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Old 10-07-2004, 02:09 PM
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The Musical Box does "The Lamb" in Whittier, Ca. - Dec. 1, 2004

It is my pleasure to announce that the Montreal based group "The Musical Box" has added The Center Stage Theater at the Whittier Community Center to it's international tour. They will be performing Genesis' "The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway" in it's entirety. This is not just a tribute band, they are the only group licensed by Peter Gabriel and Genesis to do the theatrical production as originally envisioned by Gabriel. Please read the attached press announcement and check http://www.calprog.com or http://www.themusicalbox.net for a sound clip and more details.

Tickets go on sale this Saturday October 9th at 8:00am available only at the CalProg.com website. There will also be dates in Hollywood, Las Vegas and San Francisco that same week, but the Whittier venue is the smallest theater on the tour, so you don't want to miss that show.

Tickets are all seats reserved, first come first served, so get there early!

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Old 10-07-2004, 06:56 PM
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Thanks for the news...Dec. 2, I will be there.
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Old 10-07-2004, 07:13 PM
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After getting over the initial excitement, had a look at the entire tour. That's super geographical coverage...should be good for quite a few moonies.
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done 9/11 by prythm.
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Old 10-16-2004, 10:59 AM
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After getting over the initial excitement, had a look at the entire tour. That's super geographical coverage...should be good for quite a few moonies.
we have Montreal, US Northeast, West coast.......please have reviews ready!
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I've seen The Musical Box on serveral occasions. I've seen them do Foxtrot and Selling England By The Pound. These guys are really amazing. Not only do they have the sound down perfect but the entire reenactment of actual Genesis shows is spot on. They even have many of Peter Gabriel's original costumes and headpieces.
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Old 10-16-2004, 12:04 PM
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Saw Selling England but not Foxtrot. That would have been great.

Vax will also be a day ahead of me at the Philly Lamb show.
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Saw Selling England but not Foxtrot. That would have been great.

Vax will also be a day ahead of me at the Philly Lamb show.
Day old lamb with or without the mint jelly is still good!
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Old 10-16-2004, 12:18 PM
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I wish I knew they were that good last year where I could have seen both shows in Hamburg.
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Old 11-04-2004, 01:52 PM
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This is from the Chicago Tribune.

Genesis tribute band makes the illusion real
By Joshua Klein
Special to the Tribune


Genesis launched the American leg of "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway"
tour on Nov. 20, 1974, here in Chicago at the Auditorium Theatre, two
days before that album's release and a few months before singer Peter
Gabriel left the band for a solo career. Thousands of fans never got
to see the group stage what many consider its apex, and the
subsequent establishment of drummer Phil Collins as the band's new
singer only made Gabriel's presence missed that much more.

That's where Montreal's The Musical Box comes in. The premiere
Genesis tribute band, the Musical Box has been performing Gabriel-era
Genesis albums in their complex and theatrical entirety for more than
10 years, re-creating the prog-rock band's classic early '70s outings
right down to the stage banter. The Musical Box's current tour,
celebrating the 30th anniversary of "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway,"
follows similar tours replicating 1972's "Foxtrot" and
1973's "Selling England by the Pound."

Yet "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway" re-creation at the Vic Friday
night was something special. Not only did the Musical Box get
Genesis' blessing, they also got all the group's original costumes,
sets and slide shows, and were instructed in their operation by
Genesis' original stagehands and techs. The attention to detail as
the group went through the strange, intricate concept album song by
song was uncanny, not just musically (the keyboard filigrees, the
classical guitar touches, the creative drum fills) but visually as
well.

Denis Gagne was a very close Peter Gabriel proxy, donning his array
of trademark costumes (like the grotesque Slipperman suit) and
playing flute, and his voice was dead-on. Francois Gagnon, Sebastien
Lamothe and Eric Savard were the spitting image of stoic virtuosos
Steve Hackett (guitar), Mike Rutherford (bass and guitar) and Tony
Banks (keyboards). Most impressively, not only did drummer Martin
Levac sing back-up like Phil Collins, he was balding and bearded like
Phil Collins, and he played his drum kit left-handed like Phil
Collins too.

By the time the band encored with "The Musical Box" and "Watcher of
the Skies" — two pre-"Lamb" epics that originally closed the
"Lamb" tour — the crowd was out of its seats, singing along even as
they shook their heads with astonishment. No wonder the actual
members of Genesis are fans — the Musical Box's welcome anachronism
captured the pomp and surrealism of a bygone prog-rock era better
than any Genesis reunion ever could.
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Old 11-04-2004, 02:23 PM
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This is from the Chicago Tribune.

Genesis tribute band makes the illusion real
By Joshua Klein
Special to the Tribune


and the
subsequent establishment of drummer Phil Collins as the band's new
singer only made Gabriel's presence missed that much more.

The premiere
Genesis tribute band,
That's a great article....from a major U.S. newspaper, I am astounded! Thanks Papa!

The Collins quote above is sure fodder for Collins bashers.

A nit-pick: Why do supposedly learned writers make that mistake on the word "premier"? The word "premiere" means to debut or run initially. "Premier" means the best or top-notch. Kind of pisses me off.
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This is from the Chicago Tribune.

Most impressively, not only did drummer Martin
Levac sing back-up like Phil Collins, he was balding and bearded like
Phil Collins, and he played his drum kit left-handed like Phil
Collins too.

I was talking to someone (I forget who) at last year's Nearfest, and learned that Martin was originally a right handed drummer, but taught himself to play left handed to be more visually realistic. That's commitment!

Being a left handed drummer, I've had to play right handed when borrowing a set-up in my life, and it ain't easy. The feet are especially hard to switch.
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Old 11-17-2004, 01:44 PM
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Another Chicago Review

http://www.suntimes.com/output/derog...ws-dero24.html
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