{"id":37007,"date":"2017-10-17T09:12:08","date_gmt":"2017-10-17T13:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=37007"},"modified":"2017-10-17T09:12:11","modified_gmt":"2017-10-17T13:12:11","slug":"on-stage-the-main-squeeze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=37007","title":{"rendered":"On Stage: The Main Squeeze"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Denny Dyroff<\/strong>, Staff Writer, The Times<\/em><\/p>\n

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The Main Squeeze<\/p><\/div>\n

The Main Squeeze relocated from the Midwest to the West Coast and now are in the middle of a long tour of the East Coast \u2013 a tour that brings then to the area for a show on October 17 at Underground Arts (1200 Callowhill Street, Philadelphia, http:\/\/undergroundarts.org<\/a>).<\/p>\n

The band features Ben “Smiley” Silverstein, keyboards; Max Newman, guitar; Corey Frye, vocals; Rob Walker, bass; and Reuben Gingrich, drums.<\/p>\n

Last year, The Main Squeeze\u00a0 — a band melding soulful funk with rock n\u2019 roll — relocated from its hometown of Chicago to Los Angeles and that proved to be an inspiration to the group\u2019s musical sound.<\/p>\n

The quintet initially headed to the West Coast to record its latest album, \u201cWithout A Sound\u201d, and the five players opted to establish their new residence there.<\/p>\n

Now, the band is embarking on the second leg of its tour in support of \u201cWithout A Sound,\u201d including a headline performance at\u00a0Underground Arts.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a huge tour that started in L.A. where we live,\u201d said Silverstein, during a phone interview last week from a tour stop in Orlando, Florida.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe band first got together at Indiana University. Me and the guitarist knew each other from summer camp in upstate New York. We started as a college cover band playing frat parties. We also played a lot of clubs at the beginning but we were just playing covers.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were doing covers of Jimi Hendrix, Jay Z, the Beatles and Prince and then started introducing originals. We\u2019ve always had the duality of funk and rock but lately have been focusing more on rock.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were all students at Indiana University when we moved to Chicago. We spent three years in Chicago and then moved to L.A. The move to L.A. affected our music mentality. It started when we were working with Randy Jackson a few years ago.\u201d<\/p>\n

Since being discovered by legendary producer,\u00a0Randy Jackson, who helped to produce the band\u2019s 2015 album, \u201cMind Your Head,\u201d the Maun Squeeze has played at Red Rocks Amphitheatre, and performed at high-profile music festivals like Bonnaroo, Electric Forest, Summer Camp\u00a0and High Sierra.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile working with Randy, we learned how we could write more timeless songs. Since then, we\u2019ve been working with good collaborators, producers and songwriters.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe recorded \u2018Without a Sound\u2019 right after we moved to L.A. We started writing immediately and cut the album right before we stared touring. We recorded it at Fourth Street Studio in Santa Monica and released it in April.\u201d<\/p>\n

Video link for The Main Squeeze \u2013 https:\/\/youtu.be\/jIO2I9wP-Ys<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The show at Underground Arts, which has McZwang Duo as the opener, will start at 9 p.m. Tickets are $18.<\/p>\n

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The Weeks<\/p><\/div>\n

These days, when bands or musicians want to relocate, they look to Los Angeles on the West Coast or Brooklyn or Nashville on the East Coast.<\/p>\n

The Weeks, who will be in the area for a show on October 18 at MilkBoy Philly (1100 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, 215- 925-6455, www.milkboyphilly.com<\/a>), chose Nashville.<\/p>\n

