{"id":1311642,"date":"2019-06-20T20:28:01","date_gmt":"2019-06-21T02:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/a-medley-of-musicians-for-strawberry-days\/"},"modified":"2019-06-21T07:46:39","modified_gmt":"2019-06-21T13:46:39","slug":"a-medley-of-musicians-for-strawberry-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/a-medley-of-musicians-for-strawberry-days\/","title":{"rendered":"A Medley of Musicians for Strawberry Days"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"swift-gallery\" readability=\"6.8364779874214\">\n<ul id=\"imageGallery-981877-87\" class=\"gallery list-unstyled\">\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/06\/AEStrawberryDays-gpi-062119-2-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/06\/AEStrawberryDays-gpi-062119-2.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Brothers Keeper | Brothers Keeper is a trio that honestly displays heart and soul and rock and roll. The core band consists of Scott Rednor on guitar, Michael Jude on bass, and John Michel on drums. All three, hailing from an attitude ridden east coast background, have transplanted to the Vail and Roaring Fork Valleys in Colorado for both the mountains and the music.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"1.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"14\">\n<p><strong>Brothers Keeper is a trio that honestly displays heart and soul and rock and roll. The core band consists of Scott Rednor on guitar, Michael Jude on bass, and John Michel on drums. All three, hailing from an attitude ridden east coast background, have transplanted to the Vail and Roaring Fork Valleys in Colorado for both the mountains and the music.<\/strong><br \/>Brothers Keeper<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/06\/AEStrawberryDays-gpi-062119-2.jpg\" alt=\"Brothers Keeper is a trio that honestly displays heart and soul and rock and roll. The core band consists of Scott Rednor on guitar, Michael Jude on bass, and John Michel on drums. All three, hailing from an attitude ridden east coast background, have transplanted to the Vail and Roaring Fork Valleys in Colorado for both the mountains and the music.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/06\/AEStrawberryDays-gpi-062119-2-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/06\/AEStrawberryDays-gpi-062119-2-1.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"6 Million Dollar Band | The 6 Million Dollar Band (6MDB to their fans) delivers high-energy '80s synth pop and new wave dance music using a combination of new and old technology. Four stage synthesizers complement the guitar, drum and bass rhythm section, producing the classic sounds '80s fans love to hear. Artists such as Tears For Fears, Duran Duran, Simple Minds, Madonna, Talking Heads and Depeche mode are faithfully recreated and performed with the same energy and intensity as the original acts.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"2.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"16\">\n<p><strong>The 6 Million Dollar Band (6MDB to their fans) delivers high-energy &#8217;80s synth pop and new wave dance music using a combination of new and old technology. Four stage synthesizers complement the guitar, drum and bass rhythm section, producing the classic sounds &#8217;80s fans love to hear. Artists such as Tears For Fears, Duran Duran, Simple Minds, Madonna, Talking Heads and Depeche mode are faithfully recreated and performed with the same energy and intensity as the original acts.<\/strong><br \/>6 Million Dollar Band<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/06\/AEStrawberryDays-gpi-062119-2-1.jpg\" alt=\"The 6 Million Dollar Band (6MDB to their fans) delivers high-energy '80s synth pop and new wave dance music using a combination of new and old technology. Four stage synthesizers complement the guitar, drum and bass rhythm section, producing the classic sounds '80s fans love to hear. Artists such as Tears For Fears, Duran Duran, Simple Minds, Madonna, Talking Heads and Depeche mode are faithfully recreated and performed with the same energy and intensity as the original acts.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/06\/AEStrawberryDays-gpi-062119-2-2-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/06\/AEStrawberryDays-gpi-062119-2-2.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Stray Grass | Stray Grass specializes in a high-energy interpretation of acoustic music. Although played on traditional instruments (most of the time), the musical stylings of Stray Grass are anything but traditional.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-0.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"10\">\n<p><strong>Stray Grass specializes in a high-energy interpretation of acoustic music. Although played on traditional instruments (most of the time), the musical stylings of Stray Grass are anything but traditional.<\/strong><br \/>Stray Grass<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/06\/AEStrawberryDays-gpi-062119-2-2.jpg\" alt=\"Stray Grass specializes in a high-energy interpretation of acoustic music. Although played on traditional instruments (most of the time), the musical stylings of Stray Grass are anything but traditional.