A little something for my band, Duke Rushmore, as we spice up our Facebook site in-between gigs.
Peace (on the stage),
Kevin
Category Archives: Duke Rushmore Band
Five Reasons Every Band Should Have a Sax
I created this Five Things slideshow to keep beefing up my band’s website as we gear up for upcoming gigs by learning new songs (and writing new songs). It was fun to do, particularly when I am the sax player in a band of electric guitars (do they have to play so loud?)
Created with Haiku Deck, the free presentation app for iPad
Peace (on the sax),
Kevin
Duke Rushmore at the Brewery
Our bass player for my band — Duke Rushmore — put together these two videos from the first set of our gig the other night at the Paper City Brewery in Holyoke. It captures some nice energy of the stage that night, I think.
Peace (and thanks for listening!),
Kevin (the sax player)
Duke Rushmore Live at the Fair
Here are a few songs from my band’s (Duke Rushmore) gig at one of the oldest fairs in the country: The Three County Fair in Northampton. (That’s me on saxophone)
If you live in Western Massachusetts, be sure to like us on Facebook and check out our website. We’d love to have you out, dancing with us.
Peace (in the music),
Kevin
Having Some Fun with Duke Rushmore
The other day, the drummer in our band — Duke Rushmore — posted this picture at our website.
We all had a good laugh at those huge drum sticks. And then I remembered this tiny toy saxophone that I had in our basement, so I dug it up and added this image to our website.
If you are in Western Massachusetts this coming weekend, our band is playing at the Three County Fair on Saturday afternoon. (We either start at 2 or 2:30 p.m.). Come say hello and maybe dance your shoes off before heading off to see the racing pigs, the demolition derby or scarfing down a pirogi.
Peace (in the music),
Kevin
Some Duke Rushmore For Your Ears
A member of our band — Duke Rushmore — pulled together a little mixtape (wrong word, right?) from our recent gig. You can take a listen at our new Soundcloud site, and if you are up for it, please come visit our Facebook page and add us as a “like.” We’re trying to get our way to 100 people liking us. Hopefully, the music will help!
🙂
Peace (in the sounds),
Kevin
More Duke Rushmore Rock and Roll Music
A bandmate had someone do some filming at a recent show that my band, Duke Rushmore, put on. (That’s me, on the saxophone and hat). The woman singer from my last band came to join us on stage, with her wonderful voice.
First is a medley of Do You Love Me/I Feel Good.
Second is a rocking version of Ohio.
Peace (in the music),
Kevin
We Were ‘Picking up the Pieces’
What the Duke Rushmore Band is Up To: The Cover Song Playlist
My band —Duke Rushmore — has been learning a bunch of new songs, working some into our set list (we have a gig next Friday), and it’s fun but difficult to learn new material. Just ask any student, right? Not all of these songs will make it to the final round of being part of our material, but we cast a wide net.
You can check out some of the songs that we are learning with this playlist.
Peace (in the music),
Kevin
Slice of Life: Rocking the House with the Band
Our first gig was a success! My band, Duke Rushmore, had out first outing last night at a brewery in a nearby town, and about 175 people came out to, eh, “sample” fresh beer by the Paper City Brewing Company and listen to some music. We were a bit nervous, given that this would be our first time before a live bar audience (we did play briefly last year at a benefit concert at my school) on St. Patrick’s Day weekend.
But it was fine. No, it was great. We were mostly pretty tight, and the crowd got into it. We were handing out Duke Rushmore tambourines and shakers, and while the place is not designed for dancing, a few folks did cut the rug for a few songs. Most just held their cups and swayed to the music, and we got a lot of a good feedback from people.
I tried to set up my Flip camera, but I could not get it in a good angle. I’m not sure if we can salvage much of the video footage, but one of the bar dudes jumped up on some kegs and filmed a few songs for us, and then loaded it up to YouTube. The first song is my original song, which is really called “Champagne, Whiskey and the Rhythm and Blues Tonight” but we changed it to “Irish Whiskey.” The problem was that we kept forgetting to switch the words, so we had this funny exchange (you can’t see it on the video) between us singers, looking at each other, like, It’s Irish Whiskey, you fool, and then we were both cracking up.
The second song is our encore, which we hadn’t practiced all that much. The singer thought he would forget the words but they came back to him at the right moment.
Peace (in the rock and the roll),
Kevin
PS — that’s me on the saxophone, by the way.