Riverdale Y Holds Benefit Concert for Haiti, 5/1; Features Vince Martell

Vince Martell, lead guitarist from the '60s band Vanilla Fudge, will headline a benefit concert organized by the Riverdale Y to raise funds for Haiti Earthquake Relief on Saturday, May 1, beginning at 9:00 pm. All performers, technical staff, and venue employees are donating their time and efforts in order to send maximum proceeds through the American Jewish World Service to Haiti.

"Come experience great music and help our Haitian neighbors," says the Y's Charlie Schiller, organizer of the concert. Tickets are $15 ($12 for students) and can be purchased at www.RiverdaleY.org. All proceeds will go to American Jewish World Service relief efforts in Haiti. Directions to the Y can be found on the website. There is ample free parking in the Riverdale Y's private lot at 5625 Arlington Avenue (off W. 256 Street in the northwest Bronx).

Headliner: Vince Martell Vanilla Fudge Lead Guitarist, performing music of the ‘60's with his live group. His riff in the Vanilla Fudge chart topper, "You Keep Me Hangin' On," is ranked the number four heaviest guitar riff of all time by Guitar Magazine.

The concert also features Genetic Control, a Bronx-based band that has been rocking the New York scene since the turn of the millennium; Johnny Seven, anti-folk veteran and principal of The Hunts Point Middle School 424 in the South Bronx; Midlife, a group of assorted local Riverdale professionals (doctors, lawyers, and businessmen) playing '60s, '70s, and '80s hits; Jeremy Bar-Illan, a pioneer of the Power Pop trend in the late '70s and early '80s as a member of TheTouchtones and The Moberlys; and Sigal Chen, a native of Israel who studied voice with Agnes Massini and joined the academy's Opera Studio.

The Riverdale YM-YWHA is a Jewish Community Center which has been serving the Bronx since 1909. Located along the Hudson River in the northwest corner of the Bronx, the Riverdale Y is a multi-generational community service agency providing informal education, physical education, leisure activities, and social services. The Y houses a state-of-the-art fitness center, indoor pool, and departments concentrating on Early Childhood Education, After-School, theater, film, dance, music, visual arts, and senior adults.