Road
Recovery Has Presented ‘Live’ Concert Events At: |
Dartmouth
College, Hanover, NH – Spring 2008 |
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| Location: Dartmouth
College, Hanover, New Hampshire Event: Fourth Annual Dartmouth
Symposium on Substance Use |
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"As an alumni of Dartmouth College
and an addiction psychiatrist, I have the pleasure of presenting Road
Recovery, an innovative and effective community-based recovery program
for adolescents and young adults trying to stay sober. Road Recovery
is a cutting edge program that harnesses the power of the music industry
and the arts in order to offer teens an alternative to drug and alcohol
abuse. This grassroots organization has been in existence for ten years
and has blossomed into a national endeavor reaching thousands of teenagers
and young adults." "Road Recovery is an impressive program toward maintaining recovery!" |
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Warwick
Valley High School, Warwick NY – Spring 2008 |
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| Location: Warwick
Valley High School, Orange County, NY
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| "The Road Recovery outreach event hosted
by our school district literally sent shockwaves through the entire educational
community. By openly sharing their powerful message through their music,
the young members of Crazy James moved everyone in attendance. The young
were forced to confront the fact that they are key players in the shaping
of their futures, and adults were reminded of how fortunate they are to
have the opportunity to work with adolescents each day. The thing that
has stayed in my mind since the event is how Road Recovery was able to
quietly "unfreeze" the existing equilibrium of our school's culture,
and "refreeze" it so that everyone who was there left somehow
changed. An hour hadn't passed and the Road Recovery crew and Crazy James
were deeply missed.. After two hours, we were thinking about how we could
get them to return." - Richard Linkens, Director of English, Social Studies, and Academic Intervention Services Warwick Valley Central School District |
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Delaware
Valley High School, Milford, PA – Spring 2008 |
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| Location: Delaware
Valley High School, Milford, PA "Road
Recovery’s Crazy James band concert and interactive
discussion groups provided an effective, inviting and non-threatening
message about the reality of addiction and the benefits of healthy
living from teens and young adults involved in Road Recovery’s
program. Our high school students actually paid attention to the
message and music, AND, most importantly – actively participated
in Road Recovery’s discussion groups." |
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Road
Recovery’s 10th Anniversary Benefit Concert – Spring
2008 |
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| Location: Nokia
Theatre, Times Square, New York, NY |
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Reckitt-Benckiser
Pharmaceuticals - Clinical Liasons Annual Meeting – Spring
2008 |
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| Location: Sheraton
Hotel, Newark International Airport, Newark, NJ "On Jan 3 and 4th Reckitt-Benckiser Pharmaceuticals East
Zone Clinical Liaisons and their managers gathered at Newark Airport
for their annual meeting which sets the tone how the clinical liaisons
will continue to engage physicians in conversations that lead to
education about opioid addiction, and how to provide effective
treatment to these patients. Approximately 85 employees attended
the conference, the highlight of which was a performance by the
band, 'Crazy James.' Road Recovery was contacted and
asked to bring the band members to the conference as a means of
providing on-going education to the clinical staff on the many
facets of this disease and to learn from young people in recovery
about some of the effective tools physicians could use to engage
their patients in honest conversation about their abuse of prescription
medications." |
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21st
Anniversary Gala Event for The Partnership for a Drug-Free America
(PDFA) Finale - Road Recovery Crazy James band including Soprano – Andrea
Gruber |
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| Location: Waldorf-Astoria
Main Ballroom – November 28, 2007 "[Crazy
James] are young adults who have struggled with demons, yet on
the stage of the Waldorf-Astoria ballroom, in front of 600 guests,
they had bright smiles and pride in their music, which they fully
deserve. The partnership's next goal should be making sure the
nation hears the music of Crazy James, because helping young adults
tell their story to other young adults is just as important as
helping parents." |
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“Roots,
Rock, & Recovery” – Summer 2007 Tour |
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| Locations: Tulsa,
OK; Camden, NJ; Exton, PA; Uniondale, NY; Mansfield, MA; Beverly,
MA; Lockport, NY; Buffalo, NY; Haines, AK Road Recovery staff, parents, and band - Crazy James, whose members participate in the organizations Performance Workshops Program in NYC, hit the touring road throughout the summer 2007 season to deliver their "Meeting & Music" performance driven community outreach via music festivals, and grass root/community programs reaching thousands of teens along the way. |
