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Center Stage
February 2008
Thursday February 28, 2008
Posted by: Heather at 11:49AM CST on February 28, 2008
The Andes will be playing Saturday at Michigan’s Pub, 1300 Michigan Blvd., as part of the annual Thoughts for Food fundraiser which benefits the Racine County Food Bank. Tickets cost $10 in advance, or $15 at the door. The Andes are an alternative/rock band from Racine with influences ranging from 1960s classic rock to ’90s rock bands such as Pearl Jam and Oasis. They have been playing together for three years and have had two consecutive appearances at HarborFest, in 2006 and 2007. Lead guitarist and vocalist Joel Johnson has been writing songs since he was a teenager at Park High School, and the idea for The Andes came while at school in Illinois. The acoustic demos he recorded on a four-track recorder were expanded upon by his friend Jazz Sommers in Minneapolis, where both had gone to college. Once back in Racine, Joel recruited his brother Nate as bassist and his old high school friend Tony Hetland to be the explosive drummer The Andes music required. Rooted in the songwriting traditions of John Lennon and Paul McCartney and given a more modern rock edge, The Andes combine the best elements rock music has to offer. Wednesday February 6, 2008
Posted by: Heather at 8:06PM CST on February 6, 2008
Guitarist Lyden Moon returns to McAuliffe’s Pub, 3700 Meachem Road, Saturday to open for the Ozzy Osbourne band, Blizzard of Oz. The cover charge is $10 for the show from 9:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. Although he performs more often in the Chicagoland area with the likes of Steve Vai, Gary Hoey and Michael Angelo at venues including the House of Blues and Hard Rock Cafe, Moon is now a common name in Racine music circles. The melodic shred instrumental guitar music that he plays is fast, technical and awe inspiring but with an underlying strong melodic base. Moon shot to fame when he won an international guitar contest that gave him the opportunity to open for the legendary Steve Vai at Chicago’s House of Blues and the two jammed together on a couple of songs. The club has since booked Moon a number of additional times. Over the course of four full length CDs of which the first three have sold out, Moon has garnered critical praise as well as radio play regionally in the U.S. along with Australia and Romania. Moon is also asked to be a clinician at places including Guitar Center, Cascio Interstate Music, Good-N-Loud and others. Moon is joined on stage by Joel Thierfelder on bass guitars and Dan Jung on drums. |
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