2T2P Live at Lee's Liquor Bar on Thursday, July 23, 2009! It's been way too long! Come help Monty get his mojo unclogged!
The DeCarlo brothers hail from Loves Park, Illinois, where they performed as children in the legendary "Mama DC's Fun-time Family Band". As the boys grew into men, the brothers Monty, Dee Dee, and Iffy discovered the joys of rock music, loose women, and fermented spirits. Their pursuit of these delights inevitably led them to that hot-bed of sin, Minneapolis, Minnesota, where they were joined by their talented and road-hardened cousins Jobbee and Rory and began performing as 2 Tickets 2 Paradise.
Since their first appearance on the Minneapolis scene in the late '90s, 2 Tickets 2 Paradise have become a beloved and respected institution. First achieving popularity with their earnestly ironic assault on 70’s and 80’s arena rock, the band soon became revered for their seemingly endless repertoire and musical fearlessness. And some fans find them pretty funny too.
Asked recently about the secret to their amazing mastery of 50 years of rock, lead singer Monty DeCarlo replied “We never, ever rehearse. Heck, I live halfway across the country from the rest of those clowns, and we're still the fiercest band in the US of A."
2T2P’s incredible versatility may also be attributed to the fact that for five legendary years the band appeared every Thursday night at Lee’s Liquor Bar in Minneapolis. “Getting paid to get drunk and rock out with my brothers every week was a rough job," says Dee Dee DeCarlo, “but somebody had to do it.”
2 Tickets 2 Paradise were even honored with the Minnesota Music Academy’s award for Best Cover Band of 2000, an honor these men did not take lightly. “I got myself a brand new fake moustache for the award ceremony," recalls Jobbee. “And lost it the same evening in a bowl of chili. Man, that was good chili.”
These days 2T2P can still be found serving up hot and heaping helpings of meat-and-potatoes rock-n-roll wherever folks are starved for it, from Minneapolis to Los Angeles. In fact, keep your ears open for the sound of swaggering rock and swooning women, 'cause the DeCarlos may be heading to your town...
i red your bulliton so i am going to come down to lees on thursday. i hope i can get off wrok on the day after so i can party prety good. i hop i get to meet you guys your pretty good and rock out it's all ot of fun to. the rikcer
just announced! Dale Watson this Saturday @ Lee's That's right! Dale is comin' down this Saturday Sept 1st after he plays the fair! he's gonna do the whole night starting around 9:30.. Only $8 to get in! (normally $12-15) Get there early! Spread the word! thanks, Joe H.
a buck of my freinfs are going up to my freind tammys house for a party you guys can come i told. them all about you sounds like a good time i gess theirs thers lots of beer and yo can bring your own stuff to. ok then ok from r
broght by buddy gary to see you at that lees plaec it was good I dont renembre the end cuz i was so wasted good thing gary could drive ok cuz i was drunk. you guys ever giong to play up at smittys its pretty good and that wood be fun, ok this is rick
i Was at the joint with my buddy last night and you guys were plating next door so i got to see you playing at the caboooez and it was pretty good that sticks song was pretty good. was rory sleeping. ok i had some beers did you guys see akl thos hot women with the lether wow. i didny see the when i got their but as the night whent on more hot one showed up. aright so this is rick
i wad at club jager last night and thot i saw monty. i was their cuz i thot they had a jeagermitsre deal. I have a pretty sweet monty you can see it on my siet ok then the rikcer
hey you guya are prity good. do you eber play up neer stacy. my freind gary says hes herd of you. i playd the gitar for about ten yrs im prity good atr smook on thr watre The ricker
