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Slaid Cleaves Live with Strings Attached May 2006

July 5th, 2008

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Strings Attached presents Bob Schneider

January 25th, 2008

Four Shows with Bob!

730 & 10pm Friday St. David’s Downtown 8pm Saturday Son’s of Herman Hall Dallas Presented by Bend Studio

2pm Sunday Uptown Marble Theater Marble Falls

This is an All-Ages Show!

Tickets here

Bob with Strings Attached play at St. David’s Church Downtown Austin

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Photos from our shows: Set 1 Set 2 
The Band
Bob Schneider - guitar, vocals
steve zirkel - bass trumpet
will taylor - violin, guitar, viola
shawn sanders - cello
martin norgaard - vioin
jason mckenzie - drums and tabla


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Review of last show:

I’ve never been disappointed at a Bob Schneider show, and I’ve never known anyone who stumbled onto one of Bob’s performances and didn’t leave as a disciple ready to spread the word. I’ve seen Bob perform under a few different arrangements. As lead of the Scabs, he has an opportunity to push the limits of raunchiness, singing with the Texas Bluegrass Massacre, he can put a country twist and instrumentation to his masterpieces, and as a solo artist, he has an opportunity to go from mainstream rock to experimental electronica.

My 11-year old daughter has become a big Bob Schneider fan, but I’ve always had to regulate what songs she’s heard, and I’d never risk taking her to one of his live shows until she gets a little older. But a unique opportunity presented itself. Bob Schneider hooked up with Will Taylor to perform with Strings Attached during their regular performance season. I have a few reviews that feature Strings Attached, so you may have already read about the concept. Musicians scrap their regular band, Will Taylor and the other members of Strings Attached craft new arrangements to the musician’s work. The arrangements typically include violin, cello, viola, piano, bass, and trumpet. Not your typical band setup. The result is an unforgettable performance. When I learned that Bob was scheduled for a Strings Attachment performance, I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to let my daughter see him live. I knew that the Strings Attached audience was typically older than Bob’s regular crowd, and being broadcast live on KGSR, I knew that Bob would be forced to tame it down a little. That’s not to say that he’d still have an opportunity to rock.

Always being blown away at Strings Attached shows, I had high expectation, and Bob delivered. Some songs lent themselves to an easy translation to the Strings Attached format because they started out as stripped down, raw tunes. Lorena and I Have Reason to Believe fell into this category. Beautiful arrangements gave these a more polished feel. What was more interesting, was hearing songs that had full instrumentation swapped for string arrangements. I was caught off guard when Cap’n Kirk emerged from an dramatically altered intro. Most amazingly, Bob can’t help but find and crank out a groove regardless of the instruments around him. This is a testament to both Will Taylor and Bob. I imagine that if I gave Bob a touch tone phone and a mic, he’d find a way to crank out a rump shakin’ jam. If anyone’s heard Honey Bomb, they know Bob is a linguistic acrobat. Seeing it live heightens the appreciation for his talent. Listening to the song crescendo with the backing of a muted trumpet, piano, cello, drums, and violin was unbelievable.

I have to admit that even though I have a lot of Bob Schneider’s work, there were a couple of songs I hadn’t heard before. One began, “I had a dream that I was dying… to see you.” This had to have been one of the most beautifully written songs that I’d heard. Now I have it on CD. I still don’t know what it’s called. At a Texas Bluegrass Massacre show, Bob had mentioned that they were recording the performance, and that people could by CDs of the performance immediately following the show. I thought, “What kind of crap is Bob trying to pull? How could he possibly have CDs right after the show?” But before the Strings Attached show, Will sent an email stating that they would have recordings of the show immediately following it. I had to get in on that action. Now I have a CD of the Strings Attached show with possibly Bob’s most beautiful song ever. Since it just shows up as Track 4 or whatever number it is, I’ll just have to keep showing up at Bob’s shows until he mentions the name of the song.

Bob has been considered musician of the year in Austin several times. Go to a live show, and you’ll know why. Bob is one of the few artists that will go from ballad to jazz to folk to rap to country and somehow make it appear that these are meant to be strung together. Buy tickets to the first show or the second show.

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Strings Attached Opens Season Seven

January 8th, 2008

Strings Attached Season Seven Starts This Friday Tribute to Leonard Cohen with Steve Zirkel, Molly Venter, and Michael Shay Download Free Podcast about show.

