and miked-up voice replaced brass and wind sections, while keyboards and saxophone becamerhythminstruments used to swell the beat punched out by the drums. Country dance bands, emerging from 1940s jazz-influenced western swing, made similar changes, amplifying guitars and bass, giving the piano ...
Dancers at any level, from beginner to intermediate to advanced and all the way up to teacher, can create their own individual schedule. The evening and night venues will offer a fantastic line-up of the best bands and performers in great locations, including two nights at the marvelous ...
Over 16K music fans have voted on the 240+ Best Pop Rock Bands & Artists, Ranked. Current Top 3: The Beatles, Queen, Elvis Presley
If a person really loves rock and roll or wants to understand rock and roll, he or she should go back to the source. After listening to several introductory bands, he should start from the source of the 50s, listen to the origin of the ge...
The Shermans are two of the four original members of The Escorts, one of Eastern Iowa's first rock 'n' roll bands. Another original member, Roger Booth, of Washington, will be on hand for the honor. The original guitar player, Dick Burns, died in 1984. His widow, Sandy Burns, of ...
Over 16K music fans have voted on the 240+ Best Pop Rock Bands & Artists, Ranked. Current Top 3: The Beatles, Queen, Elvis Presley
As much as this is an homage to times that passed, it’s at the same time a reminder of the fact that great tones never die – they echo through the ages. Quite simply: vintage never gets old. Five (5) complete kits Inspired by the sound of the iconic rock bands of the ‘70s ...
The Escorts / The Do's & Don'ts Back in Spotlight Again Arnolds Park, August 31, 1997, One of The First Bands Inducted Into The Iowa Rock N Roll HOF Don't miss our next show Don't get left out on sharing fun times with friends Don't wonder why everyone else is out dancing to...
Jack Black was born to play wannabe rock star Dewey Finn, who poses as a substitute teacher at a prestigious prep school and transforms his fifth-graders to rock gods in order to conquer the Battle of the Bands. That is the logline of the Richard Linklater-helmed comedy (the highest gros...
The '70s were an interesting time for heavy music, as the start of the decade birthed the metal we know and love today whenBlack Sabbathreleased their self-titled debut. Bands had already been experimenting with distortion and heavy guitar riffs before that point, so by the mid-'70s, some...