LAP — The votes have been received and thanks to community feedback, two award-winning bands, selected by Lapeer Days attendees, will take to the main stage at this year’s free festival taking place August 19-21 downtown by Laper.

“The selections for these two groups came from the poll we conducted on social media,” said Neda Payne, executive director of the Lapeer Area Chamber of Commerce.

First up is multi-platinum selling band Lanco who will perform at 10:30 p.m. Friday, August 19 on the main stage presented by Lapeer Days main sponsor, View Newspaper Group.

“Lanco won our Friday night poll hands down,” Payne said.

Lanco continues to forge new territory after roots frontier explorers and live performance junkies alike broke out with the multi-week platinum No. 1 hit “Greatest Love Story.” Creating a rocker at the heart of a new generation, the band followed up with Billboard Country Albums chart-topping “Hallelujah Nights,” marking the first country band to debut at No. 1 in a decade. Additionally, Lanco scored another platinum-certified hit with “Born To Love You,” ahead of the release of their new anthemic Honky-Tonk Hippies EP, which was self-produced by the band, with each track written by at least two members. The group traveled to the iconic Fame Studios in Muscle Shoals, Ala. to record new music, absorbing its thrilling and earth-shattering influence.

As Lanco continues to “bring the full band sound home” (Newsday), the five-man band will build on their deep-rooted connection with fans during their headlining Honky-Tonk Hippies Tour.

On the main stage at 10:30 p.m. on Saturday August 20 presented by Lapeer Days main sponsor, DTE Energy, is Soul Asylum.

A Grammy-winning, multi-platinum rock band, Soul Asylum began as the young Minneapolis punk brothers of the Replacements and Husker Dü. Their breakthrough 1992 album Grave Dancer’s Union featured the international hits “Runaway Train”, “Black Gold” and “Somebody to Shove”. “Runaway Train” won a Grammy and its music video has brought nearly two dozen missing and exploited children and teens from around the world back to their families.

Soul Asylum has released 12 original albums, with several live albums and accompanying greatest hits collections.

Hurry Up and Wait was released in 2020 to worldwide fan and critical acclaim, earning the band their highest Billboard chart position since 1995’s platinum selling Let Your Dim Light Shine.

Soul Asylum’s current line-up includes Dave Pirner; vocals/guitar, Michael Bland on drums, Ryan Smith on guitar and Wynston Roye on bass. Pirner, widely regarded as one of America’s great songwriters, also released his bestselling “Loud, Fast, Words,” an annotated collection of lyrics in 2020.

Lapeer Days is produced by the Lapeer Area Chamber of Commerce, with major sponsors View Newspaper Group and DTE Energy. Sponsorships and space for vendors are still available. For more information, including how to volunteer at the festival, contact the Chamber at 810-664-6641.

The festival website, www.lapeerdays.com, features the event schedule, entertainment information and new events as they are confirmed. Entry forms for the Craft Show, Vendor Area, Parade, Miss Lapeer Days and more are available on the website under the Forms tab.

Every new band’s worst nightmare is having to deal with the sophomore crisis. When you have your whole career to look forward to, that’s when you’re either going to become a great songwriter or burn out too quickly. When these rockers entered the studio for the second time, they were just beginning to become the greatest musicians of their generation.

The beauty behind most of these albums is that they weren’t trying to be a carbon copy of what they did on the first record. It was the first hint of what they were capable of, and now this is what it looks like as studio veterans. Seeking to peel back the different layers of their sound, these were the songs that were a bit more complex than the previous ones, whether it was the band members showing off their talents or breaking new ground in what you could sing.

At its best, it’s the kind of left-hander that most of us weren’t even ready to hear, and yet it all fits together into a neat whole. It’s almost a miracle to make even one great album, but the fact that these bands are releasing two in a row makes it almost easy.

If there’s one word that should be as far removed from Rush’s music as possible, it would be medium. Early in their career though, you could easily mistake these guys for all the other Led Zeppelin rip-offs released in the mid-70s, with most of their debut album stepping into the bluesy territory that Page and Plant had kicked off. After a tour that left them without drummer John Rutsey, everything changed once Professor Neil Peart was recruited.

Contributing to song arrangements and writing lyrics for almost every song is where the classic version of Rush really starts to show. As a newcomer to town, Peart plays like he has it all, turning Bad Company styles into a sound that sounds like Yes via Black Sabbath on the title track.

The lyrics also took a big step up, talking more about literature like Ayn Rand’s pastiche anthem and getting salty about the state of America on Beneath Between and Behind. There are even some hints of what Rush would be capable of in just a few years, By Tor and the Snow Dog being their first attempt at writing a story-based song with multiple parts. Even though it was only a few months between these two albums, you’d swear these prog legends grew 5 years in that time.

Headliners include Grace Potter, The Devil Makes Three, Allen Stone, Cory Wong

– The Udsen family of Castoro Cellars has announced the lineup for their Whales Rock Music and Arts Festival 2022. Saturday September 17 will be closed by Grace Potter and soul singer Allen Stone. Sunday, September 18 will feature California legends The Devil Makes Three with funk guitarist Cory Wong of Vulfpeck.

Grace Potter Described by Spin as “one of the greatest living voices in rock today” and by SF Weekly as “the complete ensemble”, Potter continues to impress critics and audiences alike with her musical accomplishments and performances. captivating shows.

Grace Potter has performed at every major music festival, from Coachella and Lollapalooza to Bonnaroo and Rock in Rio. His latest album “Daylight” was nominated for two Grammies including Best Rock Album.

The Devil Makes Three is an American trio composed of Pete Bernhard, Lucia Turino and Cooper McBean. They remain rooted in “the troubadour traditions of wandering folk, Delta blues, whiskey-soaked ragtime and reckless rock ‘n’ roll”, but the band also say they nod to the “revolutionary agitations of author James Baldwin, Ernest Hemingway’s no-holds-barred disillusion and Flannery O’Connor’s Southern Gothic malaise.

In this ninth year, the Whale Rock Music & Arts Festival will once again offer two days of “wine love, peace and jam in the vineyards”, in aid of Templeton Music Education.

In addition to the headliners, the eclectic lineup will include Allen Stone (Soul/R&B), Cory Wong (Funk), Diggin’ Dirt (Soul/Funk), Circles Around the Sun (Instrumental Jam), Lindsay Lou (Folk), Niki J. Crawford (Soul/Funk), Sway Wild (Folk Rock), Aj Lee & Blue Summit (Bluegrass), Dante Marsh & the Vibesetters (Soul/Funk/Good Vibes), Hilary Watson (Americana), The Charities (Soul ), Samba Loca (Afro-Brazilian), SLO County Stumblers (Bluegrass) and Jimbo Scott (Americana/Folk).

Tickets are now on sale at the festival website, two-day passes are $145 per person and $95 for one-day passes. Children 4 and under are free and children 5-12 are $10. Whale Rock Music and Arts Festival features back-to-back band performances on two stages, a gallery of local artists, yoga for all ages, crafts and games for kids, Castoro wines, Bethel Rd. spirits, beers artisanal, hard ciders, food trucks, etc. Each year, the Udsen family has donated proceeds from the event to local non-profit organizations focused on education. Total donations in the first seven years exceed $120,000. The 2022 benefactor is again the Templeton Instrumental Music Boosters Association (TIMBA), a volunteer parent organization dedicated to improving the experiences of musicians at Templeton High School.

Related