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General Category => Hackensack Discussion => Topic started by: BLeafe on October 02, 2010, 06:52:55 PM
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The main reason I went to this year's street festival was one of nostalgia. The guitarist for Fillet of Soul was an old friend named Joe Murray, whom I hadn't seen in over 30 years.
Joe played in Pegasus back then and that was the local band that I basically sharpened my concert-shooting skills on. While I was talking to him after the show, another Pegasus member showed up (Ted the bass player!), so it was a nice little reunion.
You can see Joe and his red guitar in the next-to last picture. The last picture is a now-and-then, showing Joe after the show and when I shot him in Pegasus in April of 1977 (not sure of the venue).
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Thanks, BLeafe. Neat pix... you are a gifted photog.
Didn't Joe Pizza and Steve Moon play in Fillet of Soul as well? I may be confused, but wasn't Steve the lead singer and Joe the bassist? I also remember seeing the band at Arcola Pool back in the day. Good music.
Thanks again.
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Thanks for the kind words.
I really couldn't tell you who was in FoS back then because I didn't follow them.
I stuck mainly with Pegasus because the lead singer was my roommate. Other than that, I wasn't overly-involved with the local scene. There were bigger fish to fry.
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Well deserved...
I suppose I should have framed the time/space continuum a little bit better- I was talking about the mid-sixties when I would see the FOS band at Arcola. Of interest to other readers here who may have not made the connection, the Joe Pizza I speak of is the same ex-Summit Ave-dwelling, supporter of Mayor Zisa and fan of Borg woods. That's a mouthful! I was friends with Joe's younger brother Frank in Boyscout Troop 15 (that met at the First Congregational Church in those days).
If your sister is Geri, I knew her, too!
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Steve Moon sang for The Filet of Soul. Joey Pizza and Ronnie Maninno had their own group one of the names being "Muffin".
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I was friends with Joe's younger brother Frank in Boyscout Troop 15 (that met at the First Congregational Church in those days).
If your sister is Geri, I knew her, too!
There was a Frank Pizza who pitched for the Hackensack Red Wings in the 40s (see pic below). Could he be your friend's father?
All that info is here:
http://www.hackensacknow.org/index.php?PHPSESSID=abb9e0b2abe26dc912d37baeb971f52b&topic=1647.0
Geri IS my sister. You must be an old HTS'er.
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Joe Pizza's father is Joe Pizza, Sr. Sr. lived on Clinton Place just west of Clarendon in a small ranch house. Unsure if Frank Pizza is related.
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Yes one and the same. The Frank Pizza I knew would have been born circa 1953... Joe is a bit older.
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I was friends with Joe's younger brother Frank in Boyscout Troop 15 (that met at the First Congregational Church in those days).
If your sister is Geri, I knew her, too!
There was a Frank Pizza who pitched for the Hackensack Red Wings in the 40s (see pic below). Could he be your friend's father?
All that info is here:
http://www.hackensacknow.org/index.php?PHPSESSID=abb9e0b2abe26dc912d37baeb971f52b&topic=1647.0
Geri IS my sister. You must be an old HTS'er.
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Yes class of 1967. My brother was 3 years behind me. Check out my wooden ruler-skinned knuckles.
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Steve Moon sang for The Filet of Soul. Joey Pizza and Ronnie Maninno had their own group one of the names being "Muffin".
Bingo! I stand/sit corrected. Thanks for helping my crooked memory.