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RICK
NESTLER
Singer, Songwriter, Musician
email: ricknestler@pronetisp.net
Phone:
(845) 434 0340
Performs: Original, Contemporary, Traditional, Country, Folk, Blues, Rock,
Irish and Sea Chanteys
Performing Credits: Aztec Two Step, Rich Bala, Betty & the Baby
Boomers, Guy Davis, Tom Chapin, Ramblin' Jack Elliot,
Peggy Eyres, Steve Gillette, Steve Goodman, Judy
Gorman, Arlo Guthrie, Kim and Reggie Harris, John Hartford, John Hall, Lynn
Hardy and Jay Ungar, Richie Havens, Fred Holstein, Hudson River Sloop Singers,
Bob Killian, Joe Heukerott, Pat Humphries, Magpie, Tommy Makem,
The Mammals, Evy Mayer, Rik
Palieri, Tom Paxton, U. Utah Phillips, Tao Rodriguez,
Tom Rush, John Roberts & Tony Barrand, Schooner
Fare, Pete Seeger, The Sojourner Singers, Rosalie Sorrels, Jay Ungar and Molly
Mason, Cathy Winters, Doc Watson, The Woods Tea Company
Coffee Houses:
Caffe Lena (Saratoga Springs, NY),
Common Ground (Sussex County, NJ),
Encanto Park Coffeehouse (Phoenix, AZ)
Fiddlers Dream (
Mine Street (New Brunswick, NJ),
Mother Earth's Cafe (Albany, NY),
The Night Kitchen (Lake Peekskill, NY),
The Olive Tree (Cleveland, OH),
The People's Voice (NYC),
Pinewoods (NYC),
Sanctuary Coffee House (Rock Tavern, NY)
The
Town Crier (Beekman, NY),
Twenty Two Below (NYC)
The 8th Step (Albany, NY),
Bars & Clubs:
Admirals Harborview (Charlotte Amalie, St.
Thomas, USVI)
Back Fence (NYC)
Big Man's West (Red Bank, NJ)
Bilbo Baggins (Costa Mesa, Ca.)
The Bitter End (NYC)
Cafe Wha? (NYC)
Christine's Heart and Soul Cafe (Mystic, CT)
Photo
by Thom Wolke
Club Heksinki (Great
Crazy
Eds Satisfied Frog (
Doubles (NYC)
Fast Folk Cafe (NYC)
Fore 'n' Aft (
Friends (
Funny
Fellows (Phoenix, AZ)
The Gaslight (NYC)
Headquarters (Hastings-on-Hudson, NY)
Improvisation (NYC)
Inside-Out (Phoenix, AZ)
J.P.'s (NYC)
John Richard's (Dobbs Ferry, NY)
Locale (NYC)
The Lounge (Hastings-on-Hudson, NY)
Luzon Station (
McGuffey's
(Phoenix, AZ)
Pub on the Square (St.Georges, Bermuda)
Speakeasy (NYC)
Tinker St. Cafe (Woodstock, NY)
Tonys New Yorker Lounge (Phoenix, AZ)
Turning Point (Piermont, NY)
Viva Zapata's (Pelham, NY)
Warwick Valley Winery ( Warwick, NY)
Warehouse
(
42 North (Mystic, CT)
Colleges: Elizabeth Seton, Fordham,
Festivals:
Annual Festival of Blueberries 1980 - 85
Beacon
Pumpkin Festival 2001, 04
Beacon
Strawberry Festival 1979-81, 83, 02, 05, 06
Blues
2003 and
Family
Harvvest Festival &Medieval Faire 2001 -02
Festival
by the Sound 2004
Fiesta
of Lights 1984
Great
Great Race of the Ferry Sloops 1995
Medieval
Festival at
The National
Festival of the West
2004 - 05
NJ
Folk Festival 2002
NY
Renaissance Faire 2001-02
Northwinds
II Folk Festival 1985
Sail
For The Sound 1996,98, 99
Sandy Hook
Sea
Day
Sojourner
Shad Sail/Sale 1983
SoNo
Splash 1996-97-00
Staten
Victorian
Christmas 1984, 86
Special Events: Carnegie Hall (March 1986), Lincoln Center (July 1992)
Benefits: Clearwater, Friends of the Library (Hastings &
Orangeburg), Ferry Sloops, Inc., Hastings Hotline, March of Dimes, Muscular
Dystrophy, MUSE, Peekskill Paramount Center, Sing Out, WBAI-FM, WESPAC, Yonkers
Historical Society, WFDU-FM, SoundWaters
OtherVenues: , American Schooner Lines,
Belleayre Mountain Summer Music, Central Park Bandshell
(NYC), City of Phoenix, Federal Parks Department, Gallery 345, Greenburg Nature Center, Heritage Square
