The Phakers will be playing plenty of Grateful Dead and Jerry Garcia Band tunes for you at the Shed Ale House in Cherry Valley, NY on First Friday!

Matt Riley is a journeyman musician with forty years experience playing rock, acoustic, Irish and bluegrass music.The last of which he received rave reviews in Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine, New York Newsday and The Hudson Valley Bluegrass Association Newsletter for his contributions to the album The Farm by Buddy Merriam and The Back Roads.
These days he keeps busy doing solo acoustic shows with a wide eclectic mix of music and performing occasional shows with the Irish band The Fenian Brothers

Jason Starr is a guitar player and singer who has been performing in the area since he arrived in Franklin with his wife and daughter in 2010. He has played venues such as the B-Side Ballroom, The Walton Theater, Castle on the Delaware, The Oneonta, Otego, Cooperstown, and Franklin Farmers Markets, and the Franklin Holiday Market. Playing solo and with bands of varying lineups, he plays in the genres of Bluegrass, Blues, Americana, The Great American Songbook, Motown… all of which he puts under the big genre umbrella of Folk Music. He is a Teaching Artist with the Creating Rural Opportunities Partnership (CROP) program in local schools.

Locals from Hartwick making a return, this trio rocks with covers of your favorite 90s alternative/grunge bands such as the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Smashing Pumpkins and Nirvana. Plus some originals. Singing along is encouraged as this band rides on heavy nostalgia from the rocking nineties!

Small band, big sound…playing toe-tapping fun, familiar, feel good classic rock tunes from the Doobies, Beatles, Stones, Clapton, Eagles, Dead, CSN, REM, and more!