Great Moments in Vinyl plays Elton John

December 8, 2018 • 1101 W. Granville (Gallery 1070 performance space) • Chicago, IL

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road has to be the most remarkable album in the remarkable career of a remarkable performer.

Bernie Taupin wrote all the lyrics in just two and a half weeks. Elton John composed most of the music in just three days. When the classic band of Davey Johnstone, Dee Murray, and Nigel Olsson finally converged on a studio to record the song, they committed the entire album to tape in just two weeks. And it went on to sell 30 million copies around the world. Not bad for just over a month’s worth of work.

Remarkable!

Which is why we’re proud to perform all of Goodbye Yellow Brick Road for you and tell you a few stories about the music, too, Saturday, December 8th, at 7:00 PM in Gallery 1070’s auxiliary space at 1101 W. Granville in Chicago.

This version of Great Moments in Vinyl features members of our recent David Bowie tribute band (Edgewater Arts Festival) and Fleetwood Mac tribute band (Gallery 1070 After Party): Greg Woods on vocals and piano, Jim Ryan on additional keyboards, Scott Tipping on vocals and guitar, Jonathan Reed on vocals and drums, and William Lindsey Cochran on storytelling and bass.

Tickets include two drinks (beer/wine/non-alcoholic). With opening act Acres to Miles.

Tickets available at www.bitly.com/gallery1070

Great Moments in Vinyl plays Dire Straits

November 28, 2018 • Martyrs’ • Chicago, IL

Forty years ago, Mark Knopfler wrapped his fingers around a ’61 Fender Stratocaster and made music fans around the world sit up and take notice. With his band Dire Straits, Knopfler crafted a sound that was refreshingly pure in a music industry roiling with heavily produced rock, feisty punk, and the beginnings of the synth-driven sounds of new wave.

The band’s self-titled debut album cost a mere $22,000 to produce. But it shot to the top of the charts around the world thanks to the instant classic “Sultans of Swing.”

It was a powerful debut, and Dire Straits lived up to their promise on the records that followed. But in 1985, the band outdid themselves and reached the pinnacle of their career with the album Brothers in Arms which sold an astounding 30 million copies.

Great Moments in Vinyl pays tribute to these two memorable albums plus a sprinkling of other Dire Straits tunes. Featuring Philip Roach, Scott Tipping, Scott Stevenson, Jonathan Reed, John Bowes, Jack Cassidy, and William Lindsey Cochran.

Great Moments in Vinyl plays The Moody Blues

October 25, 2018 • Martyrs’ • Chicago, IL

Great Moments in Vinyl celebrates the band that married rock and roll to a classical orchestra and established a new genre in music. And while any one of their albums is a musical journey worth taking, we’re going sprint through the “core seven” that established their reputation by performing the group’s best-loved compilation album, “This is The Moody Blues.”

Featuring Phil Angotti and Scott Tipping on vocals and guitars, Jim Ryan on keyboard, mellotron, and vocals, John Bowes on flute, sax, and vocals, Jim Barclay on drums and vocals, and William Lindsey Cochran on bass and storytelling.

“And the sound we make together/Is the music to the story in your eyes!”

Great Moments in Vinyl plays the Edgewater Arts Festival

September 29 and 30, 2018 • Edgewater Arts Festival • Chicago, IL

Join us for three different albums at three different times!

On Saturday, September 29th, we’ll wrap up the music on the stage at Granville and Sheridan with David Bowie’s career-defining album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars. Look for the band featuring Scott Tipping, Greg Woods, Charles Kim, Jonathan Reed, and William Lindsey Cochran to start playing around 5:30.

Then that evening, once the festival has closed for the night, we’ll move into Gallery 1070 (at 1070 W. Granville) for a ticketed after party featuring the music of Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours. Scott Tipping, Greg Woods, Typhanie Monique, and Debbie Kaczynski are the featured vocalists along with Jonathan Reed and William Lindsey Cochran.

And then on Sunday, September 30th, at Granville and Sheridan, look for our own Fab Five to bring the festival to a close with our tribute to The Beatles’ “White Album.” Phil Angotti and Packy Lundholm lead the music with Joe Camarillo and William Lindsey Cochran.

