Bluegill Productions presents The Fine Colombians: A Steely Dan Tribute at Friday Night Live!

Name: Bluegill Productions presents The Fine Colombians: A Steely Dan Tribute at Friday Night Live!
Start: 2024-06-21T18:30:00-04:00
Location: The Concourse

Schedule

Fri Jun 21 2024 at 06:30 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

The Concourse | Knoxville, TN

Michael Gill and Bluegill Productions Present:
Friday Night Live at The Concourse!
Featuring The Fine Colombians: A Steely Dan Tribute
Friday, June 21, 2024
Tickets: $20 At The Door
(children 12 & under are free)
5:30PM Doors | 6:30PM Show
ALL AGES. Ages under 18 must be accompanied by an adult. Ages 12 & under are admitted Free.
The Fine Colombians: A Steely Dan Tribute
Rolling Stone magazine called Steely Dan “the perfect musical antiheroes for the Seventies.” We’re not really sure what that means, but we do know that even to this day, long after they broke up in 1981, the music of Steely Dan remains iconic and instantly recognizable with its blend of jazz, traditional pop, and R&B with cryptic and ironic lyrics. The music is also complex enough to intimidate most bands from attempting to perform it. About fourteen years ago in Knoxville, bassist Scott Robbins began pondering that possibility. Some years later, Robbins mentioned this dream to vocalist/pianist Kenneth Scott Eggert, a childhood friend whom he hadn’t seen in fifteen years until Eggert moved to Asheville, North Carolina. After finishing his doctorate in music in 2017, Eggert, aka “Dr. K,” began working on some arrangements for Steely Dan tunes, complete with horns and backup singers. That dream and band came together and now features Mike Spirko (trumpet), Dave Eckman (alto sax), Bob Knapp (tenor sax), Scott Fugate (drums), Jake Byrd (guitar) and backing vocalists Meredith Whitehead and Michele Williams, a.k.a. the "Babylon Sisters." The Fine Colombians: A Steely Dan Tribute were an instant hit, and they've continued to play for large, appreciative crowds ever since, including four fantastic performances at Friday Night Live! at The Concourse and their three performances at The Bijou Theatre. We can't wait for them to return and “make tonight a wonderful thing!”