Bob Schubert began enjoying drums at age 6 and professionally at age 12. He can be exhibiting off his abilities Saturday night at the Farmington Centene Center.
Schubert is tour supervisor, co-proprietor and drummer of the Let’s Hang On! Frankie Valli Tribute Band live performance tonight at 7 p.m. Tickets are $18.50 and obtainable at the civic middle by calling 573-756-0900.
Bill Norman can also be the co-proprietor, guitarist, and music director who wrote the preparations for the present.
Schubert mentioned the group was fashioned after Norman was approached by somebody to place the present collectively. He requested Schubert to affix him as drummer, tour supervisor, and co-producer.
He mentioned he has booked Frankie Valli for 2 live shows previously and has met him.
The tribute band will play many songs at Saturday night’s live performance, together with a few of Schubert’s favorites: “Working My Way Back to You,” “My Eyes Adored You” and “Can’t Take My Eyes Off of You.”
Although these songs are his favorites, he is aware of three explicit songs are assured to get the gang out of their seats and shifting to the music to “Oh, What A Night,” “Can’t Take My Eyes Off of You” and “Walk Like a Man.”
Members of the Let’s Hang On! Frankie Valli Tribute Band consists of Schubert; Norman; Kevin Doyle, piano; John King, bass; Natale Pirrotta, tenor one; Kyle Fowler, tenor two; Joshua Eleazer, baritone; and Myron Whittlesey, bass. The members stay in Missouri, Florida, North Carolina, Tennessee and New York.
The tribute band travels all through the U.S. and overseas. The group has been touring nonstop for the previous 14 years.
“We always have a live band and never tracked music,” mentioned Schubert.
The Let’s Hang On! Frankie Valli Tribute Band pays tribute to not solely the beloved The Four Seasons band but in addition to the favored Broadway musical “Jersey Boys.”
The band transports audiences again to the previous to listen to among the greatest songs of the Nineteen Sixties.
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More About Frankie and The Four Seasons
Frankie Valli is the well-known lead singer of The Four Seasons. He knew he needed to grow to be a profitable singer after he went to a Frank Sinatra live performance in New York.
When the unknown group carried out the music “Sherry” on American Bandstand, the nation took be aware. They had been out of the blue the most popular band within the U.S.
Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons carried out numerous offered-out exhibits, offered greater than 175 million information worldwide, and had been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
With the Tony-winning “Jersey Boys” Broadway musical telling Frankie and The Four Seasons band members’ tales, new generations are falling in love with the group’s iconic songs.
The group’s success is staggering. They had eight No. 1 hit songs and extra Billboard hits. Fan-favorite songs embrace “Big Girls Don’t Cry,” “Walk Like a Man,” “Can’t Take My Eyes Off of You” and “Rag Doll.”
Their music has appeared in in style motion pictures like “Dirty Dancing,” “Mrs. Doubtfire” and “Conspiracy Theory” and the TV present “The Sopranos.” More than 200 artists have performed cowl variations of “Can’t Take My Eyes Off of You,” together with rapper Lauryn Hill’s hip-hop model.
The group’s musical influences could have began within the ’60s however have clearly stretched far past that decade.
