Tony Lagano rocks the stage at Finn's Beachside Pub
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Published by Sareth Ney on Aug. 17, 2015 at 11:33 p.m.
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FLAGLER BEACH, Fla.—Tony Lagano played three songs at Finn’s Beachside Pub, on Aug. 17. He played the guitar and provided vocals.
Prior to Lagano opening his showcase with “Girl, I’d Break A Commandment For You”, he greeted those at the venue. As he did so, he placed the capo on the second fret closest to the head of the guitar. After he placed it in place, he encouraged everyone to tip the wait staff because they were cool. He mentioned it was an open mic’ night and he planned on playing all originals. He thanked Tony Paul Neal, vocalist and guitarist of Next A’ Kin, for allowing him to play his “cool guitar”. As he played the song, he gently tapped on the base of the guitar, returned to strumming and sang. Later on, he provided a rap. Then, he paused briefly and ended the song with the chorus.
Before Lagano continued his performance with “Bleed Like You”, he thanked the onlookers. Neal encouraged him to change the title of his first song to “Breaking Commandments” and they briefly held a conversation. Trey Geddings, guitarist of Next A’ Kin, requested Lagano to perform a song. Lagano kindly declined and stated how he was in the process of giving it an alternate ending. Geddings then requested to perform the song they recorded together and Lagano stated they would perform it, if the weather permitted. He began with an instrumental and the lyrics accompanied the chords, soon after.
After Lagano completed “Bleed Like Me”, Neal mentioned the song would sound a lot different with a capo on one of the frets. Lagano responded by asking if the guitar he was using was either standard or half step. Neal responded with the guitar being standard and Lagano said the difference was it was written on a half step. He stated he will try it next time, when he performs the song on Neal’s guitar again. Then, he ended his concert with “Welcome To Daytona”.
Lagano closed out his recital with “Welcome To Daytona”. He spoke of how the song was about his hometown of Daytona, Fla. He said he hardly played the song live. He spoke of how the song was inspired by the city’s rules and regulations. During the song, rain clouds moved in from the west. After he finished the song, the open mic’ night was brought to an end.
Prior to Lagano opening his showcase with “Girl, I’d Break A Commandment For You”, he greeted those at the venue. As he did so, he placed the capo on the second fret closest to the head of the guitar. After he placed it in place, he encouraged everyone to tip the wait staff because they were cool. He mentioned it was an open mic’ night and he planned on playing all originals. He thanked Tony Paul Neal, vocalist and guitarist of Next A’ Kin, for allowing him to play his “cool guitar”. As he played the song, he gently tapped on the base of the guitar, returned to strumming and sang. Later on, he provided a rap. Then, he paused briefly and ended the song with the chorus.
Before Lagano continued his performance with “Bleed Like You”, he thanked the onlookers. Neal encouraged him to change the title of his first song to “Breaking Commandments” and they briefly held a conversation. Trey Geddings, guitarist of Next A’ Kin, requested Lagano to perform a song. Lagano kindly declined and stated how he was in the process of giving it an alternate ending. Geddings then requested to perform the song they recorded together and Lagano stated they would perform it, if the weather permitted. He began with an instrumental and the lyrics accompanied the chords, soon after.
After Lagano completed “Bleed Like Me”, Neal mentioned the song would sound a lot different with a capo on one of the frets. Lagano responded by asking if the guitar he was using was either standard or half step. Neal responded with the guitar being standard and Lagano said the difference was it was written on a half step. He stated he will try it next time, when he performs the song on Neal’s guitar again. Then, he ended his concert with “Welcome To Daytona”.
Lagano closed out his recital with “Welcome To Daytona”. He spoke of how the song was about his hometown of Daytona, Fla. He said he hardly played the song live. He spoke of how the song was inspired by the city’s rules and regulations. During the song, rain clouds moved in from the west. After he finished the song, the open mic’ night was brought to an end.
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Sareth Ney is the entertainment journalist for A Quarter and Dream Pictures. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Mass Communications and Center for New Media from Colorado State University-Pueblo. After graduating—he continued his apprenticeship with master of horror, Clive Barker. After he met members of the Wu-Tang Clan, he became the journalist/superhero known as Wu-Man Chu. He inducts everyone into his hall of fame, his goal is to write 150 articles in select time zones, he is the founder and co-host of No Cover Podcast and the festival director for Sareth-Fest Music, Comedy and Short Film Festival.