Tag: live performance
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British Rock Royalty with Brody Dolyniuk / Frankie Avalon
It’s been another busy week at work. This last weekend we did a few shows, first a show called The Simon & Garfunkel Story, which was a history of Simon & Garfunkel that featured a live band of S&G impersonators who played with video footage. A pretty good show for any S&G fans. I didn’t…
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Jay Leno with Phat Cat Swinger
The band Phat Cat Swinger opened up the show tonight with an incredible set of swinging tunes. These guys and gals really rock! With a swinging rhythm section (Bass and Drums), and full complement of a horn section, and two fun frontmen. (Plus a great guitar player and keyboardist) And if that’s not enough there’s…
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My Generation
The band The Hollies, Allan Clarke, wrote one of the greatest rock songs of all time, Long Cool Woman (in a black dress). A song about a FBI agent in a speakeasy who falls for a woman in a black dress and helps her escape a police raid. Many would mistake it for a Creedence…
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John Waite and Tommy Tutone soundcheck
Yesterday I had the pleasure to work with two great artist. I did not work the show but was an A2 on the soundcheck. Headlining the show was John Waite, who is best known for his 1984 hit single “Missing You”, which reached the No. one spot on the US Billboard Hot 100. Next up,…
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Men Without Hats and A Flock of Seagulls
Iwasn’t going to blog today, I’m tired. (I did get lazy and left this overnight) But as it turns out, I really enjoyed spending the work day with a new and interesting group of people. We are working with two bands today, A Flock of Seagulls started as an English new wave band formed in Liverpool…
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Chubby Checker
I’m working with Chubby Checker tonight and to be honest I forgot just how good his band sounds. Jim (keys), Avery (guitar), Harry (drums), Joseph (bass), and Branden (sax). The sound of that Hammond organ is classic. They are unbelievably exciting! That old rock and roll sound. Then there’s Chubby delivering the lead vocals with an unmistakable…
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Pablo Cruise and Jim Messina
Today we’re working on Pablo Cruise and Jim Messina. Both bands are traveling together but are using separate sound monitor desks. Pablo is using our FOH desk and our monitor board but Messina are using their own monitor desk. Complicating things they share the drum kit, but other inputs will be changing in the sub snakes which lead…