Audrey Bussanich CD release celebration with the Wendy
Woo Band on May 19...
Posted and updated by:
Chuck Miller May
21, 2017
 Colorado
Springs native singer/songwriter Audrey Bussanich released
her debut CD Southern Side, at Stargazer's Theatre in
Colorado Springs on Friday May 19. It was a free show
presented as the first of the venue's Summer Fun Free Concert Series
of 2017. As a bonus, the
Wendy Woo Band closed the show.
Bussanich and her band started playing
a little after 7 PM and played a very enjoyable hour and ten
minute long set which included a good mix of originals and
cover songs. She's a talented singer and
multi-instrumentalist. The large home town audience was very
enthusiastic about her performance.
The Wendy Woo Band took the stage
around 8:40 PM and delivered an energetic hour and
forty-five minute long set that leaning heavily on songs
from the band's latest CD, Tipping Point. I've seen
The Wendy Woo Band play many times and I always enjoy their
shows. This was a good, lively Wendy Woo Band performance.
Woo can accurately read the
crowd and play what they want to hear. They were called back
for an encore at the end of the set and played "Hey
Bartender" from Tipping Point and a satisfying cover
of Bill Wither's "Use Me."
I felt quite happy as I packed up and
left the venue around 10:35 PM. I'm happy to say, the Colorado Springs music scene
is getting better all the time.
I have photos of both sets available
by following the links below.
Wendy Woo Band - 2017-05-19
Audrey Bussanich (with her
band) - 2017-05-19
Rocket Man - Elton John & his band at The Broadmoor
World Arena, March 16...
Posted and updated by:
Chuck Miller March
18, 2017
The last time Elton John played at the World Arena which is
only about three miles from my house I assumed the tickets prices were too high and I didn't
even look for a ticket. Well, this
time around I looked into it and I bought the cheapest ticket available
for about $50 on the day they went on sale. I'm so happy I did.
It ended up being a bargain.
Sir Elton John took the stage with his band
a little after 8 PM and they finished the last encore
song, "Crocodile Rock" a little after 10:30 PM.
The sold out audience of Elton John fans got two and a half hours of his greatest hits
delivered in one long satisfying set. After entering the
8,099 seat venue I was very happy to find my dead center
seat behind the stage. I could see everything on stage and
also had a great view of the enthusiastic sea of people in
front of the stage. It sounded great there too.
John and the band consistently acknowledged us cheap seat
fans when they turned around to play to us and they bowed
and waved
to us between many of the songs. So, for me the whole
experience was great!
I don't get out to see multi-Grammy Award
winning, worldwide music superstars very often. I'm
generally happy seeing regional and national jam bands
at theaters and some better known groups at places like Red
Rocks lately. So, it had been a while since I attended a
concert of this magnitude. The experience at this show woke
me up. After seeing something like this so close to my home
I can't image better value for my money.
The set list was
insane. They played all the hits,
"Funeral For a Friend"/ "Love Lies Bleeding" and "Bennie and
the Jets" from Goodbye Yellow Brick Road were the first three
songs. "Daniel", "Someone Saved My
Life Tonight", "Rocket Man", "Tiny Dancer", "Levon", "Your
Song", "The Bitch Is Back", "Saturday Night's Alright For
Fighting" to name a few followed. All played to perfection
by John and one of the best backing bands in the music
business. It was so good. A few of my co-workers and friends also attended
and they all had the same reaction. We were all blown
away. "What an awesome entertainer Elton John is!" e-mailed
one of my friends after the show. I agree and I'll be back to see him
and his band next time if
Colorado Springs is lucky enough to host Captain Fantastic
again.
The security crew allowed me in with my camera and I
took some photos which can be viewed by following the link
below.
Elton John &
His Band - 2017-03-16
Wendy Woo (solo) at the Tri-Lakes Center For the Arts in
Palmer Lake, CO...
Posted and updated by:
Chuck Miller February
11, 2017
 Wendy's
husband, Charles Snyder invited me up to Palmer Lake to
record Wendy Woo playing a solo show at the Tri-Lakes Center
for the Arts on Friday February 10. I hadn't seen Wendy play
a solo show, so I was excited to have the opportunity.
