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Springtime in Vermont and time to pound those keys!   One week from tonight MAY THE FOURTH the glorious PIZZA STONE will return from hiatus with cold craft beer, the best pizza in VT and honky tonk soul! Our Favorite Juke Joint is back! 630!

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IN THE MIDNIGHT HOUR was really a “cover of a cover’ as we based our 80s guitar jangle on the Roxy Music version which we loved. We later recorded this song acoustically for the Boston Does Motown compilation, which I found odd because In the Midnight Hour is ATLANTIC soul!

#dontdanceintheattic

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SOUL KITCHEN recorded live on WCUW-FM Worcester MA in June of 1986.

This was a signature cover for Childhood and we loved playing it, Greg and Danny especially!

#doorscover

#wcuw

#worcesterparisoftheeighties

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ROOM TO BREATHE is the title song of Childhood’s second 4-song EP, recorded in 1987/88 and released (on vinyl) in the spring of 1988.

It was mostly recorded at DOWNTOWN RECORDERS in Boston’s South End, with other work done at PYRAMID STUDIOS in NYC and BLACKBEARD STUDIOS in RI.

At the time we were more than ready to shed the young/cute/pop band image that had been painted on us by the press (and our Boston peers) and we took a darker path, multi-tracking different guitar layers, adding piano, percussion, horns, strings, sound effects, gang vocals and washing it all down with whiskey and cynicism.

The results were well received - we sold records, got good reviews in the Boston press and solid airplay on WBCN, WFNX, WAAF and college radio, and upped our game and reputation with this release.

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CHILDHOOD and HUCK will be performing at the Union Common in Marlborough MA as part of the Marlborough Summer Music Series - THURSDAY JULY 8, 2021 at 7 PM  - our 7th appearance at this series and a night of celebration for friends  and family featuring two sets of original rock music from a catalog of 12 albums, EPs and singles written and recorded with our cherished  friend and bandmate Scott Ricciuti

#marlboroughma

#weloveandmissyouscott

#originalrock

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wooHoo it looks like we are finally at.....The Beginning Of The Beginning!I am honored to kick off the re-opening for LIVE MUSIC at the glorious PIZZA STONE in Chester VT - this Memorial Day Weekend Friday May 28. For those who forgot it goes something like this.Craft beer and cocktails and STILL the best pizza in southern Vermont, plus wildly obscure rock and roll, country and R&B songs from the 30s-90s, expertly curated, chord-pounded and shouted by me! Live!    Details to follow!!        

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BAREFOOTIN! live at the Pizza Stone Chester VT

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very first band and band photo, this is PARADOX in early 1980.

Photo by Stephen DiRado, whose brother Chris is the drummer.

Chris went on to play in MIDNITE SUN with me for the next four years.

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reverse share!

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BIO BIO BIO....

Originally from Marlborough MA, Kenny Ebell has been a performing musician since the age of ten.

By the end of high school he had traded his trumpet for an electric bass guitar and microphone and was fronting the popular local band MIDNITE SUN with best friend Scott Ricciuti, playing area nightclubs, proms, weddings and parties.

Kenny began writing songs during this time and he and Scott formed the original rock outfit CHILDHOOD -  who recorded and performed with regional success in the 1980s-90s - winning the prestigious WBCN Rock and Roll Rumble in 1987 as Boston’s best new band. Kenny recorded and released four records with CHILDHOOD and then abruptly quit the band and moved to Vermont where he semi-retired from music and raised a family.

Kenny re-emerged in the Sunapee NH band LITTLE ROCK, this time playing piano and singing classic rock and country covers. At this time he also formed the unique lounge trio COLD DUCK in his hometown Worcester-Boston area, where he satisfied his appetite for finding long-lost rock, country and R&B nuggets and shaping them to his own particular style of “Honky Tonk Soul.”

Kenny’s most recent Northern New England bands have included ROUTE 11 and BACKROAD and he continues to perform in Massachusetts with CHILDHOOD and also HUCK - who reunite periodically to pay tribute to friend and bandmate Ricciuti, who died tragically in a car accident in 2012.

Kenny currently performs a vocal-piano solo act where he takes his Honky Tonk Soul style to even further depths of discovery, uncovering and re-imagining obscure rock and roll, country and R&B songs from the 30s-90s, including many he has written or co-written. 

He ties these songs and styles together with humor, a little history and a memorable voice.

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KENNY EBELL APPEARING AT THE PIZZA STONE IN CHESTER VT THIS VALENTINES DAY - FRIDAY FEBRUARY 14!!!

It has been some time since I did a solo show in VT and boy am I ready to let loose with all the love songs I can remember - and that is quite a few

So whether you believe love rules or love stinks I have you covered - and if you add the best pizza and craft beer in southern VT to the equation its a no-brainer, it’s going to be a great night for couples AND singles!  Hope to see you!

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Before HUCK there was CHILDHOOD, and before THINNER there were the UNDERTHINGS, RESISTANCE, CHOOSY MOTHERS and POPSKULL (among others) One of the first times I met Danny (Rugburn) McGee he was being carried onstage in a coffin at Chets Diner. From there we played more shows together in the next thirty years than should have been allowed (if we are counting hangovers). When Danny joined our good friend Neil from RESISTANCE and Craig to form THINNER it was an explosion of talent that has truly lasted.

The common thread, as always, was the friendship all of these bands shared with each other and our fans. Well, these days the Gods are not being as kind to Danny and Neil as they deserve and so we are gathering the forces that remain to help them through a difficult time

SUNDAY DECEMBER 1 AT RALPHS DINER IN WORCESTER - 5 to 10 PM HUCK and CHILDHOOD will be appearing with our good friend Jim Weeks and LITTLE BIG WHEEL as well as FAT RANDY (Neil’s son Connor’s original band) and special guest DAVID MINEHAN of the NEIGHBORHOODS!

Please come help celebrate THINNER and their musical legacy and help Danny and Neil in their recovery. There is going to be a major raffle w/cool prizes, great musical entertainment and best of all – We can all be together once more rocking out at Ralphs – Friends and Hugs and Rock and Roll!

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we are beyond honored to be helping celebrate 40 years of RALPHS on the very stage that holds almost an entire lifetime of memories for us SAT OCT 19 RALPHS 40TH ANNIVERSARY an all day celebration of the most iconic rock club in New England we will be playing one set at 10pm, right before headliner Corey Glover of LIVING COLOUR (very early promo pic 1985) #ralphsrockdiner #worcesterparisoftheeighties #weloveandmissyouscott

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Hey friends, I will be appearing solo at the HORSESHOE PUB in downtown Hudson MA on Friday August 9 at 8pm!!! The Horseshoe Pub goes almost as far back as I do and I am really looking forward to banging out some vintage Rock and Roll, R&B, and Country in a great hometown atmosphere - Just give me a roadhouse and a piano and off we go! #honkytonksoul #horseshoepubhudson #hudsonma

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live song INTO THE SEA - thanks to everyone who attended this great night, see you next time!

#weloveandmissyouscott

#childhoodandhuck

#marlboroughsummermusicseries

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CHILDHOOD and HUCK will be performing at the Union Common in Marlborough MA as part of the Marlborough Summer Music Series - THURSDAY JULY 11 at 7 PM - our 6th appearance at this series and a night of celebration for friends and family featuring two sets of original rock music from a catalog of 12 albums, EPs and singles written and recorded with our cherished friend and bandmate Scott Ricciuti

#marlboroughma

#weloveandmissyouscott

#originalrock