A Tribute to Tom Petty Celebrating the 30th anniversary of Wildflowers
This is a 18 and over event with standing room only 17 and under admitted with a parent or guardian Close your eyes and you won’t know the difference. Open them and you still might be fooled. The Insiders present the premier Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers experience. With 6 veteran musicians and decades of combined stage and touring experience, The Insiders are genuinely running down the dream. It all starts with frontman Max Lockwood. “I grew up listening to Tom Petty. My mom would play the Greatest Hits record while she worked out. I’d sit at the top of the stairs and listen to those songs—it was my most requested CD as a young kid.” In high school, Lockwood’s band Big Dudee Roo started covering Petty songs at their frequent shows in West Michigan. “Tom Petty was part of the great American landscape to me—a legend by the time I was musically conscious. We got a great crowd reaction with Petty tunes, and people frequently commented that I sounded a lot like him.” Nothing has changed with time. After the passing of Tom Petty in October of 2017, Lockwood organized the band by pulling together some of his favorite musicians for a benefit concert. After a sold-out show that raised thousands for a local domestic violence shelter The Insiders decided they wouldn’t back down. “We try to honor what Mr. Petty and the Heartbreakers have done for rock and roll each night. We’re fans of the music first and foremost. These songs are woven into the fabric of the American identity.” They’ve found no shortage of demand, selling out shows everywhere they go. Local Spins’ John Sinkevics had this to say: “The Insiders set the bar at a new level for Tom Petty tributes.” The Insiders are based in Grand Rapids, Michigan and currently tour the Midwest and beyond. They are available for public and private functions
A Tribute to Tom Petty Celebrating the 30th anniversary of Wildflowers
This is a 18 and over event with standing room only 17 and under admitted with a parent or guardian Close your eyes and you won’t know the difference. Open them and you still might be fooled. The Insiders present the premier Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers experience. With 6 veteran musicians and decades of combined stage and touring experience, The Insiders are genuinely running down the dream. It all starts with frontman Max Lockwood. “I grew up listening to Tom Petty. My mom would play the Greatest Hits record while she worked out. I’d sit at the top of the stairs and listen to those songs—it was my most requested CD as a young kid.” In high school, Lockwood’s band Big Dudee Roo started covering Petty songs at their frequent shows in West Michigan. “Tom Petty was part of the great American landscape to me—a legend by the time I was musically conscious. We got a great crowd reaction with Petty tunes, and people frequently commented that I sounded a lot like him.” Nothing has changed with time. After the passing of Tom Petty in October of 2017, Lockwood organized the band by pulling together some of his favorite musicians for a benefit concert. After a sold-out show that raised thousands for a local domestic violence shelter The Insiders decided they wouldn’t back down. “We try to honor what Mr. Petty and the Heartbreakers have done for rock and roll each night. We’re fans of the music first and foremost. These songs are woven into the fabric of the American identity.” They’ve found no shortage of demand, selling out shows everywhere they go. Local Spins’ John Sinkevics had this to say: “The Insiders set the bar at a new level for Tom Petty tributes.” The Insiders are based in Grand Rapids, Michigan and currently tour the Midwest and beyond. They are available for public and private functions
KAIT ROSE & CO. PRESENT CELEBRATING SHANIA!
18+ Standing Room Only Show 17 and under admitted with a parent or guardian Kait Rose, an original singer, songwriter and guitar player, is kicking us back to the nineties with hits from Shania Twain. Kait Rose & Co. Presents: Celebrating Shania! Time to get out those cowboy boots and dance along with an eleven piece band that brings their all-star talents to the beat of Shania’s greatest songs. Let’s go girls!
Smells Like Nirvana
This is a 18+ event with standing room only 17 and under admitted with a parent or guardian Celebrate the legendary sounds of Nirvana & Kurt Cobain with national traveling Nirvana tribute’Smells Like Nirvana’ as they perform songs from Nevermind, In Utero, Bleach, and more (B-sides/rare songs). Make song requests at smellslikenirvanatribute.com. Smells Like Nirvana is based out of Chicago and is composed of seasoned pros and die-hard fans of Nirvana fronted by Paul Wandtke (ex Trivium, Dead Original), w/ drummer SeanMcCole and bassist Mike Petrasek (Bedlem). Their live tribute to Nirvana is a haunting episode of grunge filled angst playing songs from Nirvana’s albums Bleach, Nevermind, In Utero and MTV Unplugged as well as rare B-sides and more; played without click tracks or backing tracks, a trait that is rare in today’s contemporary musical landscape, a trait and philosophy that Nirvana lived by.
