Strand Theatre, Hudson Falls NY: Prog Night with Lifesigns, wsg Mike Keneally Trio

About this event

Lifesigns are an independent UK based band of virtuoso professional musicians.

Members of Lifesigns have worked with artists ranging from Asia and The Scorpions through to pop and jazz icons like Bonnie Tyler and Quincy Jones.

The latest studio album Altitude was crowdfunded by dedicated fans in 40 countries worldwide (including 36 US states) and has been compared to everything from Steely Dan to Pink Floyd to U.K.

Their previous album Cardington got to number 4 in the UK Indie chart without so much as a play on mainstream radio.

Lifesigns has toured the UK, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland and Lithuania and have played on five sailings of the iconic Cruise To The Edge out of Florida, USA. On the 2024 cruise, Simon Phillips (Toto, Protocol) guested on drums.

Mike Keneally:

Long acclaimed as one of the world’s most creative and intense guitar and keyboard players, Mike Keneally’s talents as a vocalist, songwriter, arranger, producer and multi-instrumentalist are nearly unequalled in rock music.

Keneally has released 24 albums of his original music since 1992, and has built a body of work of remarkable inventiveness and originality.

Keneally played in Frank Zappa’s last touring band, performing as a vocalist, guitarist and keyboardist. He’s appeared on many Zappa albums, is currently a touring member of both Dethklok and the Joe Satriani Band, and has also recorded or performed with Robert Fripp, Wayne Kramer, Kevin Gilbert, Solomon Burke, Steve Vai, Chickenfoot, Bear McCreary, Henry Kaiser, Michael Manring, Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, Andy Prieboy, Mullmuzzler, The Persuasions and many others.

Known for his innovative, unpredictable live shows, Keneally has played extensively in the United States and Europe, in contexts ranging from solo and duo concerts to performances with large-scale orchestras. His 52-minute orchestra-with-guitar suite The Universe Will Provide received its world premiere in 2003 by Keneally performing with Holland’s Metropole Orkest; the US premiere of Universe occurred at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles in 2011.

2012’s release was Wing Beat Fantastic: Songs Written by Mike Keneally & Andy Partridge, a collection of material written with ex-XTC leader Andy Partridge; the album was widely acclaimed, ranked highly on several critics’ “Best of 2012” lists, and spawned the early 2013 release Wing Beat Elastic: Remixes, Demos & Unheard Music.

Keneally’s most recent album is You Must Be This Tall, featuring Mike playing all instruments on several pieces, as well as performances from Marco Minnemann, Bryan Beller and Andy Partridge.

Time Out New York says, in reference to the Mike Keneally Band, “this band, with such a peculiar genius leading it, is a thing to savor.”

GREGG BENDIAN is a percussionist/composer/producer/educator/podcaster from Teaneck, New Jersey. During his wide-ranging career he has toured internationally and recorded with jazz and progressive artists Pat Metheny, Ornette Coleman, Todd Rundgren, Jan Hammer, The Mahavishnu Project, Cecil Taylor, Keneally-Bendian-Lunn, John Zorn, The Musical Box, Derek Bailey, Nels Cline, and Zoot Horn Rollo, among many others.

Gregg develops and teaches courses in studio production, music history, and composing/arranging at William Paterson University of New Jersey. For the Yale Oral History of American Music, he has curated and contributed over 150 expansive biographical interviews with major figures including Wayne Shorter, Carla Bley, Sonny Rollins, Quincy Jones, Laurie Anderson, Vinnie Colaiuta, John McLaughlin, John Scofield, and Steve Reich.

Bendian is producer/archivist for the Bottom Line Archive of historic concerts. Recorded in concert over 30 years at the Greenwich Village venue, the series features discs by Jack Bruce, Billy Cobham, The Brecker Bros, Lou Reed/Kris Kristofferson, Pete Seeger/Roger McGuinn, and Doc Watson.

An accomplished percussionist and a composer of over 200 works, Gregg has created a body of innovative instrumental music for jazz, rock, percussion (solo and ensemble) and mixed chamber groups, which include his Interzone and Trio Pianissimo bands. His library music is used extensively in CBS-TV’s “48 Hours” and “48 Hours Mystery.” Gregg’s music is published by Iamuziks (ASCAP).

Begun in August of 2020, “The ProgCast with Gregg Bendian” explores in-depth the creative process and musical history of a diverse assortment of cutting edge artists. The ProgCast is available on YouTube and all podcast platforms.

Teddy Kumpel

Teddy played guitar on the Grammy winning album “Home” by Tim Kubart, sang backgrounds with Nine Inch Nails on the MTV music awards, toured and/or recorded with Joe Jackson, Rickie Lee Jones, Goodie Mob, Feist, Toots Hibbert, played on many soundtracks including Anchorman and Talladega Nights, produced, engineered and helped develop many artists all while nurturing his own art and unique vision over his 30 year + career.

$35/general admission, $50/Orchestra Section, Special VIP Meet and Greet available for an additional $25.  Tickets are available at the Strand Box Office; cash or check only or online at Brown Paper Tickets. Doors into the lobby, coffee shop and box office open at 6:00pm. For more information and the ticketing link, please visit our website at mystrandtheatre.org. The Strand Theatre is located at 210 Main St, Hudson Falls, NY.

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