Friday, October 01, 2010

I'm Playing In a "Chicago" Tribute Band Tonight!

Tonight I'll be performing with my brother and several members of his church in a Chicago tribute band!  We'll be playing  a full set of hit songs made famous by the group.  Instruments tonight include keyboards, two guitars, drums, three trumpets, two trombones and flute.

Update:  Here's a video of us doing "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is"


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6 comments:

  1. Dan6:06 PM CDT

    That was pretty darn good. Just a couple of things could have been better.
    Trumpet player need to rehearse a little more. The background vocalist should have sang an octive higher.

    The trombone player really captured Jimmy Pankow's style.

    I enjoyed this.

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  2. russlowe6:20 PM CDT

    Thanks! We only rehearsed all together once... about 45 minutes before the actual performance.

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  3. Anonymous11:57 AM CDT

    I love it!! Were did you get the music and are there more videos?

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  4. russlowe12:07 PM CDT

    Thanks! You can check out these two as well: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPlQ06gZiK0 and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-iGSqQFFJE&feature=related

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  5. russlowe12:11 PM CDT

    By the way, my brother ordered a couple of Chicago arrangement books at a music store and that's what the horn players used. For me, I've played these songs in the past and so I just played them by memory. With perfect pitch, you can get away with that. :)

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  6. russlowe12:11 PM CDT

    I don't memorize lyrics though, so I usually end up reading them on the music stand. But the music is all played by ear.

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