Rumours ATL: A Fleetwood Mac Tribute
This is a 18+ event with standing room only Formed in 2014, Rumours ATL has taken the U.S. by storm with their stage scorching renditionsof Fleetwood Mac songs. Fans from across the nation claim that Rumours ATL is the band to see if youare looking for an authentic recreation of live Fleetwood Macshows.In just under 7 years, Rumours ATL has landed themselves the reputation of being the bestFleetwood Mac Tribute band and additionally has made fans internationally. In the summer of 2019,Rumours ATL was invited to play a week in TheNetherlands at some of the top venues and festivals inthe country. The success of that tour brought them attention from plenty of new fans and promoters andthey will be returning in 2020. Specially crafted shows and not one detail left behind, Rumours ATLcontinues to sell out some of the top venues in the United States and gain fans at each show.Rumours ATL is fronted by Mekenzie Zimmerman (Stevie Nicks vocals), Adrienne Cottrell(keyboards and Christine McVie vocals), and Denny Hanson (guitar and Lindsey Buckinghamvocals).John Spiegel on lead guitar, Jim Ramsdell on bass, and Daniel Morrison on drums makeup oneof the best live band performances you will see at any show. The band prides themselves on being themost authentic Fleetwood Mac Tribute without coming across as a parody or a bore of a show. They willmake you dance, sing along at the top of your lungs, and you’ll even learn something new aboutFleetwood Mac at each performance.Rumours ATL will leave you wanting more. Rumours ATLwill make you relive those Fleetwood Macmemories.Do you believe in miracles and the ways of magic? Rumours ATL do.
The Insiders: A Tribute To Tom Petty
This is a 18+ event with standing room onlyClose your eyes and you won’t know the difference. Open them and you still might be fooled. The Insiders present the premier Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers experience. With 6 veteran musicians and decades of combined stage and touring experience, The Insiders are genuinely running down the dream.It all starts with front man Max Lockwood. “I grew up listening to Tom Petty. My mom would play the Greatest Hits record while she worked out. I’d sit at the top of the stairs and listen to those songs—it was my most requested CD as a young kid.” In high school, Lockwood’s band Big Dudee Roo started covering Petty songs at their frequent shows in West Michigan. “Tom Petty was part of the great American landscape to me—a legend by the time I was musically conscious. We got a great crowd reaction with Petty tunes, and people frequently commented that I sounded a lot like him.”Nothing has changed with time. After the passing of Tom Petty in October of 2017, Lockwood organized the band by pulling together some of his favorite musicians for a benefit concert. After a sold-out show that raised thousands for a local domestic violence shelter The Insiders decided they wouldn’t back down. “We try to honor what Mr. Petty and the Heartbreakers have done for rock and roll each night. We’re fans of the music first and foremost. These songs are woven into the fabric of the American identity.” They’ve found no shortage of demand, selling out shows everywhere they go. Local Spins’ John Sinkevics had this to say: “The Insiders set the bar at a new level for Tom Petty tributes.”The Insiders are based in Grand Rapids, Michigan and currently tour the Midwest and beyond. They are available for public and private functions
The Red Roses Present an evening of Radiohead
This is a 18+ and over event with standing room only Radiohead’s 1997 album OK Computer is universally hailed as not only the best album of the 90s, but one of the best albums of all time. Upon release, the band achieved legendary status and took up the mantle held by Pink Floyd, David Bowie, U2 and Talking Heads as artists that could fill arenas while also creating cutting-edge music that pushed the whole artform forward.The Red Roses pay tribute to Radiohead with a theatrical performance recreating this once-in-a-generation music with painstaking detail. While they play songs from across Radiohead’s catalog, the centerpiece of the show is a performance of OK Computer in its entirety.
Brooklyn Charmers a Steely Dan Tribute
This is a 18+ event with standing room only Brooklyn Charmers is a Steely Dan tribute band comprised of some of Chicago’s top players. With masterful precision and obsessive dedication to the music, Brooklyn Charmers injects a new energy into the beloved catalogue; bridging the gap between new and lifelong fans alike. Steely Dan’s blend of rock and jazz, along with their infectious hooks and poignant lyrics, put them in another league in the eyes of critics and fans. Their prolific and consistent output throughout the 1970’s cements them as classic rock royalty. Brooklyn Charmers are excited to carry the torch into the new generation.
