TO ALL MY FRIENDS;        
I'M WRITING YOU THIS LETTER BECAUSE I FEEL YOU NEED TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH ME AND THE CHRISTMAS SHOW THAT I HOLD SO DEAR TO MY HEART...         
I LOOK FORWARD TO THE ANNUAL CHRISTMAS SHOW LIKE  I USED TO LOOK FORWARD TO GOING TO MY GRANDPARENTS HOME TO WAIT FOR SANTA CLAUS WHEN I WAS A LITTLE BOY WITH MY SISTER LOUISE...       IT WAS MORE THAN SANTA CLAUS AND SNOW...IT WAS A TEMPORARY ESCAPE FROM THE VIOLENCE AND ANGER THAT EXISTED IN MY HOME FROM A STEP FATHER WHO WAS OUT OF CONTROL...AND COMING TO SYRACUSE FOR THE ANNUAL SHOW IS THAT SAME FEELING OF JOY THAT I FELT BACK THEN...       
RECENTLY MY HEALTH HAS TAKEN A TOLL ON ME AND I FEEL THE CLOCK TICKING WITH REGARD TO MY PERFORMING LIVE AND FRANKLY IT SCARES THE HELL OUTTA ME...YOU KNOW ME...YOU KNOW I'LL SING TIL THEY PULL THE MIKE FROM MY HAND...
THERE SEEMS TO BE A LOT OF RUMORS ABOUT THIS PALACE SHOW AND THE EAT AND GREET...FOR REASONS I DON'T UNDERSTAND PEOPLE ARE SAYING THINGS THAT AREN'T TRUE AND TRYING TO TAINT THE EVENT... THIS SHOW IS BEING PRODUCED BY ME AND PEOPLE I ASKED TO HELP... I NO LONGER WANT TO HOPE THINGS GO WELL, I WANT TO KNOW THEY WILL, FOR YOU AND ME. 
IT HURTS ME TO THINK THAT MY FANS WOULD PUT UP WITH THIS KIND OF TREATMENT BECAUSE THIS IS'NT 'MY' CHRISTMAS SHOW...THIS IS 'OUR' CHRISTMAS SHOW..
I'M ASKING YOU TO TURN OUT IN NUMBERS TO BOTH AN EVENING TOGETHER FOR DINNER AND LAUGHTER...AND TO A SHOW UNLIKE I'VE EVER DONE....THE STORIES BEHIND THE SONGS (AND STORIES YOU HAVE NEVER HEARD, TRUST ME).....JOIN ME, WON'T YOU, FOR A NIGHT WE'LL NEVER FORGET..CLOSE TO HOME AT THE PALACE THEATER.
LOVE,
BENNY MARDONES

DEAR FRIENDS;

I WOULD LIKE EVERYONE TO TAKE A FEW MINUTES OUT OF YOUR DAY THIS WEEKEND AND PRAY FOR THE SOULS OF THOSE WHO WERE LOST ON 9/11...AND FOR THE FAMILIES AND LOVED ONES WHO LIVE IN SORROW AND GRIEF AND PAIN EVERY SINGLE DAY OF THEIR LIVES...LIKE THE FAMILIES OF THOSE THAT WERE MURDERED ON PAN AM FLIGHT 103 THAT TOOK SO MANY OF OUR FRIENDS FROM CENTRAL NEW YORK OVER LOCKERBIE SCOTLAND...THE SADDEST DAYS IN AMERICAN HISTORY IN MY LIFETIME ALONG WITH THE ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT KENNEDY WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL.

PLEASE STAY AWAY FROM ALL MALLS WHICH HAVE JUST BEEN MARKED AS A SOFT TARGET THAT ARE HIGH RISK.  THIS COMES FROM A DEAR FRIEND OF MINE IN WASHINGTON, DC AT HOMELAND SECURITY.

JUST KICK BACK AND WATCH SOME FOOTBALL...INVITE THE PEOPLE YOU LOVE FOR A BAR-B-Q AND BE FOREVER VIGILANT AS WE ARE DEALING WITH ANIMALS THAT HAVE ZERO CONSCIENCE, ZERO EDUCATION OR CONCERN FOR LIFE. THEY COME FROM A PRIMITIVE SCENARIO AND ACTUALLY BELIEVE THAT GARBAGE ABOUT 72 VIRGINS AND BEING A MARTYR.  MURDERING OTHER HUMAN BEINGS DOES NOT MAKE ANYONE A MARTYR.