The way the audience was seated made it impossible for me to
put a microphone stand in the audience, so I set up a pair
of mics on stage and recorded the soundboard feed.
After a lengthy introduction, Wendy started her first set at
7:10 PM with "Angels Laughing" from her 2004 Walking the
Skyline album. The venue was close to capacity, the
sound was loud and clear and Wendy played a great focused
set of songs that spanned her entire career as a songwriter.
The set also included some great covers, including The
Beatles "Blackbird"
Bill Withers "Use Me" and a cover of Sublime's "What I Got"
for the last song of the night.
It was a bit of a challenge to give the recording the
ambience I usually get with the microphones in the audience,
but
I recorded both sets and took some photos which can be found
by following the links below.
Wendy Woo (solo) ~
2017-02-10 The Tri-Lakes Center For the Arts, Palmer Lake,
CO
Wendy Woo (solo) -
2017-02-10
The Samples and the Wendy Woo Band at the Oriental
Theatre, Denver, CO...
Posted and updated by:
Chuck Miller January
24, 2017
It was great to see two of Colorado's bests rock bands play at The Oriental Theater on Saturday, January 21.
This was the first show I recorded in 2017 and it was a good
one.
The Wendy Woo Band took the stage at a little after 9 PM.
They opened the hour long set with the title song from their most recent album,
Tipping Point. The sound was crisp and clean. The
band played like it it was their last gig on earth. It was by
far, the best Wendy Woo Band show I've seen and I've seen a
lot of them. They had the packed and festive crowd engaged for every
song.
"Gonna Wear Red (Before It Gets Better)" was great. "Down
and Dirty" followed by "Honey Bee" sung by Jimmy Lange were
also highlights.
The Samples started their set a little after 10:20 PM. The
opening notes of the first song "Nature" were blissful. Sean
Kelley's voice was strong and made me think of the first
time I saw the Samples at Manhattan's in Colorado Springs in
1997.
I love Sean Kelly and The Samples and have seen them many
times, but I
still miss the original line-up and the new members don't
play the same parts I'm accustom to hearing. But, It was
still a great show! The song
selections covered most of the band's best old and new
repertoire and the audience stayed up close on the dance
floor and cheered after every song. Sean played a couple of
songs solo on acoustic guitar late in the set which got
people chatting. People in the audience near me were loud
enough that I found it hard to hear those acoustic songs. But,
overall it was a great night of music at the
Oriental Theater on a typically cool January night in
Denver. "Fukushima" and "Weight Of the World" were
highlights for me. They came back for a nice encore of "When
It's Raining" which was great to hear.
I'd like to thank venue co-owner and The Samples bass player Andy Bercaw plus
Oriental Theater's production manager Garrett Carlin and
both bands for granting me the access to
record the show. You can easily hear how great it sounded
there when listen to the recording.
I'm quite pleased with the way the recordings came out. The
recordings and photos are available by following the links
below.
The Samples ~ 2017-01-21 Oriental Theater, Morrison,
CO
Wendy Woo Band ~
2017-01-21 Oriental Theater, Morrison,
CO
The Samples -
2017-01-21
Wendy Woo Band -
2017-01-21
Happy New Year to all and my hope for 2017...
Posted and updated by:
Chuck Miller January
2, 2017
I spent New Year's Eve 2016 at home watching a live web cast
of Joe Russo's Almost Dead performing at the Capital Theatre
in Port Chester, NY. Joe Russo who was the drummer for the
Grateful Dead spin-off Furthur has put together a great band
that covers Grateful Dead inspired music.
The last couple of years I got out to record the Cracker and
Camper Van Beethoven shows at the Soiled Dove in Denver, but
this year I decided to stay home. The web cast on Saturday
night was very enjoyable, though didn't match the excitement
of being at a live concert.
I don't make New Year's resolutions, but I am hoping to see,
hear and record more live music in 2017. I have tickets to
see The Samples and Wendy Woo Band at the Oriental Theatre
in Denver this month. That should be a great show. As usual,
I'll blog about that show and any others I'm lucky enough to
see this year. Stay tuned.
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