A Taylor Swift Experience
This is a 18 and over event.Standing Room Only Kanin Wren fronts Michigan’s most dynamic Taylor Swift Experience for fans of all ages. Playing all of thegreatest hits from You Belong With Me to Midnights, Kanin’s Version: A Taylor Swift Experience is packingdance floors and creating timeless once in a lifetime memories. With fun choreography, multiple costumechanges, spot on musical delivery, Kanin’s tribute to the genius of Taylor Swift is a must-see act. VIPexperiences are available for super fans!What started off as a love and appreciation for Taylor Swift’s lyrics, music, and relatable persona, hasexpanded into a night of unbelievable entertainment that keeps anyone who has seen it talking long after thelast encore is played. Featuring the powerful voice of Kanin Wren, backed by a group of dynamite musicians,enjoy a 90 minute journey through Taylor Swift’s discography. Hear all your favorites from each record, fromher self titled debut to the latest era, Midnights.
ZoSo
This is a 21 and over event.Standing Room Only Over the 28 years and over 4500 shows since ZOSO came together as a group in the mid-‘90s, the seemingly tireless quartet continues to earn its well-deserved reputation as being, in the words of The L.A. Times, “head and shoulders above all other Led Zeppelin tributes.”The reasons for that are manifest. For starters, surely no singer has ever captured the distinctive timbre, range, power, and seductive force of Robert Plant’s vocal delivery as adroitly as ZOSO’s lead vocalist and founder, Matt Jernigan, whose flowing, corkscrew blonde locks and leonine stage moves evoke the Plant persona perfectly.ZOSO co-founder Adam Sandling, the band’s multi-instrumental master of electric bass, keyboards, and mandolin, likewise echoes John Paul Jones’ myriad gifts to a tee, allowing the four-piece ZOSO to perform fully fleshed-out versions of classics like “Kashmir,” “Trampled Under Foot,” and “Stairway to Heaven” that demand up to six members or more to execute in other Zep-inspired ensembles.That’s not the ZOSO way; instead, the band draws liberally and meticulously from Led Zeppelin’s recorded live output to present a vivid performance picture of the classic live Zeppelin of 1970-1977. No wonder the St. Petersburg Times noted that, in addition to their virtuosity and spot-on visual presentation, ZOSO was also “the most exacting of all the Led Zeppelin tributes.”Meanwhile, the band’s new blood has turbo-charged the ZOSO formula even more. Drummer Bevan Davies, the band’s burly, black-haired batteur since 2015, flattens the band’s fans nightly with his Bonham-approved triplet blasts, tympani thunder, and fat, lumbering grooves. Davies boasts an impressive pedigree that includes touring tenures with the likes of Danzig, Jerry Cantrell of Alice In Chains, Static X, and regular gigs with The Cult’s Billy Duffy.Taking on the demanding Jimmy Page chair for ZOSO in May of 2021, new lead guitarist James Volpe Rotondi (aka “Jimmy”) brings an equally high-level CV to the table, as a former member of Humble Pie, Mike Patton’s Mr. Bungle, and French superstars AIR. Decked out in Page’s iconic dragon matador jacket, two-tone shoes, and cascading black hair, Rotondi wields his Gibson Les Paul and double-neck guitars like he was born to it, with a huge, crafted tone and a stunning technique that weaves together Page’s roots in blues, country, funk, and fingerstyle.Still, while the players’ provenance, and the band’s deep history, speak for themselves, it’s that high-wire musicianship combined with ZOSO’s spot-on recreation of the mythic presence of Led Zeppelin onstage that keeps their dedicated longtime fans coming back for more year after year. What’s more, new generations of ZOSO devotees in their teens and Twenties are likewise lining up to experience for themselves the power and majesty—and yes, the alluring combination of danger, spontaneity, skill, and sexuality—that define a world-class Led Zeppelin concert.“[ZOSO is] the closest to the original of any Led Zeppelin tribute,” proclaims the Chicago Sun-Times, and they are not wrong. ZOSO’s ongoing invitation to all generations, all ages, all backgrounds of Led Zeppelin fans, then, is a very simple one: Relive it . . . LIVE.—JVR © Copyright 2022/All Rights Reserved