(Phoenix, Az.), Hudson River Museum, Lowell Municipal
Auditorium, Main Street Stage , Jeffersonville, NY ,Mohonk
Mountain House , Gallery Mystic Chamber of Commerce, Mystic Seaport, Riverrun Bookstore, Sail Expo '94, Scenic Hudson, South Street Seaport,
Tarrytown Music Hall, Westlake
TV Credits:
Joe Franklin Show - WOR TV, NYC
Back Stage in Arizona- Storer Cable, Phoenix, AZ
Coca Crystal Show - Manhattan Cable, NYC
Folk*L*Point - Folk*L*Point Productions, Bechtelsville, PA
Horses Sing None of It- TKR Cable, Dover, NJ
Radio Credits:
WAMC-FM - Albany, NY
WBAI-FM - NYC
WBJB-FM - New Brunswick, NJ
WFDU-FM - Teaneck, NJ
WFMU-FM - East Orange, NY
WFUV-FM NYC, NY
WJFF-FM - Jeffersonville, NY
WMCR-AM - Poughkeepsie, NY
WQSR-FM - Sarasota, FL NY
WRNW-FM - Briarcliff, NY
Recording Credits:
Cowboy Up - Rick Nestler, Gaff Rig Music
Phillip
Hole Dig It - Rick Nestler, Gaff Rig Music
Spending
My Days - Rick Nestler, Gaff Rig Music
Phillip Hole the Singing Gravedigger - Rick Nestler, Gaff Rig Music
Right Behind You in the Left Hand Lane - Judy Gorman, One Sky Music
Great Hudson River Revival 1979 - Flying Fish
Fast Folk Music Magazine (February 1984)
Broad Old River - Hudson River Sloop Singers, Clearwater Records
The Folk Train Sampler- Folk Train February 2001
Indian Point Sampler- 2002
Photo
by Mary Hartley
Published and Recorded by: Broadside, Fast Folk Music Magazine (February
1984), Litterbag Songbook, The Navigator, People's Songletter,
Pete Seeger-"A Family Concert", Ray Chesna-
"Every Day Above Ground Is A Good One"
Personal Statement: I've been making music for over thirty years and
have a working repertoire of 300 songs or so. Some I wrote, some my friends
wrote, and some were written by friends I haven't met yet. I'm learning more
and writing more all the time. I've played square dances, hoots, and jams; in
parks, at rallies, in galleries, on picket lines, in bars in the street and on
stage. I like everything I play and am influenced by everything I hear.
The Critics Speak
...Mr. Nestler...has performed with Pete Seeger and on his own, and has written
many songs - one, "Shut Em' Down", has
become somewhat familiar at local antinuclear demonstrations...Lynn Ames
of the New York Times
A real Hudson River Troubadour... Dom Pirone,
of the
Folksinger, songwriter, activist in the antinuclear
movement...His repertoire includes folk material, traditional songs, protest
songs, love songs, and country ballads. He is a seasoned performer who will
deliver a solid evening of enjoyable and stimulating music. The People's
Voice
Rick's fame as a songwriter is shown on the Litterbag Songbook...He penned
"The River that Flows Both Ways"...This is only one of his many fine
songs...
...The Terror of the River...Raffish Rick Nestler... Pete Seeger
...The
...Sloop Singer Extraordinaire... Ron Oelesco,
WFDU-FM
... A wonderful performer... Sonny Ochs, WFMU-FM
… Survivor of a thousand bars… Lon Austin, Phoenix
Folk Heritage Music Festival
...His 1986 album,"Spending My Days",
comprises 11 original songs that showcase his talent as a songwriter.
Nestler is the writer and singer of The River That Flows Both Ways",
which has become an anthem for those
who care about the
View a list of Ricks upcoming Gigs on Musi-Cal
rick@ricknestler.com