If you've read any of by prior babblings, you know I have a soft spot for this group. I liked them in their prior line-up and I like them with their present line-up. They are just plain fun and that is what playing out is all about. They play some great songs and they always look like they're having fun and that oozes out into the audience and gets the audience worked up. Patrick does a good job taking on some vocal responsibilities and Alex on drums is always always impressive vocally. The bass player (Kelvin, Kalvin?) is a GREAT bass player and you bass players out there need to pay attention to what he's doing up there. Great stuff and tasty player. I come to understand that Buddy operates Dr. Wood's Guitar Emporium in Fox River Grove. Great lead guitar player.
This is a good line-up and a fun fun band to watch. They seem to have a great local following and they are worth going out of your way for to check out. Party on, Garth. http://www.alexandtheallstars.com/home.html
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Sunday, May 13, 2007
Saturday, April 7, 2007
Some Other Personal Faves
I just thought I'd blog a bit on some other personal favorites I go out to see whenever they are in the area.
Libido Funk Circus is a great band to see whenever they are close by. They have a great song selection and a very good show with a lot of energy. They've obviously been doing this act for quite a while and are constantly gigging ... hence, the very good show. Great vocals and very good players. Great song selection which includes a huge range of different styles.
http://www.lfcentertainment.com/
One band that seems to have gone through a change lately is Alex and the Allstars. They were a very entertaining band when they had the venerable Dave on guitar and Sandi as a vocalist but I have to say, they are just as fun to watch without Sandi and Dave and the addition of their new member on guitar. This band puts the F-U in FUN. Alex is a good drummer and a very good singer and just a plain nice person. I swear Buddy W, who was always GREAT on guitar, gets better and better every time I hear this group. Buddy goes back a ways with One Armed Bandit, the Poppin' Mollies and the Snake Stretchers. The new guy, Patrick, is a blast and a fun and enthusiastic singer. Great song selection which includes a lot of songs you just don't hear every night in bars. http://www.alexandtheallstars.com/home.html
The Only Sons is another very good band. On the down side, they use a lot of lap top computer backing music. The audience neither cares or knows so I suppose it really doesn't matter. However, there was a song where they had a bass line playing on the lap top and the bass player wasn't playing bass or anything else and was just singing. I think that is a little weird. The other downer which can also be considered an upper, is the song selection. The song selection contains all of the songs everyone else plays that are guaranteed get-them-dancing songs. This is good because ... well ... it gets them dancing ... which is why there's a band there in the first place. That is what gets them re-booked. However, I personally just get tired of every band doing Sweet Home Alabama and Jack and Diane, etc, etc. On the good side, they do a real good job with these songs and the crowd loves them. They are a fun band and it's always fun when everyone around you is having a great time. So, over all, this is a good thing.
http://www.onlysons.com/main.html
Libido Funk Circus is a great band to see whenever they are close by. They have a great song selection and a very good show with a lot of energy. They've obviously been doing this act for quite a while and are constantly gigging ... hence, the very good show. Great vocals and very good players. Great song selection which includes a huge range of different styles.
http://www.lfcentertainment.com/
One band that seems to have gone through a change lately is Alex and the Allstars. They were a very entertaining band when they had the venerable Dave on guitar and Sandi as a vocalist but I have to say, they are just as fun to watch without Sandi and Dave and the addition of their new member on guitar. This band puts the F-U in FUN. Alex is a good drummer and a very good singer and just a plain nice person. I swear Buddy W, who was always GREAT on guitar, gets better and better every time I hear this group. Buddy goes back a ways with One Armed Bandit, the Poppin' Mollies and the Snake Stretchers. The new guy, Patrick, is a blast and a fun and enthusiastic singer. Great song selection which includes a lot of songs you just don't hear every night in bars. http://www.alexandtheallstars.com/home.html
The Only Sons is another very good band. On the down side, they use a lot of lap top computer backing music. The audience neither cares or knows so I suppose it really doesn't matter. However, there was a song where they had a bass line playing on the lap top and the bass player wasn't playing bass or anything else and was just singing. I think that is a little weird. The other downer which can also be considered an upper, is the song selection. The song selection contains all of the songs everyone else plays that are guaranteed get-them-dancing songs. This is good because ... well ... it gets them dancing ... which is why there's a band there in the first place. That is what gets them re-booked. However, I personally just get tired of every band doing Sweet Home Alabama and Jack and Diane, etc, etc. On the good side, they do a real good job with these songs and the crowd loves them. They are a fun band and it's always fun when everyone around you is having a great time. So, over all, this is a good thing.
http://www.onlysons.com/main.html
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