THEY ARE COWARDS WHO HAVE TAKEN A PEACEFUL RELIGION LIKE ISLAM AND TURNED IT INTO  A GUTTER RELIGION THAT THEY INTERPRET COMPLETELY WRONG JUST SO IT GIVES THEM THE RIGHT IN THEIR TWISTED BRAINS TO COMMIT THESE ATROCITIES.

THIS PAST TUESDAY A CNN REPORTER APPROACHED SOME AFGHANISTAN FARMERS AND REGULAR PEOPLE AND WHEN SHOWN PICTURES OF 9/11 HAD NO IDEA WHAT IT WAS....IN ADDITION WHEN PICTURES OF OUR BRAVE ASTRONAUTS THAT LANDED ON THE MOON IN 1969 WERE SHOWN TO THEM, THEY HAD NO IDEA THAT ANYTHING LIKE THAT HAD BEEN DONE.

AS A VETERAN MYSELF I KNOW HOW DEEPLY PEOPLE CAN HATE OTHER PEOPLE AND IT BRINGS ME TO TEARS THAT THE WORLD HAS BECOME SO DANGEROUS.

MAY GOD BLESS YOU ALL AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

LOVE, BENNY

DEAR FRIENDS & FANS;
AS I'M PREPARING TO RETURN TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TOMORROW, I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO CAME OUT TO MY SHOW ON SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE BRAND NEW VERNON DOWNS EVENT CENTER.
THE FOLKS AT VERNON DOWNS TOOK GREAT CARE OF US AND WE LOVED DOING THE SHOW THERE. 
THE HURRICANES ROCKED IT...AS THEY ALWAYS DO.  THANK YOU KIM, PETE, ANDY, KEVIN, TODD & JOHN...THEY ARE THE BEST!
IT WAS FABULOUS TO BE HOME WITH THE PEOPLE I LOVE IN CENTRAL NEW YORK AND ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO TRAVELLED THERE TO SEE ME.
IT'S BEEN A TOUGH FEW WEEKS WITH THE PASSING OF MY DAD AND I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR ALL OF THEIR KIND WORDS OF SUPPORT AND LOVE. 
I'LL HAVE MORE NEWS ABOUT WHAT I'M WRITING AND PLANS FOR THE BALANCE OF THE YEAR WHEN I RETURN HOME.  CHECK BACK OFTEN.
IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY, PLEASE "LIKE" MY OFFICIAL FAN PAGE ON FACEBOOK "bennymardones".  MY PERSONAL PROFILE IS JUST ABOUT AT ITS LIMIT AND THERE IS INTERACTION OVER ON THE FAN PAGE.  SEND ME A NOTE, I READ THEM ALL.
GOD BLESS ALL OF YOU.
LOVE, BENNY

DEAR FRIENDS & FANS;

IT IS WITH GREAT SADNESS THAT I ANNOUNCE THE PASSING OF MY BELOVED FATHER, RUBEN MARDONES (MAY 20TH 1922 - JULY 19TH 2011).

HE PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY YESTERDAY IN HOSPITAL IN SANTIAGO, CHILE.
 
I AM DEEPLY TOUCHED AND MOVED TO TEARS FOR ALL THE LOVE MY FRIENDS AND FANS HAVE SHOWN ME AND MY FAMILY AT THIS DIFFICULT TIME...AND I THANK THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE ALREADY RESPONDED WITH PHONE CALLS, EMAIL AND FACEBOOK POSTS, FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART.  MY SPIRIT IS LIFTED KNOWING THAT I AM NOT ALONE.  IT IS WONDERFUL TO HAVE SO MANY OF YOU THERE FOR ME.
 
I'VE HAD A NUMBER OF REQUESTS FROM PEOPLE FOR AN ADDRESS TO SEND CARDS AND DONATIONS.  I THANK YOU FOR YOUR THOUGHTFULNESS. A SPECIAL P.O. BOX HAS BEEN OPENED FOR THIS PURPOSE.
 
FOR THOSE WHO WISH TO SEND DONATIONS IN MEMORY OF MY FATHER, IT WOULD BE WONDERFUL IF YOU WOULD DONATE TO U.S.C. PARKINSONS RESEARCH.  THE SEARCH FOR A CURE FOR PARKINSONS, AS YOU KNOW, IS NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART.  I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH PARKINSONS ALMOST 10 YEARS AGO AND MY FATHER DISPLAYED ALL THE SYMPTOMS OF PARKINSONS TOWARD THE END AND I FEEL LIKE A PIECE OF MY HEART DIED WITH HIM.
 
