In a time when it's hard to hear someone ask for something, think of someone who already gave. You can help the Flight 93 Memorial Campaign by downloading a song. Give something and get something back. Beginning August 1 to December 31, 2010, John Vento and the Nied's Hotel Band and TME Recordings are teaming with Total Music & Entertainment to give all the proceeds from the downloads of the song "Day The Lady Cried" from the John Vento / Buddy Hall & Friends - Nied's Hotel CD to the Flight 93 Memorial Campaign. If you would like more information, you can go to tmentertainment.com/flight93 or to the official site at www.honorflight93.org and donate there as well. Download So easy and for just $0.99         Visit the TME Recordings Online Distribution Affiliates page to locate over 140 online retailers. Just Listen To Help Even if you don't want to download the song, you can still help out by just listening to it. Subscribers to Rhapsody, Napster, eMusic and Zune can stream the song and we'll contribute all royalties from that as well. Hey, every little bit counts! Video Watch the video or see a short documentary on what inspired the song. Day The Lady Cried music video Day The Lady Cried Documentary Made in memory of the tragic events of September 11, 2001. It is a four part video consisting of an introduction, music video, ground zero interviews and poetry reading Find Out More To read John Vento's Bio go to music.tmentertainment.com/artists/jvento. To find out more about the Nied's Hotel Band go to www.niedshotel.com. Join John on MySpace at myspace.com/johnventomusic. Join the Nied's Hotel Band on MySpace at myspace.com/niedshotelband. The National Park Foundation is the national charitable partner of the National Park Service. Sponsored by: Total Music & Entertainment and TME Recordings. Designed by: Bill Domiano's Web Studio Additional graphics work done by: Rayne of crimsoneyeNetwork

Nied's Hotel Archives Download the new John Vento / Buddy Hall & Friends - The Nieds Hotel Archives Download         Current Projects Please enjoy these new videos. The first one is a brand new video of and older song; "Lonely Man". One of John's best songs. The next two; "Take Me Back" and "Catholic Girls" were previously uploaded to YouTube, along with "Nied's Hotel" which was Produced and Directed by John's own son Andrew.

New Videos Lonely Man video By: John Vento / Buddy Hall & Friends Take Me Back video By: John Vento and the Nied's Hotel Band Catholic Girls video By: John Vento and the Nied's Hotel Band Nied's Hotel video By: John Vento / Buddy Hall & Friends Day The Lady Cried Video Entire Day The Lady Cried Documentary

Projects The John Vento and the Nied's Hotel Band - The Way That You Roll CD features an all star line up with; Wild Cherry's original drummer Ron Beitle, guitar great Reb Beach (Winger and many others) and sax great Kenny Blake.

New Songs	Time	Hi-Fi	Lo-Fi	WMA	Real Media	Download	Credits/Lyrics
Take Me Back	3:52
Catholic Girls	3:50
Long Way Home	4:23
Trans Am Dream	3:16
High School Dance	3:22

Downloads available at:         Visit the TME Recordings Online Distribution Affiliates page to locate over 140 online retailers.

Video Bob Sedney Automotive uses the song "Grow Up Fast", written by John Vento and Tim Hadley, as the music bed in their TV commercial. Click the icon to see the commercial in Flash format.

Songs	Time	Hi-Fi	Lo-Fi	WMA	Real Media	Download	Credits/Lyrics
Ain’t No Sunshine	4:24
Downtown	3:59
Is it All The Same	4:11
Mount Carmel Ridge	4:46
Lonely Man	4:21
Rock-n-Roll Annies	3:36

Compilations

	John Vento / Buddy Hall & Friends Nied's Hotel Archives	Tears From Saigon Old Neighborhood Reminisce And Move On Where Is All The Rain Downtown Orphans Smile Too Brand New Day River’s Edge Gimme That Thing Unconditional Love	Rock and Roll

	John Vento and the Nied's Hotel Band The Way That You Roll	Take Me Back Catholic Girls Long Way Home Mr. Cool Dancing In The Moonlight Trans Am Dream High School Dance The Way That You Roll Betty Lou's Getting Out Tonight	Old School Rock and Roll

	John Vento / Buddy Hall & Friends Nied's Hotel (2)	House Full Of Reasons Is it All The Same 600 Under Grow Up Fast Never Too Old To Rock Truth Or Dare Brother Ain’t No Sunshine Mount Carmel Ridge Graduation Day Hourglass Rock-n-Roll Annies    Nied’s Hotel Rich In Blood Lonely Man Here We Go Again Day The Lady Cried	Rock and Roll

	John Vento / Buddy Hall & Friends Nied's Hotel	Rock-n-Roll Annies Lonely Man Ain’t No Sunshine Never Too Old To Rock Hourglass Tears From Saigon Here We Go Again Nied’s Hotel 600 Under Mount Carmel Ridge Old Neighborhood Reminisce And Move On Love Me Good Where Is All The Rain Is it All The Same House Full Of Reasons Downtown Orphans Smile Too Grow Up Fast Graduation Day Brother Brand New Day River’s Edge Gimme That Thing Unconditional Love Rich In Blood Day The Lady Cried The Luckiest	Rock and Roll

