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Players strut their stuff

One of the Best Isolation Covers You Will Ever See

July 1, 2020 by KC Editor Leave a Comment

I’m just going to leave this here:

You may recognise some of the living legends on this video, if not check out all the details here. I promise it’ll be one of the most fun uses of 9 minutes of your life.

Here’s the list of top-notch musicians involved:

VOCALISTS
Brent Carter – Tower of Power, currently AWB lead vocalist
Will Downing – Multi-million selling, major label recording artist
Jo Harman – Award winning British vocalist-songwriter
Eliot Lewis – Hall and Oates, “Live From Daryl’s House”, AWB
Audrey Wheeler – Top NYC session singer (Freddie Jackson, Madonna), formerly featured singer with Unlimited Touch
Cheryl ‘Pepsii’ Riley – Noted Gospel/R&B singer and Arista and Columbia recording artist
Porter Carroll – Singer/songwriter/founder/drummer with multi million selling band ‘Atlantic Starr’ (Hall and Oates)
Travis Milner – Vocalist/multi-instrumentalist/producer/composer Gerald Levert, Roy Ayers, Gerald Alston, Busta Rhymes
Ms. Monet – Recording artist, backing vocalist Will Downing, Boz Scaggs, Michael McDonald
Michael Angelo – New York legendary Funk vocalist
Chris Walker – Vocalist with Billboard Top 30 hit ,’Take Time’, Musical Director to Al Jarreau, Regina Belle
Klyde Jones – Hall and Oates, AWB

GUITARISTS
David Spinozza (John Lennon, Paul McCartney, James Taylor)
Jeff Tamelier (Tower of Power, Starship)

KEYBOARDS
Roger Smith (Tower of Power, Dave Matthews Band) – Hammond Organ
Rob Aries (John Scofield, Mary J Blige) – Electric Piano
Travis Milner (Roy Ayers, Gerald Levert) – Keyboards

BASS
Chris Walker (Bob James, Kirk Whalum)

HORNS
Fred ‘Freddy V’ Vigdor (AWB, Michael McDonald) – Tenor Sax
Cliff Lyons (AWB, Manhattan Transfer) – Alto Sax
Barry Danelian (Bruce Springsteen, James Taylor, Billy Joel) – Trumpet
Ozzie Melendez (Mariah Carey, Diana Ross, Jennifer Lopez, Marc Anthony) – Trombone
John Scarpulla (ToP, Diana Ross, Paul McCartney) – Tenor and Baritone sax

DRUMS
David Garibaldi (Tower of Power)
Steve Ferrone (AWB, Eric Clapton, Tom Petty)
Larnell Lewis (Snarky Puppy)
Brian Dunne (Hall and Oates, AWB)
Rocky Bryant (AWB, Dave Sanborn, Cindy Lauper)
Herman Matthews (Isley Brothers, Kenny Loggins)
Graham Hawthorne (Paul Simon, David Byrne, Madeleine Peyroux)
Poogie Bell (David Bowie, Chaka Khan, Randy Crawford)

(H/T: Musicplayer.com)

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Twin Souls: A Hammond Project

April 14, 2020 by KC Editor Leave a Comment

‘Wow’ is not the most helpful descriptor for music, but it’s what I said to myself when I played this piece for the first time thanks to a link over at musicplayer.com

The combination of beautiful Hammond playing, great drumming and some extremely tasty electronica makes for some great listening. Do yourself a favour:

Filed Under: Players strut their stuff Tagged With: Hammond B3

The Cars Live in 1984

October 31, 2019 by KC Editor Leave a Comment

A lesser known live video hits the internet

I’m an unadulterated, rabid fan of The Cars, so any new videos that come to light is a big event to me.

Thanks to a fellow friend and musician pointing me to it, we bring you The Cars live in Houston, Texas in 1984. Although The Cars will never go down in history as one of the greatest live acts, this video showcases them at the top of their game, with a light and video show to match.

Enjoy!

Filed Under: Players strut their stuff Tagged With: Gig video, The Cars

Ben Folds Gets Funky

October 27, 2019 by KC Editor Leave a Comment

Ben Folds is more than capable of playing killer keys in most genres. Here’s an example where he joins Scary Pockets for a brilliant cover of his song Kate

Filed Under: Players strut their stuff Tagged With: Ben Folds, Scary Pockets

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