{"id":548,"date":"2018-07-16T12:14:32","date_gmt":"2018-07-16T12:14:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.nysmusic.com\/2018\/2018\/07\/16\/formula-5-host-another-successful-rock-the-dock\/"},"modified":"2018-07-16T12:14:32","modified_gmt":"2018-07-16T12:14:32","slug":"formula-5-host-another-successful-rock-the-dock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.nysmusic.com\/2018\/2018\/07\/16\/formula-5-host-another-successful-rock-the-dock\/","title":{"rendered":"Formula 5 Host Another Successful Rock the Dock"},"content":{"rendered":"

On a beautiful day in Lake George, Formula 5 held their Rock the Dock Festival provided family fun and good music for the plethora of attendees that made their way through the gates. A portion of Rock the Dock\u2019s profits were donated to the Fund for Lake George, a non-profit organization focused on keeping the Lake clean and healthy. <\/span><\/p>\n

Rock the Dock is a very intimate festival, taking place on the dock for the famous steamboats the Mohican and the Lac du Saint Sacrement, with the Minne Ha Ha docked there for the event as well. Attendees were able to go up on any of the three boats to watch the music, enjoy the full service bars, or look at the stunning scenery of some of the Adirondack mountains standing tall around the lake. For food options, the festival featured trucks from the Plaid Pancake and O\u2019Pablo\u2019s Mexican Food, a father\/son snow cone tent, and a tent selling hamburgers and hot dogs.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The music kicked off with Saratoga Springs-based group Let\u2019s Be Leonard, a 5-piece rock outfit that put forth a very unique sound while still providing the listener with the familiarity of that \u201cjam band\u201d tonality. Lead singer and rhythm guitarist Karl Bertrand addressed the crowd saying how different it was to have the audience on boats after performing the first few songs, seemingly enjoying the uniqueness of the festival. The group ended their set with an impressive segment of an original tune \u201cGood\u201d into the Grateful Dead\u2019s classic \u201cEstimated Prophet,\u201d into another original \u201cPrincess on the Run\u201d which was one of the highlights of the set. <\/span><\/p>\n

Next up was the New England-based electrofunk group Strange Machines, a nice change of pace after the rock stylings of Let\u2019s Be Leonard. Strange Machines play the Saratoga\/Albany area often, so the crowd started to fill in as their set continued. <\/span>The group\u2019s set included many fan-favorites, such as \u201cKlepto,\u201d \u201cCanopy,\u201d \u201cMotion Potion,\u201d and a newer one, \u201cWook in a Onesie.\u201d Strange Machines also covered a Grateful Dead song, following in Let\u2019s Be Leonard\u2019s footsteps, performing their take on the classic Bob Weir-penned \u201cFeel Like a Stranger,\u201d which had the crowd boogieing like it was 1980 all over again. <\/span><\/p>\n

Trey Anastasio Band)’s <\/a>Russ Lawton and Ray <\/span>Paczkowski funk duo Soule Monde were the final band to take the stage before the headliners, Formula 5, performed, and they brought the house down with their danceable grooves and jazzy melodies. This was one of the first few gigs Paczkowski played since the removal of his brain tumor, and he didn\u2019t waste any time getting back into the swing of things as he coaxed those familiar Milkman sounds out of his vintage keyboards. The pair performed a mixture of songs from their newest LP, <\/span>Must Be Nice, <\/span><\/i>and their previous EPs, and they had the whole crowd dancing by the end of the set. Before they concluded the music, the duo brought up Formula 5 guitarist Joe Davis to sit in on their tune \u201cBernard<\/a>,\u201d where he locked in with Ray\u2019s keyboard melodies and got to show off some of his chops to the crowd before F5\u2019s set.<\/span><\/p>\n