The Remains

The Remains @ The Woodstock Fair Labor Day Weekend

admin — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 16:59:23 +0000

The Remains will perform at the Woodstock Fair on Friday, September 3rd at 6:00PM on the main stage.
Located in Woodstock, Connecticut, the Woodstock Fair is celebrating it’s 150th year and is the largest fair in Connecticut. For Directions please go to www.woodstockfair.com

The Remains Release New Song, About the Red Sox, “Monbo Time”

admin — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 16:29:36 +0000

50% of Proceeds to benefit cancer research and treatment

With the 2010 baseball season underway, The Remains are releasing a new song, “Monbo Time,” that is meant, in part, to be a tribute to the 1960s Red Sox pitching ace, Bill Monbouquette. In support of Monbouquette’s battle against leukemia, and Remains keyboard player Bill Briggs’ recent bout with bladder cancer, The Remains, and their co-lyricists, have pledged to donate 50% of the revenues they receive to cancer research and treatment.

David Levin, a New York City public school teacher who grew up in the Boston area and is a diehard Red Sox fan, and Fred Cantor, who produced the stage musical, “All Good Things,” and the documentary, “America’s Lost Band,” both about The Remains, collaborated with members of The Remains, Barry Tashian and Vern Miller in writing “Monbo Time.”

“Monbo Time” is intended to capture several aspects of a Red Sox fan’s experience, ranging from going to Fenway Park for the first time, to the passage of time from the perspective of a longtime fan.

The song will be available on iTunes and other online outlets.

Buy online April 21, 2010 at cdbaby.com.

For a sample of the song, please click below.

Monbo Time sample (mp3)
NESN coverage of the release

Listen to a new interview with Barry Tashian

admin — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 15:28:45 +0000

Listen to an interview with Remains’ lead singer Barry Tashian from “The Guitar Show with Andy Ellis” originally recorded for The Fretboard Journal magazine (Fall issue 2008).

Don’t Knock the Rock Film Festival- L.A.

admin — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 17:40:47 +0000

AMERICA’S LOST BAND, the award winning documentary about The Remains, was screened July 16, 2009 at the Don’t Knock The Rock Film Festival. The screening was at the Silent Movie Theater, 611 N. Fairfax, in Los Angeles. There was a full house and, following the film, a Q + A with two members of The Remains; Barry Tashian and Bill Briggs. Also in attendance were Director, Michael Stich, and Producer, Fred Cantor who both shared their thoughts with the audience. Refreshments were served on the veranda and a spirited social event was enjoyed by all. The Remains were reunited with long lost friends, such as Billy Vera (writer of Don’t Look Back), Ed Freeman (road manager and photographer on The Beatles’ tour 66), and Leah Sdoucos, original booking agent for The Remains, among others.

The Remains in Portland

admin — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 20:02:29 +0000

Order your tickets online here.

America’s Lost Band- Gold Coast Award

admin — Sat, 09 May 2009 14:56:32 +0000

We’re happy to announce that America’s Lost Band recently received a Gold Coast Award for outstanding achievement in filmmaking at the 2009 Hollywood East Film Festival.

Film Festivals: Remains Documentary

admin — Sat, 09 May 2009 11:00:56 +0000

AMERICA’S LOST BAND, the award-winning documentary about The Remains, will be screened July 16th, 2009 at the Don’t Knock The Rock Film Festival. The documentary will be screened at the Silent Movie Theater, 611 N. Fairfax, Los Angeles, CA, at 8:00PM. For ticket information, please visit Brown Paper Tickets.

AMERICA’S LOST BAND, the documentary film about The Remains,
was screened at the Regent Film/Music Festival at the Regent Theatre in Arlington, MA, on Sunday, May 17th, at 6PM.

A trailer for the film is available at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LO7f7kBPQvs

America’s Lost Band recently received a Gold Coast Award for outstanding achievement in filmmaking at the 2009 Hollywood East Film Festival.

Other Recent Screenings:

Chicago International Movies & Music Festival, March 5-8.
More information: www.cimmfest.org/

Southeast New England (SENE) Film, Music & Arts Festival, Providence, Rhode Island, April 2-5. Screening date: April 3rd, 9:30PM. The Remains performed, unplugged, following this screening. More info: www.senefilm.org

The Nashville Film Festival (NFF), April 16-23. AMERICA’S LOST BAND screened on 4/22 @ 9PM and 4/23 @5PM. The Remains
participated in a Q + A following both screenings.
More info: www.nashvillefilmfestival.org

Portland, Oregon
Thursday, April 23rd at 7 PM, at the Hollywood Theater (4122 NE Sandy Blvd), as part of Jackpot Records’ 6th Annual Film Festival.

The Ponderosa Stomp, New Orleans, Louisiana
The documentary kicked off the Ponderosa Stomp’s Music Conference. It screened on Tuesday, 4/28 at 3:30PM at the Cabildo in Jackson Square, New Orleans.
The Remains performed at The House of Blues on Tuesday night, 4/28 at the Ponderosa Stomp Festival. Their performance made the front page of The New York Times Arts Section, Friday, May 1st, in an article by Jon Pareles.

