I am pasting the article in here because this will disappear from the Telegram in a couple weeks.

Shows feature blasts from past

The lineup of bands coming together tomorrow at Ralph’s Chadwick Square Diner in Worcester is a living mural of George Chiasson’s musical life. 

Childhood, Thinner, Sinners Local 519, Cold Duck, Brilliant, Hip Civilians and The Bart Caruso Band will be there, and Chiasson’s work in Dharma Bums connects to all the above in some way. 

Chiasson played drums and hailed from the fertile Hudson-Marlboro music scene. Following the Dharma Bums’ run in the 1980s, Chiasson had a long career in stage production alongside his various musical endeavors. In December, just after Christmas, Chiasson suffered a fatal heart attack at age 51, a terrible loss to his wife, Pamela, their two sons, Cole and Luke, and the vast orbit of people who called Chiasson a friend. “People waited in line for four hours at his wake, and that line never went down,” recalled Kenny Ebell. 

Ebell played bass in Childhood, the Central Mass alt-pop band that stunned the Boston music scene with its win in the WBCN Rock and Roll Rumble in 1987, and shared many a bill with Chiasson and the Dharma Bums. 

“When we played the Rumble, George was right there with us,” Ebell said. 

But the two traced their friendship back even further, realizing it was Chiasson who was Ebell’s summer-camp counselor back in 1974. Years after Childhood and Dharma Bums broke up, Ebell and Chiasson reconnected in the band Cold Duck, which created its own brand of honky-tonk lounge jazz. 

Ebell pulled together the tribute to Chiasson happening tomorrow at Ralph’s Diner, 148 Grove St., after an impromptu celebration of his life packed the smaller Vincent’s nightclub earlier this year. Bart Caruso was in Dharma Bums with Chiasson. Rob Ledoux’s Hip Civilians traveled the same indie-rock circuit that Dharma Bums and Childhood coursed. Ledoux is now in charge of Brilliant. Thinner grew out of the group Popskull, in which Chiasson played drums. Sinners Local 519 and Cold Duck are the bands Chiasson played drums in most recently. 

Proceeds from the concert tomorrow will benefit Chiasson’s family. 

“George was at the center of it all,” Ebell said of his friend. “He was like the Tony Soprano of the fun Mafia.” 

The show begins at 8 p.m. with Cold Duck. 

 great to meet you Bruce. 

Last night was a great time, I had fun playing with Cold Duck, but it was sad that I was playing with them because of George's passing. I had him in my mind the whole night though.

Thank you Hip Civilians for asking me to play with you guys too! That was a blast.

I didn't take many pictures and didn't have my good camera but here are a few from last night. Anyone else have any pictures?

duncan - I took a few photos - a few came out ok  - but I also have about 45 minutes of the chilhood set on video - it came out pretty swell - give me a few weeks to get it compiled onto DVD & i'll send you a copy.

Are there any photos of George online so I could perhaps put one on the title screen of the DVD menu?

slow connection makes it a pain for me to upload to the youtubage.

pick a song and i'll try and post it - this is what i have:

room to breathe
i'm a tree
as she moved
rightside upside down
bittersweet
necktie
which day
garden of eden
? superstition ?
into the sea

(does anyone know the name of the song they did with "superstition" in the middle?

hey scott - thanks - just got done uploading "necktie" - will try and get "room to breathe" up soon.

 www.youtube.com/watch

more Childhood on the YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/user/sidemousedotcom