Footage is from the Big Star's Third Concert performed at Mason Hall in New York City on 3-26-11. It was organized by Chris Stamey and proceeds went to charities such as the New Orleans Musicians Clinic(www.neworleansmusiciansclinic.org), The Corona Youth Music Project(www.nucleocorona.org), and KidZNotes(www.kidznotes.org).
Featured performers(varied from song to song, especially the vocalists) were Vocalists - Norman Blake (Teenage Fanclub), Sidney Dixon, Mitch Easter (Let's Active), Brett Harris, Django Haskins, Ira Kaplan (Yo La Tengo), Matt McMichaels, Tift Merrit, Mike Mills(REM), Jody Stephens (Big Star), Michael Stipe (REM), Matthew Sweet, and Gordon Zacharias
Drums - Jody Stephens
Electric Bass - Mike Mills
Double Bass - Jeff Crawford
Guitars - Mitch Easter, Chris Stamey with help from Norman Blake, Django Haskins, Ira Kaplan, Matthew Sweet
Piano, Accordian and Mellotron - Charles Cleaver
There were also extensive string,brass and wind sections conducted by Ari Picker, and all musical direction via Chris Stamey
So happy I was there! Thank you everyone!
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