Will Taylor and Strings Attached Presents:
"Songs of The Police and Sting”
When: November 13th, 2009 9pm
Where: Threadgill's in downtown Austin
301 W Riverside Dr. Phone: 472-9304
Tickets: $15- $20.00 @ StringsAttached.org
Hi-Res Photos: http://stringsattachedphotos.blogspot.com/
Fresh off the Austin City Limits television performance with Pearl Jam, which will air on November 21st nationwide, Will Taylor and Strings Attached will continue their exploration in presenting their newest tribute show featuring the genre-bending, strings-infused songs of The Police and Sting.
For this exclusive event, Will Taylor and Strings Attached will also feature a light projection show by Charles Beard, a multimedia light show artist, who will choreograph a light show in conjunction with the newly rendered music of Police and Sting. Charles Beard is known for his talent in creating a unique arrangement of lights in order to generate a strong visual experience for the audience as well as further emotional ties to the music of Strings Attached. For more information on Charles Beard's light show artistry, visit this Web site: http://charlesbeard.blogspot.com/
The set list will include a broad swath of tunes:
Wrapped Around Your Finger
Every Little Thing She Does is Magic
Every Breath You Take
Synchronicity
Synchronicity II
Walking On The Moon
When the World Is Running Down, You Make The Best Of What's Still Around
Message In A Bottle
Walking In Your Footsteps
History on The Police and Sting:
From starting with a joke of a record deal and lack of an adequate music manager to becoming innovators of the reggae-style genre, The Police' s musical story will be one to pass on for generations. Though the Police have split, their greatest lyricist Sting has gone on to create jazz-inspired songs about the his battles with love and life.
Info about Strings Attached:
"Will Taylor has a musical proposition for you -- a playful, dignified, off-kilter idea that brings honor to Austin's identity as 'The Live Music Capital of the World.' It's a cool concept. But it's just a bit . . . different.
Imagine what might happen, suggests Taylor, if we took Austin's most popular singer-songwriters -- Abra Moore, or Jimmy LaFave, or Patrice Pike, or Ray Wylie Hubbard -- and let them perform, live, in a church? Then imagine if you paired those artists with acoustic "chamber" instruments -- cello, violin, viola, trumpet and hand drums -- and wrote new arrangements, adding dashes of jazz and classical music, that revealed new facets of their most beautiful or familiar songs?
Imagine what might happen if you dared to blur all these boundaries between pop music and jazz, between rock music and classical music, between the musical realm and the lyrical realm, between the honky-tonk and the church, and in the spirit of art and fun and experimentation, you reached out for something . . . transcendent"-- article from Austin American-Statesman
"Wow, we are so grateful to you for such an incredible evening. George and I were so high from the creative energy and the almost other-worldly sense of collaboration. What a divine life you have to be able to participate in such moments of group creativity. It made me jealous that my work world is so isolated. Ah well, it was just heavenly to be part of the experience. We can't wait for the next Strings Attached concert." Sarah Bird, award winning author
"Once again, very magical and heart felt music, we can feel it when it comes from your hearts, because like tuning, it strikes our chords as well and moves us." - Dan
"The ensemble is fantastic. Each player is very gifted and adds to the whole. No one dominates or over plays. You are the best group I've heard in Austin in a long while." - Becky M.
For Press Pictures: http://stringsattachedphotos.blogspot.com/
For more information on the concert and tickets, please visit this Web site:
http://www.stringsattached.org/shows.phpIf you have any additional questions, e-mail Will Taylor at Jazzviolawill@yahoo.com
