Five Star Iris
@fivestariris
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Atlanta, GA USA
Joined Sep 9, 2006
It’s been an incredible year for Five Star Iris – some might even say life-changing. The band – Alan Schaefer, his twin brother Rob Schaefer, Alex Winfield, and Dan Fishman – started out 2007 on a high-note. Supporting their debut full-length album FIVE STAR IRIS produced by the Grammy-winning Sylvia Massy-Shivy and Rich Veltrop, the band traveled far and wide to take their “modern version of classic rock” to fans all over the world.
A definite high point was getting radio airplay in a major market, as Salt Lake City’s KENZ 101.9 embraced the Atlanta-based band as one of their own. Championed by program director and afternoon personality Parker, the songs “Let It All Out” and “Is There Something I Can Do” connected with listeners there – enough for the station to have the band come out and play. The band has already been back a second time to show their support for the fans there.
A performance at the South By Southwest Music Conference, however, led the band on a very different touring path. Performing at a showcase attended by Armed Forces Entertainment (AFE), they showed they had what it takes to perform for the best of the best – our servicemen and women. Three months later, Five Star Iris was performing in the middle of the summer in Iraq.
Dubbed the “Summer In The Sandbox” tour, this joint effort by AFE and Navy Entertainment took the band to Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar, UAE, Bahrain, and Djibouti. Flying on military transport planes and sleeping in tents, it wa
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