3 Shows 8pm Friday St. Michael’s Church 8pm Saturday Home of Ron and Lori Olfers 2pm Sunday Uptown Marble Theater

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Joni Mitchell Tribute with Strings Attached

July 25th, 2007

Strings Attached Joni Mitchell Tribute This Weekend

Strings Attached Presents “The Music of Joni Mitchell”

Three performances, July 27-29, in Austin and Marble Falls

Visit www.stringsattached.org for information and tickets, more details below

This Strings Attached show has been too long in coming. With a world full of people (including those of us in Strings Attached) who can mark some of the major events in their lives by Joni Mitchell’s discography, we couldn’t resist the temptation any longer, and we hope you’ll join us for this career retrospective—from the mid 60s, through Hejira and beyond.

While Joni Mitchell never held claim to the #1 spot on the Billboard charts (her highest was #7 – can you name it? See the * at bottom for the answer!), we suspect you have a place in your hearts for all the words to many of the songs you’ll hear, including…

Early Hits: Big Yellow Taxi, Chelsea Morning

From “Court & Spark”: Free Man in Paris, People’s Parties

From “Blue”: This Flight Tonight, Carey

From “Hejira”: Coyote, Amelia, Strange Boy, Hejira

… and many more. We even promise you a breathtaking early Joni Mitchell song which was never committed to vinyl—a “first” for your ears, and we’re honored to bring it to you.

As with all Strings Attached shows, you can expect to be comforted by the familiar—and challenged by the twist. For this show, we’ve chosen four women to sing the lyrics of Joni Mitchell, and each one gives different meaning to the idea of “vocal power.” Joining us to sing these songs will be Suzanna Choffel, Libby Kirkpatrick, Jean Synodinos and Molly Venter. Visit their websites to form your own impressions of how these unique singer-songwriters will deliver the lyrics you love—then come and be surprised.

In addition to our “normal” Strings Attached performance in Austin (July 27^th at St. Michael’s), we are privileged to be offering this show in a blissfully intimate house concert performance on Saturday, July 28^th in Westlake. Thanks to Lori and Ron Olfers for hosting the show. Light food and appetizers will be available compliments of 2 Dine 4 Fine Catering, as will complimentary beer, wine, sodas and water.

Buy tickets here.

Sunday’s matinee show will be at the historic Uptown Theater in Marble Falls . Here are details for all shows this weekend:

Friday, July 27, 8:00 p.m.

St. Michael’s Episcopal Church

1500 North Capital of Texas Highway

Austin, TX 78748

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Saturday, July 28^th, 8:00 pm

Only 30 tickets left for this special acoustic performance.

The home of Lori & Ron Olfers in Westlake

1217 Marly Way

This exceptional, unplugged concert will feature appetizers compliments of 2 Dine 4 Fine Catering, as well as complementary beer, wine, soda and water.

Sunday, July 29^th, 2:00 pm

Uptown Marble Theater

218 Main Street, Marble Falls , TX

Tickets for Friday and Saturday shows in Austin can be purchased online here.

Tickets for the Marble Falls concert are available through the theater.

Want to whet your appetite first? Listen to Strings Attached play songs from the show this Thursday, July 26 on either KLBJ-FM (approx. 8:20 am) or KUT-FM (approx. 10:30 am).

And for a Joni Mitchell “primer” we recommend watching the Joni videos on You Tube, revisiting your favorite (or new!) Joni songs from her catalog on iTunes or stopping by her extraordinary official website.

* The answer? Joni’s highest charting song was Help Me off of “Court and Spark” which hit #7 on the Billboard charts.

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Strings Attached Plays Dark Side of the Moon

June 21st, 2007

After entertaining over a thousand Beatles fans last May with their 40^th anniversary Sgt. Pepper shows, Will Taylor and Strings Attached will bring to life and recreate the entire Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd and more. . . this coming June 29 – July 1 with a live projection light show and many guests from the local Austin music scene.

4 Shows 3 Venues

Friday, June 29th St. Davids Church 7:30 and 10:00 pm Map Saturday, June 30th St. Michaels Church 8:00 pm Map Sunday, July 1st Uptown Marble Theater - Marble Falls 2:00 pm Map

Performers slated for the Floyd event include:

Lisa Tingle listen bio Lisa will sing the “Great Gig in the Sky”

Casey McPherson of Alpha Rev listen

Will Walden of Grassy Knoll Boys video

Mark Utter

Lang Freeman of Sounds Under Radio

Dave Madden

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20 Texas Artists Present Sgt. Pepper’s Live

May 14th, 2007

Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the revolutionary album, Will Taylor and Strings Attached will transport audiences on a psychedelic journey through the legendary music of the Beatles “Sgt. Pepper Lonely Hearts Club Band” album, Friday, May 25th and Sunday, May 27th, at St. David’s Church and the Nutty Brown Café, respectively. Performers slated for the event include:

Billy Harvey,Tony Scalzo (of Fastball), Molly Venter, Jean Synodinos, Wendy Colonna, Will Walden of the Grassy Knoll Boys, Coffee Seargents, Libby Kirkpatrick, Matt the Electrician, Rodney Connell, David Hess

Audience members are encouraged to come dressed in period clothing.

