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CHRIS KLEMMENSEN
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ACTION JOHNSEN
guitar-keys-percussion-etc.
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ANDY KAMMERER
keys-vocals-percussion-etc.
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JOHN H. KLEMMENSEN
guitar-vocals-trumpet-etc.
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BENJAMIN ZINN
guitar-percussion-keys-etc.
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MATT MCLARNEY
vocals-percussion-trumpet
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MIKE DAEGES
drums-percussion-etc.
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BOB RASGORSHEK III
bass-etc.
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JAMES CUATO
saxophone-percussion-etc.
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"Satchel Grande doesn't sound like an Omaha band. The group is independent minded, no doubt, but not in the en vouge indie sense. Indie like George Clinton used to be..."
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"Satchel Grande churns out toe-tappers and booty-shakers so fierce they almost disguise their brilliant lyrics. The electricity in the air at a Satchel Grande show is enough to ward off any major metropolitan blackout." -----------------------------------
-The Omaha Entertainment Awards Committee
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With enough members for a baseball team, almost enough for two basketball teams and just the right number for the best funk band in Omaha, Satchel Grande points for the fences and hits that sweet soul spot every time. Courtesy of mastermind/frontman Chris Klemmensen and his squad of perhaps, visually unlikely funk-soul brothers, comes an aural extravaganza that effortlessly mixes covers and originals coming producing a winning final score. While there is a comic element at their shows, initiated by Klemmensen’s quick wit from the stage, the group is no joke as it’s a hodgepodge of some of Omaha’s best, with saxman James Cuato (formerly of the Jazzwholes), John Klemmensen (Landing on the Moon), Matt McLarney (Old Money / Truman Sparks), listen I told you there were nine of them … you can research this yourself at the show. ----------------------------------- -The Reader: Sarah Wengert ______________________
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Two nights of Satch - What a wonderful weekend this is turning out to be! Any way a brother could sport a pair of polyester pants and sunglasses and slap some skins? Funk out!
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"There is never any end. There are always new sounds to imagine; new feelings to get at. And always, there is the need to keep purifying these feelings and sounds so that we can really see what we've discovered in its pure state. So that we can see more and more clearly what we are. In that way, we can give to those who listen the essence, the best of what we are. But to do that at each stage, we have to keep on cleaning the mirror." ---- John Coltrane
