History.
HOT STOVE COOL MUSIC
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Photos courtesy of Steve Latham, Joshua Pickering, John Nunu Zomot, Will Byington and Kelly Davidson
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Our musical All-Stars perform at our Boston and Chicago Hot Stove Cool Music benefit concerts. They have formed a family of sorts over the years and volunteer their time to support the Foundation and its work.
Our core group of musical All-Stars include:
Peter Gammons
Paul Ahlstrand
Phil Aiken
Walt Bostian
Christ Cote
Max Crawford
Will Dailey
Kingsley Durant
Lenny DiNardo
Theo Epstein
Dean Falcone
Mike Gent
Bill Janovitz
Josh Kantor
Len Kasper
Tom Polce
Ed Valauskas
Bernie Williams
HOT STOVE COOL MUSIC
Our signature fundraising event, Hot Stove Cool Music celebrates music, baseball and giving. Held annually in Boston and Chicago, it unites our communities, raises funds for our programs, and allows us to have a lot of fun while doing a lot of good. Each celebrity, restaurant, and venue involved donates their time, talent and big heart to make our events so successful. Since the first show in 2000, we have featured over 250 musical acts, including Grammy Award artists, Rock & Roll Hall of Famers, indie rock stars, blues legends, up and coming talent, and even baseball players taking a swing at music. Headliners have included Eddie Vedder, John Legend, Yo-Yo Ma, Liz Phair, Buddy Guy, Smashing Pumpkins, Common, James Taylor, Steven Tyler, Susan Tedeschi & Derek Trucks, Tom Morello & Cheap Trick, among others.
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Hot Stove Cool Music Story
An idea spawned in the hallway of the Paradise more than two decades ago has steadily grown into one of the nation’s longest-running fundraiser concert series. How did it all come about? And how did it blossom into the event it is today?
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HSCM The Bands
Hot Stove Cool Music has featured more than 250 musical acts since the first show in 2000. The talent has ranged from Grammy Award winners to bands that sell out the Paradise and Metro on their own, to up-and-coming stars. Incredibly, every artist donates their time and talent for our important causes! We’ve compiled the complete list of performers at HSCM since Day 1.
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Headliners and Producers
Hot Stove Cool music has featured Grammy Award winners, Rock and Roll Hall of Famers, alternative rock favorites, blues legends, baseball players taking a swing at music, and more. Here are some of our favorite headliners, as well as the team responsible for Hot Stove Cool Music.
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Band of Their Own
Band of Their Own formed in 2016, borrowing its name from the 1992 film, A League Of Their Own, about the erstwhile All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Featuring top female musicians from Boston and Chicago – with the occasional national guest star – BOTO is a regular performer at HSCM.
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Gammons' Boston All-Stars
Peter Gammons first took the HSCM stage with a cast of local and national stars in 2003. Since then, his band has included members of Little Feat, Wilco, the J Geils Band, Smashing Pumpkins, Cheap Trick, Buffalo Tom, the Figgs, Dropkick Murphys and more.
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Kasper's Chicago All-Stars
Len Kasper’s Chicago All-Stars have been performing at HSCM since 2014. The band has included members of Wilco, Cheap Trick, the Bob Mould Band, Urge Overkill, Mysteries of Life, Local H, Poi Dog Pondering and Smashing Pumpkins.
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HSCM Emcees
Hot Stove Cool Music emcees have included stars of the television, film, sports and music worlds. Nashua, NH, native Mike O’Malley has guided the most shows, followed by Joel Murray and Chicago radio personality Lin Brehmer. Late Night star Seth Meyers is also on this impressive list.
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The Posters
PRESENTED BY ALLEN & GERRITSEN
From the 60’s festivals to current bands like Wilco and the Mighty Mighty Bosstones, cool visual art can be used to enhance a great rock-and-roll show. Thanks to the talented folks at Allen & Gerritsen, HSCM has had some eye-catching, one-of-a-kind posters to promote shows for more than a dozen years.
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The Videos
For More, 10 years of Videos, press button below
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Hot Stove Collector Baseball Cards
Free to Fans! You can collect and print your own Hot Stove Cool Music Legends Baseball Cards created by and courtesy of Gail Greenwood. Click below to down load them now!