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Princeton
High School, Princeton, NJ - Spring 2007 |
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Location: Princeton High School,
Princeton, NJ Together, with the support of facility at Princeton High School (Joyce Jones & Gwen Kimsal), approximately forty senior class peer leaders collaborated with Road Recovery and Crazy James to present a concert featuring Crazy James whose teen and young adult members are all sober. Additionally, Road Recovery & Crazy James invited two performing artists (singer/songwriter Sarah Wilson and the band Atlas Ataxia) from the senior class at Princeton High School, to join the sober youth band onstage. "Performing with
Crazy James was an amazing experience. I had so much fun and will
never forget it!" After the one hour concert event, the masses of more than four-hundred freshman students moved into classrooms for small group breakout sessions with each member of Crazy James. Facilitated by Princeton High senior peer leaders, the breakout sessions gave each band member the opportunity to field questions and share their stories more in depth. |
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Caron 50th
Anniversary Alumni Celebration - Winter 2007 |
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| Location: New York, NY Capacity: 400 All Ages Sponsored by: Caron Treatment Centers Road Recovery’s Crazy James guitarists
Tim Barr and Ryan
Aussem, accompanied by 2007 Grammy Nominated - Groove
Collective woodwinds master, Jay Rodriguez, performed a musical set on the
New York City’s Upper East Side at Caron Treatment Center’s
50th Anniversary Alumni Celebration before a packed house of alumni
spanning years of sobriety time… |
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Road Recovery’s "Meeting,
Music, & Laughs" Matinee - Winter 2007 |
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Featuring: Comedian, Mike D. Poet, Robert Astor,
Crazy James, Jimmy Gnecco (Ours) "By providing
a channel of self expression, Road Recovery helps fill the void…
Plus, if these kids don't play music they will probably rob you." |
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20th Anniversary
Gala Event for The Partnership for a Drug-Free America (PDFA) Road
Recovery Crazy James band Finale |
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| Location: Waldorf-Astoria Main Ballroom – November 27, 2006 Mistress of Ceremonies: Diane Sawyer Capacity: 800 Sponsored by: The Partnership for a Drug-Free America (PDFA) "The performance by Crazy James at our 20th Anniversary gala was the perfect ending to an incredible evening. As Diane Sawyer said, the members of the band represent in many ways 'the reason' why the Partnership exists. In addition to being talented musicians, the members of Crazy James and everyone associated with Road Recovery provide a great deal of hope to other young people who are struggling with issues related to drugs. Thank you Gene, Jack and the entire Road Recovery family." – Stephen Pasierb, President, The Partnership for a Drug-Free America |
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"I guess you could call them 'The Reason' [Crazy James band]. They are kids who found a way, a path, out of drugs, alcohol, into recovery. As the song says "sometimes the cracks in the heart are where the light shines through". There's a non-profit organization they work with called Road Recovery which works with professionals in the entertainment industry, and they, in turn with the clinical staff from Caron Treatment Centers, ensure that these kids get all the strength that they need for their sober and really creative lives." - Diane Sawyer, Co-Anchor, ABC News, Mistress of Ceremonies - 20th Anniversary Gala for The Partnership for a Drug-Free America |
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Recovery
Month Celebration – Fall 2006 |
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Location: Silver Hill Hospital,
New Canaan, Connecticut "Meeting & Music" - Road Recovery with Crazy James presented three unplugged performances coupled with personal testimonials from the band members at the campus of Silver Hill Hospital in New Canaan, Connecticut. |
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Tenafly High
School , Tenafly, NJ – Fall 2006 |
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| Location: Tenafly High School, Tenafly, NJ Capacity: 500+ (Freshman & Seniors) Sponsored by: Tenafly High School After twenty-four years, Road Recovery Founder Gene Bowen returned to his alma-mater at Tenafly High School to provide a message of hope for more than five-hundred students and staff. The event was presented via Gene ’s organization Road Recovery and the youth rock group Crazy James which consists of teens involved in Road Recovery’s NYC program. |
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Caron Classic – 1st
Annual Golf Tournament – Fall 2006 |
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| Location: Trump National Golf Club, Bedminster, NJ Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey hosted Caron’s fundraiser toward inpatient treatment scholarships. The brisk Fall day did not affect the shotgun start of the 18 -hole groups of foursomes.
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An early evening reception and dinner followed with guest speakers Christopher Kennedy Lawford (son of Pat Kennedy & Peter Lawford) and a member of Crazy James who spoke about how Caron Treatment Center’s scholarship funding truly saved her life by providing access to extensive inpatient treatment for her drug/alcohol addiction. The results of Caron’s scholarship support was heard loud and clear as Crazy James band members, all of whom are Caron alumni, closed the fundraising event under the twinkling stars with their heartfelt set of original music. |
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Phoenix House – IMPACT
Program, New York, NY – Fall 2006 |
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| Location: Phoenix House, New York, NY Capacity: 50 (teens & parents) Sponsored by: Phoenix House Road Recovery together with Crazy James presented a one hour interactive education-performance event for Phoenix House IMPACT Program parents and teens on West 74th Street in Manhattan. Crazy James band members shared their personal life experiences through discussion and music to a packed house of outpatient teens and parents. "What a
wonderful event for us here at Phoenix House to experience such
a talented and insightful group of young-adults who are not only
embracing their love of music and the arts through Road Recovery,
but also embracing their love of themselves thru sobriety." |
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Crazy James @ Caron C.58 on the
roof - Fall 2006 |
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Location: Caron NY Recovery Center, NYC "I'm delighted that several
of our board members and supporters were able to be here tonight.
They had a chance to see firsthand the impact Road Recovery’s
program has on the kids who participate in it, their families and
those who hear their music and message. In addition to hearing
Crazy James perform their heartfelt, original songs about recovery,
you could appreciate how professional they have become in the short
time they have been working together, and with the music professionals
who mentor them. The whole evening made for a very inspiring experience,
and Caron is extremely proud to be associated with this outstanding
program." - Pat Pollok, Executive Director of the Caron New
York Recovery Center |
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Road Recovery’s "Meeting,
Music, & Munchies" Matinee - Summer 2006 |
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Featuring: Sage, Crazy James, & Tiggers
(Michael Tighe) "The room was dark, motored by a
current of strength and calmness…youth with wisdom surrounded
by adults with innocence. Road Recovery takes on the battle very
gracefully." – Michael
Tighe, Tiggers |
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Crazy James
Alive in Malvern, PA |
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Venue: The Malvern Center, Malvern, PA A late
night presentation of "sharing" by teens engaged
in Road Recovery’s “Keeping It Real” program
at Caron’s NY Recovery Center and performance by Crazy
James. The band shared about their past life on drugs and the
reasons that drive them to live a sober life. The audience was
then primed for a fully charged electric set by Crazy James at
the Malvern Center, located in the suburbs outside Philadelphia. |
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Millennium
Music Conference 2006 |
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| Featuring: Crazy James Venue: Levitt Pavilion Amphitheatre, Harrisburg, PA Capacity: 1000 All Ages |
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Children’s
Day 2006, South Street Seaport, NYC |
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Featuring: Teddy Geiger, Crazy James Crazy James performed
at Children's Day at South Street Seaport's main stage to over
5,000 parents and children. The 13th annual Children's Day is New
York City's biggest free family festival. Crazy James was asked
to create a frenzy by warming up the stage for SonyBMG recording
artist Teddy Geiger's (featured on 'Love Monkey' on CBS-TV & VH-1)
performance. Crazy James performed hits for the kids including "Twinkle,
Twinkle Little Star" and "Old
McDonald" plus the new-classic original "Sweet Epiphany". |
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An Evening
of Humor with Charles Grodin |
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Featuring: Charles Grodin, Dave Konig, & Crazy
James Road Recovery’s first
fundraiser event was on Thursday, June 1, 2006. With plenty of tasty
desserts, strong coffee, Road Recovery supporters comfortably packed
the house, raising over $13,000.00 toward the non-profit’s "Keeping
It Real" program. |
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Road Recovery’s "Meeting,
Music, & Red Bull" |
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Featuring: Damon McMahon, Sage, Home, & Crazy
James A one hour recovery/sobriety meeting kicked off the event which included two invited speakers who shared their life experiences, then and now, and then gave the audience members an opportunity to respond and express themselves. The music portion of the program presented three short sets by
the New York area music groups Home, Road Recovery's
own Crazy James, and Damon
McMahon (Astralwerks).
Artist, poet, and heckler Sage kept everyone informed as the master
of ceremonies. |
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Crazy James
Rocking Rehab Weekend 2005 Annual Alumni Picnic and Sunday
Service |
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| Location: Caron Foundation, Wernersville,
PA Capacity: 500 All Ages Sponsored by: The Caron Foundation "The band is amazing…I just
got to Caron (Foundation) a couple of weeks
ago and have been clean for 16 days…I
thought I used up all my party times…Wow…this
band is making f****** great music sober!!
I can’t believe it! This is awesome" – John,
16 years old |
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Caron Foundation
Annual New York Alumni Party 2005 |
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Location: Central Presbyterian
Church, NY, NY Crazy James band members ‘Walked the Walk’ demonstrating
the endless possibilities anyone of any age can achieve through
enacting positive change in one’s own life! Crazy James
encapsulates both in their actions and in performance the unstoppable
power of "WE"! |
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Walter Yetnikoff’s
4th Annual Christmas Celebration 2004 |
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Location: Eva’s Village
(soup kitchen, homeless shelter, & drug rehab),
Paterson, NJ "Today I've become my Jewish Grandmother, who lovingly challenged me both in life and now in memory by asking... 'What did you do today for others?' It’s about service, for me to serve someone besides myself is a major miracle. Road Recovery is making a difference in the lives of kids by
harnessing the power of the music industry to do something positive.
Come join us...get involved!" – Walter Yetnikoff |
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Healthy Halloween
Celebration 2004 |
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Location: Central Park Band
Shell, Rumsey Playfield, NYC "We are very excited to have Road Recovery featured at Healthy Halloween. Road Recovery is a leader in the message to keep kids away from drugs!" – Cynthia Tsai, Chief Executive HealthExpo “Road Recovery helped make this year’s Healthy Halloween
event such a success! We are very fortunate to have Road Recovery
participate this year, there performance helped promote healthy
lifestyles to thousands of New York City Children!” – Rebecca
Smith, City of New York Parks & Recreation |
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Soberstock
2004 Festival |
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Location: Berks County, Pennsylvania "The kids of Road Recovery's appearance at Soberstock 2004
was a breath of fresh air for our event. It was uplifting to
watch the kids experiencing their music on a big stage with all
the professional trappings. Their many, ‘thank you gestures’ to
our staff showed an appreciation of making music that we rarely
see in the jaded music world. Road recovery is an exciting and
affirming experience." - Gary Melton, Production
Director Soberstock Easy Does It, Inc. |
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NYC 2000 -
Millennium Celebration |
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Location: Flushing Meadows,
Corona Park, NY - December 31, 2000 "On behalf of Mayor Rudy Giuliani, I am pleased to congratulate Road Recovery on the success of First Night New York City 2001. The Mayor's Office for the Millennium, NYC 2000, appreciates all of your hard work and efforts. Thanks to your assistance our venues were well attended and we received terrific press coverage." – Marcia G. Lee, Executive Director, Millennium |
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Summer In
The City Finale 1999 |
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Location: South Jamaica Queens,
NY "Greenwich House has far reached our initial goals of impacting people in our community through our collaborations in Road Recovery's live music events including Summer in the City '99 Finale." – Mary Ann Sessler, Director of Marketing Greenwich House |
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SafeNight
1998 |
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Location: Manhattan, NY "With Road Recovery's help, the Citizens Committee for New York City focused citywide attention on hundreds of neighborhood volunteer projects - improving community safety, promoting cultural and religious tolerance, easing the transition from welfare to work, saving the environment and especially in delivering the drug-, alcohol-, and violence-free message to our youth-throughout New York's neighborhoods."– Michael Clark, President Citizens Committee for New York City |
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NYC CLUBS
including CBGB's 313 Gallery, Arlene Grocery, Trust, Crash Mansion/Blvd, Sin-e, The Lion's Den, The Living Room |
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Location: Manhattan, NY "The allies and supporters of Road Recovery have a clear and poignant mission which we are honored to support." – Micheline, Talent Buyer CBGB's 313 Gallery "Road Recovery has directly impacted the NY East Village music scene and beyond! Road Recovery dismisses the myth that you have to be an alcoholic/drug addict to be cool and rock, something young musicians need to be aware of." – Owen Comaskey, Musician, Booking Manager and Promoter, Arlene Grocery |
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