THE PROFESSORS DEBUT!
The Living Room, Nick Belkin's House
Highland Park, NJ, June 30, 1995

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The Professors perform their first gig (an instrumental set influenced by the music of Stevie Ray Vaughn, Albert Collins, and Jimi Hendrix) at the estate of the "Colonel" Nicholas Belkin, Highland Park, NJ. The band premiered two original songs, Fast Blues with Mean Progression (T-ski) and Retro (T-ski/Radford/Kubey).


The Professors perform "Scuttlebuttin'" by Stevie Ray Vaughn,
the first song ever performed by The Professors in public.

Video by Marie Radford

The Professors Lineup

T-ski - Lead Guitar
Bob Kubey - Drums
Gary Radford - Rhythm Guitar

The Set That Started It All

  1. Scuttlebuttin' (Stevie Ray Vaughn) **
  2. Fast Blues with Mean Progression (T-ski) **
  3. Green Onions (Booker T and the MGs) **
  4. Red House (Jimi Hendrix) **
  5. Comfortably Numb (Roger Waters/David Glilmour - Pink Floyd) **
  6. Voodoo Chile (Jimi Hendrix) **
  7. Retro (T-ski/Gary Radford/ Robert Kubey) **
  8. T-Bone Shuffle (Albert Collins) **
** = debut song


The Professors perform "T-Bone Shuffle" by Albert Collins

This page last updated February 3, 2010 by Gary Radford.
Many thanks to Kurt Wagner, Marie Radford, and Jon Oliver.