I Love This Band….
I love their passion, their camaraderie, their musical drive.
I love their humor, their self-depreciation, their collaborative ambition.
I love the collective artistic experience between them and their amazing ability to intertwine it into creating a sound so rocking solid, so unique as to amaze the listener.
I love each and every one of these gentlemen, these professionals, these friends.
I Love This Band.
Tonight at Melbourne was yet another extraordinary night in the life of The Robin Zander Band. Just one more phenomenal evening in which each one of them can stand proud in the fact that they are who they are - The Robin Zander Band. That the idea they had all those months ago, to formally take themselves seriously and become who they are, was such a very, very good idea indeed.
I can just tell you that I sat back in that venue tonight and soaked up every single moment of this second special RZB event like a dry sponge - just like I did the night before. Beside the fact that I was again completely blown away at every single sound that came from that stage tonight, I was just overcome with pride at not only what I was seeing and hearing but again at the observation that every time I see them…they raise the bar just another notch.
Robin Zander was King. And he ruled that stage with a scepter and sword in the form of his magnificent range of vocals on every song. And with an energy that flowed from the stage to the audience before it. He is the "undisputed" on so many, many levels. Beyond fascinating-he held the crowd in the palm of his hand... As always - Amazing!
Steve Luongo was the masterful White Knight with a jousting of a performance on every song; the likes of which I had never quite seen. The beat was right. The beat was righteous. His timing was pure perfection. This was a very, very good night for the drummer extraordinaire!
Larry Hobbs was the Silver Knight that quietly occupied the right- hand side of the stage but that was only when he wasn't commencing to fence with the instrument in his hands on each and every song. He did not back down. He did not hold back. He gave the band's rich sound the soul that it needed at just the right time. Masterful!
Mark Hitt was as dark and vicious at times with his guitar playing as any Dark Knight would be on the jousting field, still giving every moment of every song his full, undivided attention. There is an aire of mystery to his method of delivering just the right sound at just the right time with reckless abandon. …and the audience sits in awe as it listens….spellbound. Magical!
Rightfully adorning and adding to the assets of the RZB stage tonight were the well-known musical talents of Mr. Magic Christian and son of the King himself – the very talented and exceptional Mr. Robin Taylor Zander.
Though RZB was only slated to “open” for REO Speedwagon tonight, at many times you would not have known as such. For what was supposedly a mostly REO crowd, they sure were on their feet a lot and enlivened by who the opening band was... Safe to definitely say...REO Speed Wagon had their work cut out for them on this night- RZB had already made the audience their very own!
I love their passion, their camaraderie, their musical drive.
I love their humor, their self-depreciation, their collaborative ambition.
I love the collective artistic experience between them and their amazing ability to intertwine it into creating a sound so rocking solid, so unique as to amaze the listener.
I love each and every one of these gentlemen, these professionals, these friends.
I Love This Band.
Tonight at Melbourne was yet another extraordinary night in the life of The Robin Zander Band. Just one more phenomenal evening in which each one of them can stand proud in the fact that they are who they are - The Robin Zander Band. That the idea they had all those months ago, to formally take themselves seriously and become who they are, was such a very, very good idea indeed.
I can just tell you that I sat back in that venue tonight and soaked up every single moment of this second special RZB event like a dry sponge - just like I did the night before. Beside the fact that I was again completely blown away at every single sound that came from that stage tonight, I was just overcome with pride at not only what I was seeing and hearing but again at the observation that every time I see them…they raise the bar just another notch.
Robin Zander was King. And he ruled that stage with a scepter and sword in the form of his magnificent range of vocals on every song. And with an energy that flowed from the stage to the audience before it. He is the "undisputed" on so many, many levels. Beyond fascinating-he held the crowd in the palm of his hand... As always - Amazing!
Steve Luongo was the masterful White Knight with a jousting of a performance on every song; the likes of which I had never quite seen. The beat was right. The beat was righteous. His timing was pure perfection. This was a very, very good night for the drummer extraordinaire!
Larry Hobbs was the Silver Knight that quietly occupied the right- hand side of the stage but that was only when he wasn't commencing to fence with the instrument in his hands on each and every song. He did not back down. He did not hold back. He gave the band's rich sound the soul that it needed at just the right time. Masterful!
Mark Hitt was as dark and vicious at times with his guitar playing as any Dark Knight would be on the jousting field, still giving every moment of every song his full, undivided attention. There is an aire of mystery to his method of delivering just the right sound at just the right time with reckless abandon. …and the audience sits in awe as it listens….spellbound. Magical!
Rightfully adorning and adding to the assets of the RZB stage tonight were the well-known musical talents of Mr. Magic Christian and son of the King himself – the very talented and exceptional Mr. Robin Taylor Zander.
Though RZB was only slated to “open” for REO Speedwagon tonight, at many times you would not have known as such. For what was supposedly a mostly REO crowd, they sure were on their feet a lot and enlivened by who the opening band was... Safe to definitely say...REO Speed Wagon had their work cut out for them on this night- RZB had already made the audience their very own!
Go see a RZB show soon, everyone. More dates are coming- stay tuned. And if you have to – FLY to it. And when you
do, you'll see firsthand why I say this... you will kick yourself for not doing
it sooner!
Thank you for yet another unforgettable night, fellas. And thank you for one truly exceptional weekend that will stay in the heart and on the mind of this fan for a very long time to come.
Thank you for yet another unforgettable night, fellas. And thank you for one truly exceptional weekend that will stay in the heart and on the mind of this fan for a very long time to come.
