Bands
Check out the great live bands that are lined up for this year's Newcastle Days.
White
Alan White, legendary British rock drummer of the band YES will perform with his new band "WHITE" as the headliner for the annual community celebration.
A Newcastle resident, Mr. White will perform for his “hometown” folks on center stage, Saturday, September 10, at 6:15 pm at Lake Boren Park.
Since bursting onto the world stage with John Lennon in the Plastic Ono Band at the "Give Peace a Chance" tour in Toronto, Alan White has developed a reputation as a musical innovator, both in his role as Yes drummer, and as a collaborator with the likes of George Harrison and Joe Cocker. As an important contributing songwriter, Alan has helped take Yes to great heights with radio hits such as 'Owner of a Lonely Heart,' 'Changes,' 'Love Will Find a Way,' 'The Rhythm of Love,' 'Wondrous Stories,' 'Tempus Fugit,' 'Leave It,' 'The Calling', and 'In the Presence Of.'
His latest musical project is the group White, a vehicle for cutting-edge, progressive modern music performed with a world-class band. Vocalist Robyn Dawn provides soulful, touching vocals; Steve Boyce holds down the bottom end with a dance-inducing groove and soaring vocal support; Karl Haug truly is a master guitarist, equally comfortable on delicate acoustic, driving electric and searing electric laptop slide; Jonathan Sindelman, ties the resulting soundscape together with punchy keyboard work, exhilarating orchestrations, and scorching solos.
Steeped in sonic variety, White evokes an emotional response from its audience certain to build a strong word-of-mouth buzz.
Want more information on Alan White and his band? Check out their webpage at www.whitemusic.net.
The Rain Kings
The Rain Kings will play on the main stage on Satudary, September 10, at 3:00 pm at Lake Boren Park.
Born from the ashes of the legendary local cover band, "HiWatt", The Rain Kings (featuring Jess, Andy and Tod from HiWatt, Pat Stevens from Hard Cover and Jeff Waibel from Soda Jerk) are a new band pledging to play only modern and relevant rock covers. The Rain Kings vow to NEVER play Sweet Home Alabama, Brown Eyed Girl, Mustang Sally, Mony Mony, Stranglehold or any of the bazzilion lame covers every "classic rock" cover bands does (unless the request is written on a $100 bill!!). We only cover songs by bands such as Train, Counting Crows, Kings of Leon, The Killers, Jet, All American Rejects, Collective Soul, Green Day, Matchbox 20, Eve 6, Finger 11 and much, much more MODERN rock.
Check out The Rain Kings at www.rainkingsrock.com.
Spirit of Ojah
Spirit of Ojah will take the main stage and play at 4:30 pm Saturday, Sepember 10 at Lake Boren Park.
The Spirit of Ojah is a Mukilteo based band creating rhythms of agbarjar, kpanlogo, reggae, funk, highlife, soukous and more. The band members ask themselves, “What music will get audiences up on their feet and feeling filled with love?” The answer is the rhythm and spirit of ojah, fire and love, mixed into one. Ghanaian highlife, reggae and soukous provide beats and intonations masterfully composed by the artists in the Spirit of Ojah Dance Band.
Check out Spirit of Ojah at www.myspace.com/spiritofojah.