Other recent Remains’ performances:
4/23 The Cannery, Nashville, TN – 9:30 Nashville Film Festival’s Closing Party w/ The Long Players.
4/28 The Ponderosa Stomp, New Orleans, LA
info: www.ponderosastomp.com

The documentary recently received a very favorable review from Steve Simels at Boxoffice Magazine: “Americas’s Lost Band is a fascinating retelling of one of the great what-might-have-been stories of American music of the 60′s.

The Remains Rock the Ponderosa Stomp 2009

admin — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:07:28 +0000

As attendees of New Orleans’ Ponderosa Stomp know, The Remains rocked the House of Blues on April 28th. The Remains made the front page of the Arts Section of the New York Times: http: http://tr.im/nise

New York Times reviewer, Jon Pareles, also mentioned The Remains and included a photo of the band performing in his Times Arts blog: http://tr.im/kdv9

The Ponderosa Stomp traditionally takes place between the two weekends of the city’s world-famous New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. The dates this year were April 28 & 29, 2009.

As part of the Ponderosa Stomp Music Conference, the new documentary film about The Remains, AMERICA’S LOST BAND, was screened at the Louisiana State Museum in Jackson Square. Immediately following the screening, there was an interview and
Q + A, moderated by Lauren Onkey of the Rock n’ Roll Hall of Fame.

A few of the many legendary music figures interviewed during the music conference were: Cosimo Matassa, Joe Bihari, Rick Hall, Dave Bartholomew, Dan Penn, and Mac Rebennack.
For more information visit: www.ponderosastomp.com

America’s Lost Band — World Premiere 9/14/08

admin — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 00:48:37 +0000

I was honored and thrilled to attend the world premiere of the documentary
film about The Remains, AMERICA’S LOST BAND. All four Remains were present for the initial screening at the Boston Film Festival. It was a very special experience for us. We wholeheartedly appreciated the interest and enthusiasm of the crowd, nearly two-hundred strong.

The film is excellent, and it’s a new experience seeing ourselves on the big screen. We performed three songs live, “unplugged”, after the film, and the entire audience gave us a standing ovation!
Later, in the lobby, there was video recording, autograph signing and and a “whole ‘lotta buzzin’” all around. Thanks to all who came. —Barry Tashian, The Remains

I’m pleased to learn from producer, Fred Cantor, that several more favorable reviews have come in and here is a sample of what they said:

“AMERICA’S LOST BAND is a labor of love and as such is a breath of fresh air. Where as most of the documentaries and books about 60′s rock ‘n’ roll bands are chock full of overdoses, lawsuits, and long festering resentments, ALB is a charming, heartwarming story about four close friends who enjoy making great rock ‘n’ roll together more today than ever before.” —Nancy Foster, MUSIC BUSINESS MONTHLY

“This isn’t THE MC5: A TRUE TESTIMONIAL or THE FILTH & THE FURY, but it’s still a noble effort and labor of love by the filmmaker and producer about a most deserving subject. Definitely worth seeing.” —Holly Daisun-Datsun, BOSTON GROUPIE NEWS, “Boston’s Original Punk Magazine.”

“A great documentary.” —Abby Kingston, SUFFOLK JOURNAL

Documentary Film “America’s Lost Band” To Premiere at the Boston Film Festival

admin — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 15:04:54 +0000

The documentary film AMERICA’S LOST BAND, the story of The Remains, will have it’s World Premiere at the Boston Film Festival on Sunday, September 14th at 4PM. The screening location is as follows:

The Kendall Square Cinema
One Kendall Sq.
Cambridge, MA 02139.

Members of The Remains will be on hand to answer questions after the film,
and also to perform several songs, “unplugged”. The documentary is
directed by Emmy Award winner Michael Stich, and produced by Fred Cantor.

The official schedule/ticket info should be posted at bostonfilmfestival.org around September 3rd.

The first Review of AMERICA’S LOST BAND has been published at 60sgarageband.com and it’s two thumbs up. It states, in part: “AMERICA’S LOST BAND does an excellent job of proving…without question, The Remains were — indeed still are — very significant players in rock’s storied history…the closing montage of a present- day Remains’ concert interspersed with black and white clips of each member from the Hullabaloo performance provides
a touching, sentimental and more than fitting denoument to a band, and a film, that very ably demonstrates the true power of music.”

“Had these Boston bad boys stuck it out beyond their 1966 debut, we might today be calling them — and not the Stones — the World’s Greatest Rock N’ Roll band.” -Mark Kemp, Paste Magazine

Boston is a most appropriate city for the Premiere because The Remains band was born in Boston and was galvanized while playing concerts, colleges, clubs and fraternity parties throughout Boston and all six New England states during the mid Sixties. It’s very exciting and we hope to see many of you at the screening.

For more information about the film, please contact Fred Cantor at canfre@yahoo.com.