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With a finished record in hand and musical connections before she even set foot in the city, Alison Breitman packed up her New York City apartment and headed west to the windy city of Chicago. There, she met with drummer Shawn Rios to form her new band.
Rios, a veteran of the Chicago music scene, had already become familiar with the record through various friends and musical contacts that had been talking up her 2004 album, "The Game". Hearing that Ms. Breitman was going to start up a backing band in support of the album (and wishing to write new material), Rios called upon Griffin Baron, a trusted session musician with whom he'd worked previously. With Griffin on bass, Alison playing piano, guitar and holding court on the microphone, the lineup finally filled out with the addition of Shawn's former band mate and childhood friend Dave Jakalski on guitar.
With the first show being only a week and a half away, the new lineup (under the moniker of "Now Now") worked to the core to get the first set sounding like a professional, polished band who'd spent years playing in a room together. The sold out set at Chicago's Hideout was a smashing success, and the grins across the faces of the members of Now Now proved that this was in fact a band to stick around and watch grow.
The band, now working on new material and gigging around the Chicago and outer lying area, have already started to put their name on the musical map while receiving airplay on WKQX (Q101), WLUW (88.7) among various podcasts and college stations.
-myspace.com
With a finished record in hand and musical connections before she even set foot in the city, Alison Breitman packed up her New York City apartment and headed west to the windy city of Chicago. There, she met with drummer Shawn Rios to form her new band.
Rios, a veteran of the Chicago music scene, had already become familiar with the record through various friends and musical contacts that had been talking up her 2004 album, "The Game". Hearing that Ms. Breitman was going to start up a backing band in support of the album (and wishing to write new material), Rios called upon Griffin Baron, a trusted session musician with whom he'd worked previously. With Griffin on bass, Alison playing piano, guitar and holding court on the microphone, the lineup finally filled out with the addition of Shawn's former band mate and childhood friend Dave Jakalski on guitar.
With the first show being only a week and a half away, the new lineup (under the moniker of "Now Now") worked to the core to get the first set sounding like a professional, polished band who'd spent years playing in a room together. The sold out set at Chicago's Hideout was a smashing success, and the grins across the faces of the members of Now Now proved that this was in fact a band to stick around and watch grow.
The band, now working on new material and gigging around the Chicago and outer lying area, have already started to put their name on the musical map while receiving airplay on WKQX (Q101), WLUW (88.7) among various podcasts and college stations.
-myspace.com
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