But, the band from Mississippi isn\u2019t a new act hopping on the \u201cmove to Nashville\u201d bandwagon. The Weeks \u2013 Cyle Barnes, Lead Vocals; Sam Williams, Guitar, Vocals; Cain Barnes, Drums; Damien Bone, Bass \u2013 have been \u201cMusic City\u201d residents for a while.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe moved to Nashville eight years ago,\u201d said Williams, during a phone interview Saturday afternoon from a tour stop in Boston, Massachusetts.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve been a band for a long time. We first started playing in our hometown Florence, Mississippi and nearby Jackson, Mississippi in 2006.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe twins (Cyle and Cain Barnes) met in the womb. They grew up with Damien. We all met up at shows in Jackson when we were about 17.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe started a band and began playing local gigs. Then, all the cool bands in the Jackson area moved away so we stepped in. For the first three years we were together, we played about 150 shows a year in Mississippi.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Weeks play rock music hard and straight \u2013 not a lot of frills \u2013 and they are from the South. But, that doesn\u2019t mean The Weeks are a \u201cSouthern Rock\u201d band.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve been playing together a long time so the chemistry is there,\u201d said Williams. \u201cWe all have a lot of different influences and we bring them together well. That lets us be soul, rock, glam or even country if we wanted.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Weeks are now touring in support of their new album \u201cEasy.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe album came out in April,\u201d said Williams. \u201cWe cut it in December 2015. We went to Memphis for two weeks and worked with producer Paul Ebersold at Ardent Studios.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a great studio with crazy vintage gear. They have the organ that Booker T. used on \u2018Green Onions\u2019 and they even have a mellotron. They have a lot of amps and keyboards from their Stax and Big Star days. We went analog with the recording. We did some tape and some digital. Everything we did digitally we ran through tape afterwards.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe went to Memphis to work with a great producer in a great studio but we also went there to get away. If we stayed in Nashville to make the record, it would have felt too much like a regular job \u2013 you know, get up in the morning and go to the studio like you\u2019re getting up to go to a regular job.\u201d<\/p>\n

A lot of factors allowed the quartet to create a powerful rock album.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis album was more concise \u2013 more bare bones,\u201d said Williams. \u201cAnd, it\u2019s more introspective. Right now, 50 per cent of our set is \u2018Easy\u2019 and the rest is from our previous records.\u201d<\/p>\n

Video link for The Weeks \u2013 https:\/\/youtu.be\/5hQW8oLzVag<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The show at MilkBoy Philadelphia, which has Dan Luke and the Raid opening, will start at 8 p.m. Tickets are $16.<\/p>\n

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Liza Colby Sound<\/p><\/div>\n

Liza Colby, who will perform with her band the Liza Colby Sound on October 18 at Kung Fu Necktie (1248 North Front Street, Philadelphia, 215-291-4919, kungfunecktie.com<\/a>), shares her name with another entertainer.<\/p>\n

Liza Colby is also the name of a fictional character from the television soap opera \u201cAll My Children.\u201d<\/p>\n

But, there is nothing fictional about the Liza Colby who is bringing her group to Philly. She real and bigger-than-life. She combines the powerful vocal artistry of Steve Marriott (Humble Pie, Small Faces) and the raw sexiness of Tina Turner.<\/p>\n

The Liza Colby Sound features Liza Colby – Lead Vocals, Tom McCaffrey \u2013 Guitar, C.P. Roth \u2013 Drums, and Alec Morton – bass<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve been together about a decade\u201d said Colby, during a phone interview last week from Manhattan. \u201c<\/p>\n

\u201cI came from a musical family. My mother, father and brothers were all musicians.\u201d<\/p>\n

Her father John Colby composed the theme for ESPN\u2019s Sports Center and her mother Beverly Colby sang with the Persuasions.<\/p>\n

\u201cI went to college at Johnson and Wales studying recreation and leisure \u2013 and I was miserable,\u201d said Colby.<\/p>\n

\u201cI told my parents I wanted to drop out and pursue music. They warned me that it was a heavy situation. Luckily, I love what I do. I\u2019m really fortunate to have the band I have.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was just writing a bunch, I grew up in the 90s listening to soul music, R&B and hip hop. I got started singing at rappers\u2019 booths because they needed a singer. Then, producers wanted me to work on their stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n