	John Vento Reflections Of An Average Soul	Hourglass The Day The Lady Cried My Best Friend Just Don't Care Think Alaina My Angel Grow Up Fast Brother Can't Take It Tell Me When The Pieces Fall Into Place Sadness America's Train	Mature Rock and Roll

The Businessmen Suit Yourself

Suit Yourself Time Of My Life I Wanna Know Florida Song Bad Luck Fallin' In Love Again Stinger Laurie Wouldn't That Be Nice? Where Were You? Good Friend

Rock and Roll

Reviews - What They're Saying About It The Way That You Roll "John Vento and the Nied’s Hotel Band have delivered another stellar effort. If you like old school rock-n-roll, you’ll love this new disc. ‘The Way That You Roll’ is fun from start to finish." By: - Sean McDowell - 102.5 FM WDVE - Pittsburgh The John Vento and the Nied's Hotel Band - The Way That You Roll CD. Features an all star line up with; Wild Cherry's original drummer Ron Beitle, guitar great Reb Beach (Winger and many others) and sax great Kenny Blake.

Reviews - What They're Saying About It Nied's Hotel "Nied's Hotel is loaded with great performances from so many wonderfully talented area musicians. If you love good rock music, you'll love this CD." By: - Sean McDowell - 102.5 FM WDVE - Pittsburgh "Nied's Hotel is a homerun, big league production and performance." By: - Dave Rauhecker - Atlanta Music Critic "More soulful than a vat of grits." By: - Scott Tady - Beaver Valley Times Read a review in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette just CLICK HERE. appeared - Friday, July 16, 2004 Arts & Entertainment Section Local Scene - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette This CD features performances from many of the areas finest Musicians & Composers Proceeds benefit Lupus.

Give Rock Radio DJ Sean McDowell of 102.5 FM WDVE Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 1 minute to tell you about Nied's Hotel. AUDIO

Unplugged
This is the live performance by the Nied's Hotel Band on The Pennsylvania Rock Show, Wednesday, May 11, 2005. The band performed "Here We Go Again", "600 Under", "Grow Up Fast" and "Hourglass".

Songs	Time	Hi-Fi	Lo-Fi	WMA	Real Media	Download	Credits/Lyrics
Here We Go Again (Unplugged)	3:27
600 Under-(Unplugged)	3:42
Grow Up Fast-(Unplugged)	4:07
Hourglass-(Unplugged)	4:18

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BIO   Lead Vocals Where He Got the Beat It’s in his genes - on his mother’s side, to be exact. John’s mom’s great uncle was a Broadway pianist during the ‘20s and ‘30s; John’s grandfather, Vincent "Pinzy" Amen, was a well-known Pittsburgh-area mandolin player; and a cousin, Ron Anthony, played guitar in Frank Sinatra’s band for years. INFLUENCES Eric Burdon & The Animals Harry Chapin Marvin Gaye Sly & The Family Stone Van Morrison Though I began writing and recording a little later in life (early forties). I have been blessed with tremendous encouragement from so many gifted people , especially producer Buddy Hall. Actually, when I first started working with Buddy in 2001 I was more then intimidated by his resume and the never ending stream of great musicians who graced his studio and my projects. Thanks to Buddy , Pittsburgh legends Pete Hewlett (Billy Joel – background vocals), Kenny Blake (sax), Ron Beitle (Wild Cherry – drums), Jim Britton ( Billy Price – keyboards), Tim Hadley (Businessmen – guitar), Tom Bellin (bass), Scott Anderson (keyboards), and John Parrendo (Henry Paul-violin) performed on many of our tracks. I quickly discovered that the greater the talent , the nicer and more supportive they were. Speaking of nice people , no one was easier to work with then guitar virtuoso Reb Beach (Winger, White Snake, Alice Cooper, Bob Dylan, etc). Reb has a heart of gold to go with a wonderful sense of humor. What an honor to call Reb a friend. These great friends taught me to a valuable lesson. Music has an inherent kindness that reaches out to you – no matter who you are. All you have to do is open up and let it inside you. Music will guide you toward the path you seek. My music career stems from a very strong musical influence from my maternal family. A large portion of content was written from my uncle, Anthony “Herb” Amen. Although he highlights his acting career, he is an accomplished musician, who mastered mandolins, banjos, saxophones, and various other instruments. Webster’s Dictionary defines the word “root” as, “That from which anything derives origin, growth, or support, or life and vigor.” There is no doubt that the root of my passion for music is derived from my Mother’s side of the family, The Amen’s, from Pittsburgh’s historic Larimer Avenue section of East Liberty, were a family with a tremendous musical legacy dating back to the early 1900’s. Primarily of Italian descent, the Amen family had it’s share of characters and gangsters, but it was always best known for producing great musicians.

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