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Our first gigs!

1/7/2013

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It is impossible to describe the excitement we felt during our first two gigs, but I'll give it a shot! First of all, we've been very lucky to have had our first gig with our original drummer, Adam Nussbaum. Last fall Nussbaum moved to Eau Claire, WI, just before we finished recording for our debut album. Since then, it's been a bit hard to line up gigs, but we have done our best to make it work. For our first gig, we had the honor to open for The Main Squeeze, an awesome Funk band based in Chicago. The gig, to say the least, was awesome! We had a blast and although we were a bit nervous, we played our hearts out and everything went well. We also enjoyed playing our first gig with the talented Sam Que, a phenomenal local tenor sax player.

Our second gig was a bit more interesting due to the circumstances in which it came to be. Since we had a short notice for the gig, we decided to put something together as quick as we could! We found out that Adam wouldn't be able to join us for this gig, so we decided to try something completely different. We came up with the idea of playing an acoustic set with the help of our good friends and local musicians Sonny Carreño (percussion) and Nayo Ulloa (charango and kena). We had a chance to do one practice before the gig. We knew things wouldn't go perfect, but we were confident enough to try it out on stage. Aside from a few technical problems, the concert was well-received. We sold a few albums, and people seemed to enjoy the music. The sound that was produced by the combination of the kena with the charango and the tenor sax was very special. We enjoyed it so much, we decided to revisit this line up in the near future. We hope 2013 will bring more opportunities to play, and to experiment with this new sound.
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Veteran
9/21/2015 06:35:22 pm

I can tell the "undocumented" person from your song where their "American Dream" went.
That American Dream is not free. It has been paid for by many many people that gave their lives for it.
If this person does not want to do the paperwork and process to enjoy this freedom, I would say to that person that I did more processing and paperwork to get into the military than you would have to do to become legal in this nation. My father offered his life for this freedom, and after he passed away, my stepfather offered his life for this freedom, and later I offered my life for this freedom - that you want for free...
Freedom is not FREE.
I also pay heavily for the healthcare that you want for free.
This is called theft. That is why your actions are illegal.

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Ted L link
6/7/2016 08:18:37 am

Had the great opportunity to provide audio support for Lalo Cura on Friday June 3, 2016. I see lots of artistst, but only a few have something very special.....this band is one of them. I absolutely loved the songs and the vocal harmonies delivery excellent melodies were great. Dueling leads by guitar and sax were also unique and cool. Most songs in Spanish (which I don't speak), but that wasn't necessary to appreciate and enjoy. Highly recommend you check them out. This band is going places...!

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Tracey M link
11/21/2020 01:46:21 am

Appreciate this bblog post

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