We’ve got another tour coming up! California! We go to Kellen & Shawn’s home towns and many other gigs. Get all the information on our itinerary.
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Here are some pics from the clinic we did at Oak Lawn High school where my good friend Paul Levy is the band director.     
Yesterday we went over to Shawn’s and began recording our new record. It was the most refreshing experience in the studio I have ever had. We all knew the tunes so well from playing them on the road for 3 weeks that we were able to get to a really creative place in the studio!! Watch out for the new record in the future.
Please visit our Facebook page to view all of our photos from our recent 3 week midwest tour. 
New Tricks on Tour!!!! Here are three videos that obviously someone else took of our gig at Roadhouse 61 in St. Louis MO. We had a great gig here! To who ever took these, thanks! In order this is Alternate Side Parking by Ted, Vicenza Days by Mike, and Short Stops by Mike. After playing all of our new material every day for the last 3 weeks it opened up a whole other thing on our older tunes. Check out this new “Old Dog” video recorded at Bears Pub in Bloomington Indiana. Here is also a video of one of our new favorites “Back to Work” 
Students from St. Charles East and St. Charles West High School Day 18 We woke up in St. Charles on Tuesday and headed out to Oaklawn High School where Ted’s friend Paul Levy is band director. We gave a nice clinic for the students and Paul sat in with us and sounded beautiful. It was the first time I had heard him. Then we packed up and headed out to St. Charles East High School where we were hosted by my old friends, Jim Kull and Gil Wukitsch. We gave the clinic for a combined class of St. Charles East and St. Charles North Students. Jim Stombres brought students from North and helped host the event. We had a quick dinner and then played our concert at the Norris Arts Center which is on the St. Charles East High School campus. It was a very good concert. We met some new . . . → Read More: Days 18 -22 Here is another clip from our gig in Iowa City. This is Mike’s new tune Vicenza Days. Mike wrote this tune about how he spent his days while in the city of Vicenza Italy. This tune has become one of our new favorites to play! Hope you enjoy. We have lots of more video footage that is still yet to be posted. Day 11/12 We did a morning clinic and evening concert for the outstanding band program at West High School in Iowa City. The Band directors Rich Medd and Rob Medd do an outstanding job there. Mike conducted a saxophone master class and Kellen coached a combo in the afternoon. We were treated wonderfully and hand a great performance in their auditorium. Later that evening we met with some of Mike’s great friends in Iowa City including John Rapson, Brett Sandy and Steve Grismore. 
Iowa City day off The next day we were treated to our first true off day on the tour. We were able to take advantage of beautiful weather and check out the campus of Iowa University. We taught some lessons in the afternoon to some enthusiastic students back at West High School. That evening, John Rapson, the director of the University of Iowa Jazz department treated us to dinner . . . → Read More: Catchup Blog Iowa/Chicago by Ted Check out this video of our new tune “Shellen vs Chee”. We had a great time performing and working with the students at West High School. Here is another video from our gig at Youngstown State University. This is Mike’s tune New Dog. |
 
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