These guys have a link to my site from their site, so we'll put them back where their fans can find them here.
When it comes to playing "classic rock," any band can strum three chords and claim they're doing Lynyrd Skynyrd.
Members of Flashback - you've gotta love that name - takes a different approach.
"One thing I really like about this band is that we're not just covering these songs," says Jeff Beasom, Flashback's bass player and one of three members who alternate lead vocals. Their approach is to try to replicate the tone of the original; for example, "on a Hendrix song, you'll hear the sound of Hendrix's guitar."
And they do it with the same type of equipment the musicians of the '60s actually used. For example, readings of the Byrds' "I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better" and "Mr. Tambourine Man" feature a Rickenbacker 12-string guitar, just as Jim McGuinn (before he was Roger) strummed on the original. And the band recently added some equipment that truly evokes the period: a Hammond B3 organ and Leslie speaker box.
Jeff put the band together with guitarist/keyboardist George Hudson, from Mt. Washington, after they met through the Internet. They initially tried to go another direction as far as the repertoire, but during rehearsals, they kept coming back to their old favorites.
"We started searching for guys who felt the same way," says Jeff, who hails from Harrison City in Westmoreland County. They round some kindred spirits in drummer Peter Waddell and two recent additions, harp player/lead vocalist Andrew Mrasz and guitarist/lead vocalist Mike Carson.
The guys may draw their material from quite a few decades ago, but that doesn't mean they play exclusively to old-timers.
"There's definitely a younger audience for this, too," Jeff says. "They're actually hearing some real musicianship."
The band's song list includes, as they put it, "recognizable (but not overplayed) Classic Rock, with many good dance numbers." I'm very impressed that they do a tune by one of my favorite virtually unknown bands, the Electric Prunes' "I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night)."
"We get a good reaction to that one," says Jeff. "And the other one people like is 'Pictures of Matchstick Men,'" Status Quo's sole U.S. hit.
Flashback returned to live action this summer with a show at Zanderz in Plum, which usually features bands exclusively on Saturday. But the Flashback performance went so well that the guys were told, "We're going to break our own rule and have you out on a Friday night." And that's the Friday before Halloween.
Sounds like a good time to break out your tie-dyes and headbands.
http://flashbackrockband.home.comcast.net
When it comes to playing "classic rock," any band can strum three chords and claim they're doing Lynyrd Skynyrd.
Members of Flashback - you've gotta love that name - takes a different approach.
"One thing I really like about this band is that we're not just covering these songs," says Jeff Beasom, Flashback's bass player and one of three members who alternate lead vocals. Their approach is to try to replicate the tone of the original; for example, "on a Hendrix song, you'll hear the sound of Hendrix's guitar."
And they do it with the same type of equipment the musicians of the '60s actually used. For example, readings of the Byrds' "I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better" and "Mr. Tambourine Man" feature a Rickenbacker 12-string guitar, just as Jim McGuinn (before he was Roger) strummed on the original. And the band recently added some equipment that truly evokes the period: a Hammond B3 organ and Leslie speaker box.
Jeff put the band together with guitarist/keyboardist George Hudson, from Mt. Washington, after they met through the Internet. They initially tried to go another direction as far as the repertoire, but during rehearsals, they kept coming back to their old favorites.
"We started searching for guys who felt the same way," says Jeff, who hails from Harrison City in Westmoreland County. They round some kindred spirits in drummer Peter Waddell and two recent additions, harp player/lead vocalist Andrew Mrasz and guitarist/lead vocalist Mike Carson.
The guys may draw their material from quite a few decades ago, but that doesn't mean they play exclusively to old-timers.
"There's definitely a younger audience for this, too," Jeff says. "They're actually hearing some real musicianship."
The band's song list includes, as they put it, "recognizable (but not overplayed) Classic Rock, with many good dance numbers." I'm very impressed that they do a tune by one of my favorite virtually unknown bands, the Electric Prunes' "I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night)."
"We get a good reaction to that one," says Jeff. "And the other one people like is 'Pictures of Matchstick Men,'" Status Quo's sole U.S. hit.
Flashback returned to live action this summer with a show at Zanderz in Plum, which usually features bands exclusively on Saturday. But the Flashback performance went so well that the guys were told, "We're going to break our own rule and have you out on a Friday night." And that's the Friday before Halloween.
Sounds like a good time to break out your tie-dyes and headbands.
http://flashbackrockband.home.comcast.net
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