nile on records being produced for Madonna, David Bowie, Jeff Beck and Mick Jagger, followed by a move to Woodstock, NY to become Todd Rundgren’s studio manager and eventually Production & Studio Manager for Rundgren’s Alchemedia Productions & Utopia Studio.
As a studio musician, Legnini has recorded with Jules Shear, Tin Huey, Rick Danko, James Taylor, Todd Rundgren, Pete Seeger, Chip Taylor, Danielia Cotton, Dr. John, Mick Ronson, Jill Sobule, John Sebastian, Levon Helm and Kate Pierson.
After years of being in the studio every day with legendary producers Nile Rodgers & Todd Rundgren, Legnini / E Boy Music is currently involved in creating music that helps make the world a more positive place to be.
