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AN ORIGINAL INSTRUMENTAL 'LIVE' ACOUSTIC BLUES PIANO PIECE...(3 MOVEMENTS). A BIT DIFFERENT THAN WHAT MOST PEOPLE EXPECT FROM ME.
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HARD ROCK BAND THAT BLENDS HEAVY BRITISH AND SOUTHERN ROCK styleS. TOUR DATES INCLUDE GIGS WITH AC/DC, DERRINGER, PAT TRAVERS BAND...AND WERE CONSIDERED AS
AVALANCHE is defined by Webster's as: "an unstoppable natural force"...and this all-original rock band certainly seems to fit that definition...overcoming the odds to produce some of the very best original hard rock anywhere! With an unorthodox strategy for success in 1978 (which included 18 months of intense rehearsals, their own record label, $75,000.00 worth of state-of-the-art stage gear, and a record on over a dozen New England radio stations for three months...all before ever playing a live gig) AVALANCHE's debut show was attended by over 3500 people..and the band was immediately playing to sold-out shows and standing room only crowds wherever they appeared. Within a month after their first gig, AVALANCHE was headlining in large club venues, and shortly after that, the band was opening tour dates and sharing concert stages on AC/DC's "Highway To Hell" tour, as well as with DERRINGER, and THE PAT TRAVERS BAND. They were also considered as a tour opener for TOTO's First U.S. Tour. A tight and well rehearsed rock-n-roll machine...this band did whatever was necessary to bring studio-quality hard rock to the live-concert stage...and they did it without the support of a major record label. Now recording again, with all the surviving members of the original lineup...here is the first new AVALANCHE music in over twenty years...as well as some of their old music too, (most of the recordings have never been available before). AVALANCHE continues to defy the odds with their staying power and persistence...and by remaining "unstoppable"...they are here NOW....for you to sample and enjoy! Click here for official Avalanche band website GOLDEN SUN RECORDS
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Blues • Blues General
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Peak #86
Peak in subgenre #22
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Written and Arranged by Michael Foster (NAV)
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COPYRIGHT 2005 by Crystal Magic Music (ASCAP)
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October 08, 2006
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MP3 6.3 MB • 192 kbps • 6:56
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This song shows another side of me...most Avalanche music is heavily tilted towards guitar. I have actually been playing Piano and Hammond B-3 longer than I have been playing guitars...and before Avalanche was a band...I played keyboards for a lot of great Blues players...including Buddy Guy, Lester Chambers, Matt "Guitar" Murphy, Big "Mama" Thornton, and The Electric Flag...as well as having had a "guest" seat with B.B. King, James Cotton, The James Montgomery Blues Band, The Commitments, and numerous other acts... I continue to free-lance as a keyboardist...and over the past few years, gigs with Kal David and The Real Deal, Jeff Pitchell, Sweet "Daddy" Cool Breeze, Misbehavin' and The Mohegan Sun All-Stars keep me in a constant learning process...and on my toes. NAV'S BOOGIE is a piece that sort of "evolved" over many years of playing various genres of blues. Blues is a very diverse art form unto itself...and so I tried to "marry" a number of different styles of "Blues Piano" into one arrangement. It is a longer piece than I would like...but it is actually shorter than three seperate piano pieces would be...and I found it an interesting challenge to create a tune that would segue' from one form to another smoothly. This piece is as much an exercise in arranging...as it is in piano playing. It is a very difficult piece to perform...due to its "busy" nature...and its length...and although I would like to hear vocals on this tune...just playing this one is an awesome challenge. I always thought of it as if it were a Dr. John-type piano showcase...rather than a song to sing on as well. It was played "live" in the studio...in one take...and somewhere in the middle that becomes apparent....when the timing goes off for just a second, in a couple of spots . I decided to leave it just as it is...because...it is the best proof there is that we all make mistakes...and that it really was played "live". My philosophy as a performer and as a producer has always been to only record music that can be re-created in a live stage environment...so that the audience gets...exactly what they are familiar with...and have come to hear. Until the day when some other vocalist I perform with in one the bands I work in comes up with vocals for this tune...it will remain an instrumental...there is no way I could play this one and sing it too...in a live show (at least...for now). Hopefully all the people who think of me as a guitarist only...will be a little surprised when they hear this one. I thought it was time for me to show a few minutes of my keyboard playing...after hours of guitar tunes. A little humor can go a long way...and so I also threw in that famous little "diddy" from "The Addams Family"...as a "false" ending. All in all...it was just a lot of fun to play and record this one...I had been doing that song for my own enjoyment for quite some time. I guess I just figured it was time to share it... I played this piece on my GENERAL MUSIC PRO 2 "REAL PIANO" an awesome 88-key (weighted) digital piano...the most natural and real sounding digital piano made in the world...in my opinion. It was recorded "direct"...and sometimes...when I shut my eyes...I still cannot tell that it is not an Yamaha C-9 Concert Grand. So anyway...I hope all of you like this one....the little comments I like to throw in while I play was just something I have seen many of those artists I played with over the years do an awful lot...especially on Instrumental tunes. I guess that just kind of "rubbed off" on me...and as a peformer... I always feel that it helps "connect" us to the audience...and a give a song that "little something extra"... Hugs...Mike (NAV)
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SOLO INSTRUMENTAL
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