MARLY (MARLENE) LANCASTER WILL PROVIDE THE DETAILS REGARDING THE P.O. BOX AND HOW DONATIONS MAY BE MADE ON THE MAIN PAGE OF MY WEBSITE.  SHE WILL ALSO POST THIS INFORMATION ON MY FACEBOOK WALLS.
 
GOD BLESS EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU.
 
LOVE, BENNY

I HOPE EVERYONE'S SUMMER IS GOING WELL SO FAR.

I'VE BEEN VERY BUSY LATELY WITH A NUMBER OF PROJECTS AND IDEAS ON THE GO.  I'LL KEEP YOU UP-TO-DATE AS DETAILS ARE AVAILABLE.

ONE OF THE  PROJECTS IS A PHOTO GALLERY FOR THIS WEBSITE.

RIGHT NOW I'M PREPARING FOR A SHOW COMING UP IN CENTRAL NEW YORK ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 6TH 2011.
COMPLETE DETAILS WILL BE AVAILABLE SHORTLY AND I'LL KEEP YOU POSTED.

JUST WANTED TO CHECK IN AND WISH EVERYONE A WONDERFUL SUMMER.  HAVE FUN AND STAY SAFE.  CAN'T WAIT TO SEE MY FAMILY, FRIENDS AND FANS IN CENTRAL NY IN LESS THAN 4 WEEKS!

LOVE, BENNY

HELLO EVERYONE!

JUST CATCHING UP ON WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING.

BALLOONFEST WAS GREAT!  IT WAS WONDERFUL TO SEE SO MANY FRIENDS AND FANS.  THE WEATHER WAS PERFECT FOR THE SHOW AND THE RAIN HELD OFF UNTIL I WAS FINISHED SIGNING ALL OF THE MERCHANDISE.

TOMORROW IS THE 4TH OF JULY WHICH IS A VERY IMPORTANT DAY IN AMERICA.  PLEASE REMEMBER WHAT THIS HOLIDAY REPRESENTS...FREEDOM, LIBERTY AND THE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF MEN AND WOMEN WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR OUR GREAT NATION.

THROW SOME STEAKS OR BURGERS ON THE BBQ...MAKE SURE YOU GET TO SEE FIREWORKS WHEREVER THEY ARE NEAR YOU...ENJOY TIME WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS.  HAVE FUN AND BE SAFE.

KEEP FOLLOWING ME ON TWITTER, WATCH THE WALLS ON FACEBOOK AND CHECK BACK HERE OFTEN.  LOTS OF EXCITING THINGS ARE AROUND THE CORNER AND I'LL HAVE A SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT FOR YOU WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK.

LOVE, BENNY




 

JUST WANTED TO LET EVERYONE KNOW WHAT I'M DOING LATELY.

I'M FINALLY SITTING DOWN AT THE PIANO AGAIN TO WRITE SOME NEW SONGS AND JUST BEGAN REHEARSING THIS WEEK IN PREPARATION FOR MY SHOW AT THE JAMESVILLE BALLOONFEST ON FRIDAY, JUNE 10TH 2011.

I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE SHOW AND CAN'T WAIT TO SEE EVERYONE THERE.

I HOPE EVERYONE IN CENTRAL NY IS ENJOYING THE SPRING WEATHER...FINALLY!

THANK YOU TO ALL MY FAMILY/FRIENDS/FANS WHO CAME TO SEE MY PERFORMANCE WITH THE HURRICANES LAST SATURDAY AT THE PARADISE MARKET IN SYRACUSE, NY.   IT WAS WONDERFUL TO SEE SO MANY OF YOU THERE!  WE HAD A BLAST!  YOU ARE ALL BLESSINGS IN MY LIFE AND YOU'VE STOOD BY ME ALL THESE DECADES AND I LOVE YOU FOR THAT.

THANK YOU TO THE FAN CLUB AND EVERYONE WHO ATTENDED THE DINNER AFTERWARD. 

I'M STARTING UP THE BLOG AGAIN AND WILL WRITE ON A REGULAR BASIS.

MANY OF YOU KNOW THAT I RECENTLY FOUND MORE THAN 250 HOURS OF CONCERT FOOTAGE AND INTERVIEWS DATING BACK TO 1977.  I'M HAVING THEM CONVERTED TO DVD AND SETS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE IN THE FUTURE.  WATCH THIS SITE, MY FACEBOOK WALLS, TWITTER AND BLIP.FM FOR MORE DETAILS...

IN THE MEANTIME, PLEASE VIEW THE VIDEO OF "UNITED WE STAND" HERE ON THE SITE AND PLEASE COMMENT ON IT.


LOVE, BENNY