Brandon T. Washington - vocals
Brad Decker - bass
Michael MacLoughlin - guitar
Gordon Kay - drums
Chad Dunn - percussion
Lara Driscoll - keyboards;
NEW HORN SECTION!
Dave Dickey - trombone
Nick Schroeder - trumpet
Kelly Corbin - tenor and baritone sax
Influences
The Meters, The Roots, Toots and the Maytals, the Super Eagles, Breakestra, John Scofield, Galactic, the Dirty Dozen, Soul Coughing, Queens of the Stone Age, Mos Def, Cody Chesnut
Below are videos from Beat Kitchen's performance at The Great Cover-Up 2009 at the Highdive in Champaign, IL. Beat Kitchen performed (and dressed) the music of Sly and the Family Stone that night. Special guest vocalist Jacqueline that night.
Here is a quote from Buzz and www.the217.com writer Amanda Shively the following day (1/19/2009): "Beat Kitchen: Certainly, the best way to end the evening would be with an all-out dance party via Sly and the Family Stone. From "Thank You" to "Everyday People" and "I Want To Take You Higher," everything about the set was right on. It was a good, albeit long, evening and watching the band and crowd dancing right up to the final note it seemed safe to say the party is only just beginning."
"I Want To Take You Higher" at the Great Cover Up 2009 (Highdive Club)
"Thank You Falettinme Be Mice Elf Again" at Great Cover Up 2009
FGC is back at the Canopy Club in Urbana on Friday for the first time since April, and we can’t wait to throw down for you all!
In other news, FGC is also excited to announce that the band will be celebrating New Year's Eve 2009 at the Redstone Room in Davenport, IA. Our third New Year's in a row at this incredible venue, we will once again be pulling out all the stops! Stay tuned for more information on this year's theme, advance tickets, and other details, and in the meantime, click here to check out the video announcement.
FGC will be celebrating Halloween punk-style, reprising their Green Day “costume” from last weekend’s Masquerade Ball at Three Sisters Park. Catch the band on Friday 10/30 at The Uptowner in Charleston, IL and Saturday 10/31 at the City Nights Theater in Springfield IL with The Station! Fans can expect fun renditions of a few Green Day tunes, along with a healthy dose of FGC music!
In other news, FGC is very excited about the band's new Video Blog, a weekly series featuring a behind the scenes look at FGC performances and touring. Check out the YouTube playlist for the last few editions, and stay tuned for more in the coming weeks!
FGC hits downtown Urbana this Friday August 28 for the annual Sweetcorn Festival! This is a FREE outdoor show, with FGC playing at the corner of Vine & Main streets from 6:30-8pm. Hope to see you there!
In the meantime, check out all three of our Summer Camp Festival sets on the Live Music Archive for free stream/download! Visit our MySpace blog for the links, and click here to check out some photos from the weekend.
FGC makes our Springfield debut this Saturday at the City Nights Theater with Great American Taxi (featuring Vince Herman from Leftover Salmon!). Hope you can make it!
We also want to invite our Myspace friends to connect with us on Facebook. Click the links for the FGC Group and FGC Page, both great ways to stay in touch with the band and link up with other fans.
Thanks for add fellas. Come on out to The Cowboy Monkey Blues Jam on July 2nd hosted by The Sugar Prophets. Get your 4th of July weekend started right on Thursday night!
Get your groove on with us this weekend!
Friday Apr 10 9:00P City Nights Theater @ The Station’s 10th Anniversary Celebration Springfield, Illinois
Apr 11 9:30P Lock Stock and Barrell Decatur, Illinois
FGC’s got some exciting hometown area shows coming up. First up is a co-bill with Kyle Hollingsworth from String Cheese Incident at the Canopy Club in Urbana on April 10. On April 11, we headline the House Café in Dekalb, home to some legendary past FGC shows! Down the road on May 2, FGC returns to the beautiful Park West Theater in Chicago for a co-bill with Hot Buttered Rum. More info about all Spring shows at www.familygrooveco.com/tour.
And don’t forget to get your tickets to Summer Camp Festival, where FGC will be performing multiple sets including a special late-night appearance paying tribute to The Big Lebowski! www.summercampfestival.com.