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"caption-toggle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/entertainment\/a-medley-of-musicians-for-strawberry-days\/#\" class=\"show-captions\">Show Captions<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/entertainment\/a-medley-of-musicians-for-strawberry-days\/#\" class=\"hide-captions\">Hide Captions<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">A stage full of flavor will light up the Strawberry Days entertainment this weekend with a lineup filled with \u201980s music, rock \u2019n\u2019 roll, Colorado folk and Americana.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The Main Stage entertainment kicks off Friday evening at 5 p.m. Later that evening, John Michel, a Glenwood Springs resident, headlines with his band Brother\u2019s Keeper. The band performed two years ago on the Strawberry Days stage and is excited to return for a second time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cWe love to perform in front of festival crowds,\u201d Michel said. \u201cWe love to perform and get our music out to as many people as we can.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Although the band has toured internationally for 20 years with a number of different musicians including John Popper and Dean Ween, for Michel, it\u2019s nice to get to play close to home.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cFor me, it\u2019s really fun because I\u2019m from New York City originally, but this is my hometown now,\u201d Michel said. \u201cI love being here, and it\u2019s great because I can be at the venue in five minutes, which is not always the case.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The Saturday evening headliner, 6 Million Dollar Band, initially formed in the 1980s when most of the members were still teenagers. After playing through the \u201980s, the band broke up in the early \u201990s when the members\u2019 paths grew apart after high school. The band decided to get back together in 2007, about 20 years after it was first formed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cWe wanted to try to do it as a professional performing group,\u201d band member Ryan Day said. \u201cNothing is more rewarding than taking the stage and putting out the best quality of a show that we can.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The band stays true to its roots, playing covers of everything from \u201980s new wave to \u201980s rock.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cWe try to play the music so well so that if some of the members of these groups that we are playing were to stumble upon us covering their songs, they\u2019d think, \u2018Those guys are doing a good job,\u2019\u201d Day said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Since 2007, 6 Million Dollar Band has performed nationwide and is widely recognized as one of the best \u201980s bands in the Rocky Mountain region. Although they have never played in Glenwood Springs before, the Denver-based band has played in Snowmass, Vail, Avon and all up and down the I-70 corridor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cWe\u2019re looking forward to bringing the great music we play to Glenwood Springs and being part of a great tradition,\u201d Day said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Outside of Colorado, the band has also had some national exposure, opening for Brett Michaels, as well as the founding members of the Electric Light Orchestra. The band continues to enjoy performing for crowds, no matter the number of people in the audience.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cWe love performing for audiences and love putting smiles on the faces of the audience if we\u2019ve done a good job,\u201d Day said. \u201cWe want the audience to go home and say \u2018I\u2019ve had a good time.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Stray Grass, Sunday afternoon\u2019s headliner, formed 14 years ago and primarily plays in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cThe whole premise of Stray Grass is that we stray away from traditional bluegrass because we just want to add to it,\u201d Gary Tullio, one of the co-founding members of the band, said. \u201cWe play traditional music, we play old rock \u2019n\u2019 roll, we play new grass, Americana. It\u2019s a melting pot of genres.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Strawberry Days reaches out to not only tourists and residents like Michel, but also to entertainers who want to partake in the annual traditions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cOur favorite venues are festivals,\u201d Tullio said. \u201cIt\u2019s always some sort of celebration for the area you are in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/entertainment\/a-medley-of-musicians-for-strawberry-days\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Post Independent<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brothers Keeper is a trio that honestly displays heart and soul and rock and roll. The core band consists of Scott Rednor on guitar, Michael Jude on bass, and John Michel on drums. 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