This Grammy Award winning album, dubbed by many as the ‘greatest album of all time’, expands upon the musical influences of blues, pop and rock to incorporate a wide range of experimental instruments and imaginative lyrics. Controversial for it’s time, the album was released in 1967, building upon the ‘Beatlemania’ of the early 60’s, and was an instant success.

Add to this Will Taylor’s own signature style of instrumentation; an ensemble cast of musicians, including a string quartet, horn section, tabla, sitar; and some of Austin’s most renowned guest artists, and these performances promise to be an incredible evening of entertainment. Timeless crowd-pleasers such as “With a Little Help from My Friends”, “A Day in the Life”, “When I’m 64” and “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” are just a sampling of what to expect as the album will be performed in its entirety. From controversial to mainstream, the music of the “Sgt. Pepper Lonely Hearts Club Band” album remains as innovative and enjoyable today as it was 40 years ago.

Recipient of numerous music awards, including this year’s winner of the Austin Music Award’s strings category, Will Taylor continues to ‘wow’ audiences with his unique brand of musical compilations and collaborations with talented guest performers. This event is one not to be missed!

Last year, Will Taylor and Strings Atached performed the entire Beatles White Album live to an audience of over 1600 Austin music fans.

Some comments from the show:

I’m someone who actually saw the Beatles live. It was at the Astrodome in Houston in the mid 1960’s. Mainly, I remember I could hardly hear the music because of so many screaming girls. Your show was truly special because I’m a fan of all the artists who performed. However I’d have to say that for me Carolyn Wonderland really brought the house down. The whole show was something I’ll always remember. Thank you. Diana P. This is one of those quintessential Austin nights, magical! I can’t wait for the next concert!!!! Will and SA, it was absolutely fabulous. One of the most energetic and magical shows that I’ve ever been to. How you managed to squeeze in all those musicians/singers and have the quality of performance that you did is a testament to all who contributed! Thanks so much for a very memorable evening — what a great way to close out your season! Gale C.

Sponsored by: Longhorn Collision Center, Strait Music and Hideout Studios

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Zeppelin Show in less then 2 Weeks

March 28th, 2007

The Zeppelin Concert and Lightshow is coming up April 7th outside under the stars at the Nutty Brown Cafe in Austin, TX.

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Featuring Will Taylor and Strings Attached with John Pointer, Ed Jurdi of the Heathens, Mark Utter and Malford Milligan

When: April 7, 2007 7:30 p.m.

Where: Nutty Brown Cafe http://www.nuttybrown.com

2225 Highway 290

Tickets $12/advance & $15/door

StringsAttached.org or toll free 1-866-235-0270

Promo Download site: http://stringsattached.org/zep_promo.html

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Podcasts: http://RadioWillTaylor.com

After 3 sold out perfomances last Novemeber at the Historic St. David’s Church, Will Taylor and Strings Attached present an encore performance of The Zeppelin Concert and Lightshow under the stars at the Nutty Brown Cafe this coming April 7th.

As with the Beatles shows, the goal is not one of imitation or to present a rock museum piece, but to bring to life this music with renditions personalized by each guest artist. Guests will include Malford Milligan of Storyville, John Pointer, Mark Utter, Jean Synodinos, and Ed Jurdi. The set list will include a broad swath of tunes: Going To California, Thank You Over The Hills And Far Away, Since I’ve Been Loving You,Friends, The Battle of EvermoreRobert, Black Dog ,Stairway To Heaven,You Shook Me , The Lemon Song, Tangerine, Your Time Is Gonna Come ,Four Sticks, Kashmir, Hot Dog, Dazed and Confused, Immigrant Song, Misty Mountain Hop, Rock & Roll, Houses Of The Holy, Whole Lotta Love More shows coming this season include:

April 27th Peter Gabriel Tribute with Malford Milligan and David Rice May 25 and 27th The Complete Beatles Seargeant Peppers Lonely Heart’s Club Band June 29th and 30th The Music of Pink Floyd July 27th and 28th Tribute to Joni Mitchell with Molly Venter, Libby Kirkpatrick, Kat Edmonson, Jean Synodinos and more. . .

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