Drew Bolsega & Steve Crabtree.......................................
Drummer Steve Crabtree, one of nine siblings was born & raised in Chicago's Morgan Park Beverly neighborhood and spent many summers in a east coast town just south of the Stone Pony's Asbury Park NJ in Spring Lake. He has also spent many years in the south burbs and resides with his family in NWI. I added some tunes that I recorded with Mammoth (Suzy 1975) & (Give You My Love 2009) and Return of the Dinosaur (Anti-Gun & Silence 2003).
Songwriter/Musician Drew Bolsega spent quite a bit of time on the West Coast & now reside's in the region of NWI. He continues to write exceptional music & I love and respect him dearly. Drew's family left a major fingerprint on the lives of many musicians thru Bolsega Music. His father and brothers musical history lives on in the heart of all those who knew them.
About the album:
The cover shot of Sail Boat on our CD was taken by the famous Chicago photographer of the day Martin E. Denash, Approx. 1.5 miles west of Hyde Park Crib, midway between Jackson Park Harbor and Hyde Park Shoal 1.5 miles east of Chicago shoreline on August 20th 1938.
It is a photo of Steve's grandfathers sail boat (kept in Jackson Park Harbor) who worked for Wrigley's as a plant superintendent. His Dad as a young man, Uncle & Grandparents are pictured on the boat.
The album jacket contains pictures of Steve's Great Grandfather's boat taken in Staten Island Harbor around 1910 along beach property he owned on South Beach near the Crabtree Coal Yard.
Included are photos of his parents Chris Craft taken at their New Buffalo Slip & Trawler that they retired to during the cold winters prior to their demise, photo taken in Long Boat Keys.
Who can forget his brother Skip's infamous "Roamer" photo taken in South Haven Michigan & his recent sailboat upon which he sailed the high seas.
Photographer Mike Crabtree contributed the photo "Sea at Sunset" which was silk screened on the disc and also provided "The Ride" photo of the old Pontiac on reverse side of CD cover. (www.crabphoto.com)
In this age of music downloads I think its as important to add artwork (and photos) to the CD music presentation to imprint both the music & arts.
This CD of original songs is a mix of Classic Rock, Melodic Rock, Hard Rock, Country Rock & Instrumental Rock with a touch of Blues. (sc)
The Ride is:
Drew Bolsega: Music, vocals, guitar, bass, Synthesizer....
Steve Crabtree: Trap Kat, drums, percussion, sound effects, vocals on title cut. (Whatever Floats Your Boat)
Drummers that are an inspiration to Steve Crabtree are: Early 60's Sandy Nelson, Buddy Rich, Gene Krupa, mid 60's Ronnie Millings (Them), Ringo Starr, Later 60's John Densmore, Ginger Baker, Mitch Mitchell, Early 70's Don Brewer, Corky Laing, Bill Ward, Simon Kirke, Keith Moon, John Bonham, Lee Kerslake, John Siomos, Max Weinberg & Chicago's own Artie Baldacci, John Panozzo & many more...
More music from Drummer Steve Crabtree, look in fav's and added to music file for Mammoth & Return of the Dinosaur, Rockestra 2 Revisited & The Beat Boogie.
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ROCKESTRA 2 REVISITED: SONG & VIDEO. Bill Hayden collaborated with numerous local musicians to recreate Paul McCartney's 1979 RockestraTheme Song & Video. This endeavor was strictly for fun and camaraderie amongst fellow musicians. This was recorded with Dale Ivers at The Music Barn in Gary Indiana, engineering at The Spot Studio. Musicians at the session included Bill Hayden - Piano, John Huber - Guitar, Steve Crabtree - Drums, TrapKat & Effects (in memory of Keith Moon), Bill "The Sax Man" Demos (Charlie Blum & The Star Orchestra), Tom Ashe - Guitar, Steve Vansak - Guitar, Marc Gee - Keys, Eric Canchola -Drummer, Joe Fuqua - Bass, Jack Atwood-Guitar ,Bob Clabaugh - Drums, Dan Souris (Percussion), Brian Smolar - Bass/Vocals, Don Hero - Bass, Scott Caviness - Guitar, Paul Werner - Piano, Tom Ashe - Guitar, Kevin Doll - Guitar, Dan Metz -Bass, Kid Jackson - Drums, J.T. Miller - Drums, Scott Crucean - Guitar, Chris Clarkson-Photographer, Jack Atwood - Guitar, Jen Quasney - camera, Anafe Munoz-Camera, Rick Trevino-Camera, Jeff Richmond-
Said Paul: "You get ideas and some of them are madder than others. I was in bed one night and I thought wouldn't it be a great idea if, in a town like Cleveland or wherever, just like an ordinary town where they've got a school orchestra or a town orchestra, wouldn't it be great if another tradition grew up where all the people who played guitars and all the people who played drums and all the people who played bass, they all formed themselves into a big band and played rock and roll - like an orchestra with rock instruments, and that would be a Rockestra.
Friday night 9pm were at The Garage this friday in Schererville. 200 east US HWY 30(next to Schoops..old Alaskan Pipeline...sorry no male review) come on through for a few.
Hey The Ride! Come take a ride on a rocket ship with me to the outer reaches of the cosmos. We can take the time to look around and find out all the great and magical things about Einstein and physics and the world we live in.
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