BEGIN:VCALENDAR METHOD:PUBLISH VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:-//NONSGML Sandhills Development\, LLC//NONSGML Sugar Calendar Fe eds v3.4.0//EN X-WR-CALNAME:From A. to Beatles feat. Johnny A. at One Longfellow Square X-WR-CALDESC:Portland Downtown X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 DTSTART:20220313T070000 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 DTSTART:20220313T070000 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:From A. to Beatles feat. Johnny A. at One Longfellow Square DESCRIPTION:$25 adv. - $35 at the door | 7pm doors - 8pm show\n\nSpearhe aded by Boston Hall of Fame Guitarist JOHNNY A. and stemming from his pa ssion for The Beatles\, this new quartet\, “From A. To BEATLES” is a collaboration from Johnny A. and his like-minded musician friends to in strumentally “re-imagine” the music of The Beatles.\n\nJOHNNY A. - L ead Guitar\nOften referred to as a “musicians’ musician” Johnny A. is an internationally recognized Grammy Nominated guitarist/songrwriter /producer. As well as having a very successful 20+ year career as a solo artist\, he anchored J. Geils Band\nfrontman Peter Wolf and his Housepa rty 5 Band for eight years acting as musical director\, lead guitarist a nd co-producer (Peter Wolf - “Long Line” Warner/Reprise four stars R olling Stone Magazine)\, and was the touring lead guitarist for iconic B ritish band The Yardbirds (2015-18)\, musical director/lead guitarist fo r Bobby Whitlock (Derek &\; the Dominos\, George Harrison\, Delaney & amp\; Bonnie).\n\nAs a solo artist\, Johnny has toured extensively throu ghout the USA\, Canada\, Europe and Asia. Major festival performances in clude: Fuji Rock (Japan)\, Leverkusen Jazztage (Germany)\, Eric Clapton s Crossroads Festival\, Montreal Jazz Festival\, SF Jazz and others. H e has shared stages with such artists as: BB King\, Aerosmith\, Jimmie V aughan\, Robert Cray\, JJ Cale\, John Hiatt\, Jeff Beck\, Steve Vai\, Jo e Satriani\, Etta James\, Dr. John\, Leon Russell\, Eric Johnson\, Peter Frampton\, and many\, many more.\n\nHe wrote and had a #1 hit on AAA ra dio for the song “Oh Yeah” from “Sometime Tuesday Morning”\, has four solo releases\, has been Grammy nominated\, voted 2010 “Blues Ar tist of the Year” (Boston Music Awards) was inducted into the Boston M usic Hall of Fame 2014\, he has appeared as a featured guitarist on reco rdings by Peter Wolf\, Jimmy Webb\, Jim Peterik\, Stuart Kimball (Bob Dy lan) and others. Johnny A. is a Gibson Guitar Signature Artist (three mo dels)\, Epiphone Guitar Signature Artist.\n\nDEAN CASSELL - Bass\nHighly regarded amongst his peers and in addition to being the current bassist for John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band\, some of the artists Dean has played/recorded with include\, in no particular order\, Susan Tedesc hi\, Barrence Whitfield and the Savages\, Four Piece Suit\, Bo Diddley\, Johnny A.\, Robin Lane\,The Radio Kings\, Nicole Nelson\, Tony Lynn Was hington\, Andy Pratt\, Super Genius\, Laurie Mckenna\, Michael Tarbox\, amongst others. He has toured extensively throughout the United States\, every province in Canada\, and 23 other countries. Major festival perfo rmances include Luceren Jazz Fest (Switzerland)\, Glastonbury (UK)\, Ros kilde (Denmark)\, Montreal Jazz Fest\, Winnipeg Folk Festival (Canada)\, Chicago Blues Fest\, Bumbershoot in Seattle.\n\nIn addition\, Dean has also written and recorded music for television and film. Shows featuring his music include Sex In The City\, Nurse Jackie\, America’s Got Tale nt\, America’s Next Top Model\, Run’s House\, Along came Polly\, Our Lips Are Sealed\, The Real Housewives. Dean Cassell is a Grammy Nominat ed Artist\, has four Boston Music Awards and has been\ninducted into Rho de Island Music Hall Of Fame.\n\nMARTY RICHARDS - Drums\nDrummer Marty R ichards is nationally known as a "go-to" player for any setting. His inn ate sense of swing and unerring sense of time have graced hundreds of st ages and one hundred fifty recordings\, behind a list of artists that re ads like a "who's who" of American popular music.\n\nAfter Berklee Colle ge of Music\, his professional career launched with a ten year stint in the Gary Burton Quintet\, he has performed and recorded since with many jazz\, rock and blues acts including Duke Robillard\, Joe Perry Project\ , J. Geils Band\, Pete Francis\, James Montgomery Band\, Airborne\, Pete r Wolf\, James Cotton\, Jay McShann\, Jimmy Witherspoon\, The Blues Brot hers\, The Peter Malick Group featuring Norah Jones\, John Hammond\, Joh nny A.\, Kim Wilson\, Dizzy Gillespie\,\nBenny Carter\, Makoto Ozone\, a nd Tommy Flanagan.\n\nIn 2015 Marty Richards was inducted into the Rhode Island Music Hall of Fame\, and was recently recognized by Zildjian for his thirty year association with the brand.\n\nGREG TAWA - Ryhthm Guita r\nOne of New England’s finest guitarists\, Greg has honed his skills as a “hired gun” guitarist with the ability to fit into any musical genre. He has been an anchor in performance supporting such artists as B o Diddly\, Fabulous Thunderbirds\, The Big Blues Meanies\, Hearts on Fir e\, The Streets\, Johnny A. and countless others. Tawa has toured throug hout the USA and abroad sharing stages with Rick Derringer\, Bob Seger\, Aerosmith\, David Johansen and many more.\n\nCovid-19 Protocols:\n\nWe are very excited to be hosting live music shows again in our listening r oom. OLS is committed to providing a safe environment for all who work\, listen\, or perform live music in our venue. Because our venue is so sm all\, we will require all staff\, volunteers\, performers\, and patrons to show proof of full vaccination against COVID-19 when they attend OLS events AND to wear masks indoors unless they are actively drinking\, eat ing\, or performing.\n\nProof of vaccine must come directly from the hea lth care provider that performed the vaccination and can be a photo or p hysical copy of the vaccination card or record with an accompanying phot o ID. Full vaccination means that the date of the performance you are at tending is:\n\n* at least 14 days after your second dose of an FDA or WH O authorized two dose COVID-19 vaccine\, or\n\n* at least 14 days after your single dose of an FDA or WHO authorized single dose COVID vaccine.\ n\nWe hope we can ease these restrictions once further progress has been made reducing transmission of the virus. Until then we greatly apprecia te your patience and cooperation.\n\nOne Longfellow Square does not assu me liability\; the ticket holder will assume all risks involved. By purc hasing a ticket to this event you agree to assume full liability for any risks incurred before\, during and after the event and agree to the cur rent Terms of Use. URL;VALUE=URI:https://portlandmaine.com/events/from-a-to-beatles-feat-jo hnny-a-at-one-longfellow-square/ UID:urn:uuid:5bf3fccb-5d98-4a57-9208-d30d41bb48cc STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER: DTSTAMP:20260414T181028Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220723T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220723T220000 LOCATION:181 State St.\, Portland\, Maine 04101\, US END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR