Here’s a clip of some CROCKers performing with the Central Oregon Community College’s Jazz Combo at their semester finale. Check out guitarist Damon George hitting the drums! Special thanks to their music instructor Rich Hurdle.
Live Performances
Members of the Cascades Rock Ensemble joined their music teachers Georges Bouhey and Warren Zaiger at the Oxford Hotel in downtown Bend to play some Jazz for the monthly first Friday artwalk. Yet another great night of jazz music with some of the best music teachers in Bend, Oregon.
Here’s a clip of some CROCKers performing with the Bend High Vocal Dynamics troupe at their October premier. Special thanks to their incredibly talented vocal instructor and music teacher Luke MacSween.
Several CROCKERS kept up the jam late-night at Flatbread this week. Some of the best playing by the kids ever! Check out their solos on keys, guitar, and then bass. Amazing talent! Yet another example of what the best piano teachers, guitar teachers, bass teachers, and drum teachers are able to offer for music instruction in Bend, Oregon.
Last week some of the CROCK team sat-in again with their music teacher Georges Bouhey at Flatbread in the Old Mill. Another nice rendition of the Barrett Strong classic Money (last played in April at flatbread if you want to compare it). A great example of how listening and practicing with your guitar teacher, bass teacher, and drum teacher pays off for music students in Bend, Oregon.
Members of the Cascades Rock Ensemble were invited to join their music teacher Georges Bouhey and the Band Director at Bend High (Steve Anderson) at the Oxford Hotel in downtown Bend to play some Jazz for the monthly first Friday artwalk. The clip features a nice rendition of Solar by Miles Davis. Another great night of jazz music with some of the best music teachers in Bend, Oregon.
The CROCK team rocked the Volcanic Theatre Saturday night with two sets of music for their Spring 2013 Season Finale. Set one was 35 minutes of jams included Bluse in F, Funk#49, After Midnight, Evil Ways, and Mercy, Mercy, Mercy. Set two was 40 minutes of primarily new songs from this spring including The Chicken, Solar, Blue on Black, I Feel Good, and Love Me Two Times.These young, talented musicians took us to music school this time with some great drums, guitar, bass, piano, uke & conga playing. Here’s some highlights:
Blue on Black
Christian on lead vocals & Damon rips it on Guitar!
Kudos to their Voice Lessons and Electric Guitar Lessons in Bend Oregon.
Love Me Two Times
Nice vocals Damon, sweet triplets Hunter, & awesome solo Thayer!
I Feel Good
It’s all in the timing baby!
After Midnight
Check out Steven’s drum chops & Hunter on Congas!
Kudos to their Drum Teacher in Bend Oregon.
The Chicken
Laz rips up the keys & Christian thumps the Bass!
Kudos to their Piano Lessons and Bass Guitar Lessons in Bend Oregon.
Members of the Cascades Rock Ensemble were invited to join their music teacher Georges Bouhey at the Oxford Hotel in downtown Bend to play some Jazz for the monthly first Friday artwalk. Students from Georges Bouhey’s Jazz combo are also highlighted – and the evening wrapped up as it began with the JazzBros! ripping some tunes. Another excellent example of how music performance training and music teaching in the fundamentals of blues, rock, funk, and jazz pays-off.
Here’s a clip of some of the CROCK team sitting-in with their music teacher Georges Bouhey at Flatbread in the Old Mill. A spontaneous rendition of the 1959 hit single by Barrett Strong Money. Not too shabby for a spontaneous jam of a random hit single. This is an excellent example of how the Cascades Rock performance training and music teaching in the fundamentals of blues, rock, funk, and jazz progressions pays-off.
The CROCK team rocked some music with the JazzBros! at McMenamins in downtown Bend, Oregon. The following is a compilation video featuring a rendition of Blues in F, Kenny Wayne Shepard’s Blue on Black, and Santana’s Evil Ways (w/guest keyboardist Eden visiting from GrrrlzRock in Eugene).
Here’s the CROCK kids from Team Bachelor and Team Newberry competing at the Tower Theatre in Bend, Oregon in the Central Oregon’s Got Talent fundraiser for Bend Park & Recreation’s adaptive sports program. Twenty different acts performed, from dance troupes to solo singers. The CROCK contingent of family and friends generated over $350 in ticket sales for a good cause. Special thanks to Sarah Thorsen of Bend Park & Recs, the sound & stage crew at the Tower Theatre, and our videographer Neil Costello.
The CROCK team was invited last night to join the JazzBros! at Franklin Crossing for the First Friday Art Walk in downtown Bend, Oregon. The following is a compilation video featuring a rendition of Santana’s Evil Ways, After Midnight with a guest solo by Jon Corona schooling us on Tenor Sax, some cool jazz soloing by Georges Bouhey teaching drums with the JazzBros! Trio – and finished-off with some messing around with Georges on drums.
Lest everyone thinks us Crockers are only about the Rock & Roll – here’s the culmination of some classical paino lessons. A music school performance by Christian & Damon on February 2, 2013 at the Sound Garden in Bend, OR. Special thanks to their piano and voice teacher Marianne Thomas.
To ring-in the New Year, CROCK members gig a new year’s party at the Kelley residence. Here’s a photo for posterity. The first set was: Blues in F, Little Wing, Take the Money & Run, Sunshine of Your Love. The second set was: Mercy Mercy Mercy, Blue on Black, After Midnight. Thank you Kelley family!
Here’s a brief clip of CROCK playing the classic 1961 Donald Bailey tune Comin’ Home Baby at Flatbread in the Old Mill. Courtesy of Georges Bouhey our illustrious music instructor and music director.
Here’s the culmination of our fall session. CROCK performed for the Cascades Academy Holiday program at the Century Center in Bend. The ensemble includes Laz Glickmann on keys; Damon, Christian, and Steven George on Guitar, Bass, & Drums (w/broken arm!); Judi Kelley on vocals, and Ryan Jasper on the second bass. Their first song is the classic Cannonball Adderley song written by Joe Zawinul back in 1966 called “Mercy, Mercy, Mercy”
The closing number was also from 1966, “After Midnight” by JJ Cale.
Here’s a highlight reel of some founding members of CROCK doing their last performance in Austin with the School of Rock. Damon on lead guitar, Christian on Bass.
Here’s three of the founding members of CROCK playing at their old school’s talent show down in Austin. Not the best PA in the world, but the song was tight. This was Steven’s (the drummer) first live gig.
Here’s a clip of CROCK founding member Christian (on bass) with his School of Rock in Austin during a Rolling Stones tribute session:
Here’s a clip of CROCK founding members playing in their former School of Rock ensemble in Austin. They did the Who’s Next Album from front to back. It was a great show – Damon on lead guitar and Christian thumps the bass. Unfortunately we did not get a very good video tape of it. Here’s a quick clip of baba o’riley:
And here’s a WAY better clip of baba o’riley they recorded when Roger Daltry came to Austin for his Tommy tour.
Here’s two photos from the first live gigs CROCK members Damon & Christian George did back in April of 2011 down in Austin, TX. These were their first shows in the School of Rock. Damon’s ensemble was playing southern rock. He was nervous and got a rhythm guitar part (that’s him in the orange shirt blending into the banner on the right – playing 3rd guitar).
And here’s Christian’s make-up for his KISS show around that same time. Show was pretty cool (a bit loud too!).
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