Soon, Colby found her own niche.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was doing neo-soul,\u201d said Colby. \u201cMy then-boyfriend told me that I should get together with Adam Roth.\u201d<\/p>\n

Roth played in a band with C.J. Roth and bassist Alec Morton. They were looking for a singer and she was looking for a band. The first product was an EP called \u201cHigh Yellow.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI loved the Stones, Iggy Pop and Tina Turner, so it was a natural,\u201d said Colby. \u201cAnd, I loved Steve Marriott. He\u2019s everything I love in a singer.\u201d<\/p>\n

An entry on the Lisa Colby Sound\u2019s Facebook page states, \u201cImagine Led Zeppelin at Madison Square Garden meets James Brown at the Apollo. Picture Tina Turner prowling the stage like Iggy Pop with vocals that conjure Aretha Franklin and Humble Pie\u2019s Steve Marriott.\u201d<\/p>\n

The show at Kung Fu Necktie is billed as \u201cWendigo Productions NY proudly presents: The Dirty Sweet Sounds Tour 2017 featuring The Sweet Things & The Liza Colby Sound.\u201d<\/p>\n

The core of The Liza Colby Sound was Adam Roth guitar, Alec Morton bass, and C.P. Roth drums. In December 2015, Adam Roth passed away after a brave battle with bile duct cancer. LCS remerged with fiery psychedelic guitarist Tom McCaffrey as a full-fledged member.<\/p>\n

\u201cWendigo Productions took us under their wing with The Sweet Things,\u201d said Colby. \u201cWe had a New Year\u2019s Eve gig in 2015 and Dave Tierney from the Sweet Things asked me to sing on some of their songs.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Sweet Things are the best dudes ever. I started singing backup for then. So, we all became family and go on the road together. I don\u2019t know if our band would still be together without them.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was really difficult losing Adam \u2013 in so many ways. Working with them has given me my fight back. It\u2019s how I got my sea legs back.\u201d<\/p>\n

Colby is currently touring in support of her new EP \u201cDraw.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe EP \u2018Draw\u2019 has both Adam and Tom on it,\u201d said Colby. \u201cIt was first recorded at Mission Sound in Brooklyn at the end of 2014. We got Tom on it this summer and remixed and remastered it.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Sweet Things are a New York-based band featuring Dave Tierney – vocals\/guitar, Lorne Behrman \u2013 guitar, Sam Hariss – bass\/vocals, and Darren Fried \u2013 drums.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe got started on the Lower East Side and now we\u2019re out in Brooklyn,\u201d said Tierney.<\/p>\n

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The Sweet Things<\/p><\/div>\n

The Sweet Things\u2019 story is a rock n\u2019 roll fairytale. Behrman drank with Hariss and briefly discussed playing together, though neither really followed up on that. Fried and Behrman drank and discussed playing together, though neither really followed up on that.<\/p>\n

Fried and Hariss met briefly at Behrman\u2019s birthday \u2013 but neither really remember meeting. At one time or another, they all gigged separately with each other.<\/p>\n

In February 2015, all four got together in a rehearsal room twice and quickly booked studio time. In March 2015, The Sweet Things somehow managed to remember and record the first two songs they worked on.
\n\u201cWe have a brand new single that came out at the beginning of this tour,\u201d said Tierney. \u201cIt\u2019s called \u2018Dusty Ann,\u2019 which reminds me of a Southern girl\u2019s name. I love good rock and roll songs with girls\u2019 names.\u201d<\/p>\n

Video link for The Liza Colby Sound \u2013 https:\/\/youtu.be\/2R5rWZfPFzw<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Video link for The Sweet Things \u2013 https:\/\/youtu.be\/cBkhg4qKMJQ<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The show at Kung Fu Necktie, which also features Satellite Hearts, will start at 8 p.m. Tickets are $7.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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