Great Moments in Vinyl plays tribute to Jimi Hendrix

September 11, 2018 • City Winery, Chicago, IL

The man’s career can only be described in superlatives.  Best.  Greatest. Most innovative.  Most influential.  According to The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Jimi Hendrix was “arguably the greatest instrumentalist in the history of rock”, while Rolling Stone put him at the top of their list of “The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time.”  

This September, Great Moments in Vinyl returns to City Winery for a narrated concert featuring two of Jimi Hendrix’s most widely acclaimed recordings, his debut releases Are You Experienced and Axis: Bold as Love. Look for Bill Grady to deliver the guitar pyrotechnics and soulful singing backed by Jonathan Reed, Jeremy Peters, and William Lindsey Cochran.

Great Moments in Vinyl plays tribute to The Beatles

August 18, 2018 • St. Helen School Carnival • Chicago, IL

It's a FREE concert! Great Moments in Vinyl pays tribute to the "White Album" and more at the St. Helen School Carnival (2347 W. Augusta). It's a three day event to raise money for the new school year. You can come enjoy the music for FREE, but there'll be a beer garden, carnival rides, and a raffle to give you ways to support the school.

Phil Angotti leads the band with Tommi Zender, Casey McDonough, and Joseph Camarillo, plus storytelling as always by William Lindsey Cochran.

Great Moments in Vinyl plays tribute to The Rolling Stones

July 7, 2018 • Martyrs' • Chicago, IL

It's a remarkable fact that The Rollings Stones have released as many compilation albums as they have albums of original material. But for a lot of music fans, those greatest hits albums are where they gpt started. And out of all the "best of" releases the Stones put out, one has been an enduring favorite:  Hot Rocks.

Join us as we pay tribute to "The Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Band in the World" with a concert featuring the songs from one of their most popular collections.  With Phil Angotti, Rachel Drew, Richard Pettengill, Jim Ryan, Benji Shefler, John Bowes, Jack Cassidy, and William Lindsey Cochran.

Great Moments in Vinyl plays tribute to Pink Floyd

May 25, 2018 • Martyrs' • Chicago, IL

By 1972, Pink Floyd had evolved from their psychedelic ‘60s roots to become a progressive rock band that tended to introspective lyrics and extended instrumental jams.  Who would have imagined that they’d create one of the best selling albums of all time?  The Dark Side of the Moon was a landmark record on so many levels.  Concept.  Songwriting.  Production.  Performances.  It set the bar for every rock album to follow.

And that went for Pink Floyd themselves.

In the wake of such massive success, what do you come back with?  They looked inside themselves in the midst of the pressure to produce and the industry that was driving them to deliver and found inspiration for a stunning new collection of music, Wish You Were Here.

Great Moments in Vinyl plays a FREE tribute to The Grateful Dead

April 26, 2018 • Lake Forest College • Lake Forest, IL

They were born in the psychedelic Sixties, but as the decade came to an end, The Grateful Dead took a step back from their sonic experimentation and dug deep into the Americana flavors of folk music.  The results were two albums that were both accessible and successful. 

As lyricist Robert Hunter explained, "It was a surprise to us – as it was to everybody else:  this machine-eating, monster-psychedelic band is suddenly putting out sweet, listenable material."

Great Moments in Vinyl plays tribute to Led Zeppelin

April 14, 2018 • Martyrs' • Chicago, IL

July 13, 2018 • Joliet Area Historical Museum • Joliet, IL

When Led Zeppelin went to work on a new album at the beginning of 1974, they expected it would be another single record like their previous release, Houses of the Holy.  But the recording sessions turned out to be especially productive, and the band came up with over 50 minutes of music.  In fact, they felt so strongly about the tracks they’d laid down (“real belters” Robert Plant called them later), they couldn’t imagine which ones to leave out in order to create a typical 20-minutes-a-side LP.  

Their solution?  Make their next release a two-record set.  And with that in mind, they began culling through the songs that didn’t make the cut on their previous four releases.  The end result was the impressive double album Physical Graffiti:  eight new songs, freshly recorded, plus another seven tracks that had been rescued from the Zeppelin archives.