It's a Friday or Saturday night 1970-something and you've just arrived
at the sock hop/dance. The test on Friday afternoon was a killer, but it's the weekend and, finding your friends,
you begin discussing next week's classes and the game. During conversation you casually glance towards the stage,
wondering what band is playing. Two or three amplifiers, a set of drums
and probably some type of keyboard is a given. But tonight something's different. Glistening in the spotlights
are more microphone stands than you've ever seen in one place. Intensifying the light reflections are horns.
Lots of horns. Trumpets, trombones and saxophones. You can feel the energy building and not one note has yet been
played. This is not going to be just another night with a rock & roll band.
Sensing something special is about to occur, you motion your
friends towards the stage with your head. Eyes widen slightly after a collective glance towards the stage. Postures
stiffen and unconsciously all of you start inching your way forward. You need to be close, to be a part of a magical
night.
There's stirring behind stage, and an uncanny electricity
begins to filter through the auditorium. Everyone is beginning to feel the energy that's building.
It's time.
People begin filtering
in from the wings to their respective places as lights dim and tension builds. Small chatter from the stage, a stray
note from a guitar, keyboard or horn, a drum tap.
Silence.
And then, that sound. That explosive sound that could only come from a highly polished group of musicians.
"Ladies and gentlemen, put your hands together for AUGUST!" The horns roar, the energy overtakes
the crowd like a runaway locomotive and nothing is the same anymore.
AUGUST In Concert - 1972
Twice it began with a phone call. The first began a 4 year
journey through the early to mid-1970's that even today, 30+ years later, generates smiles and memories of the 8-10 man
band, AUGUST. Those memories still exist in the hearts and minds of people throughout the Chicagoland area.
The second fateful
call in February 2006 reignighted that fire that those involved thought extinguished. Join many of the original, now
seasoned faces, and talented new faces of the band AUGUST as the journey continues with many of the songs you remember
as well as exciting new music that rekindles the need to hear and experience the music, real music, again.
The opportunity to again experience the blended vocal harmonies, the
tight pulsing rhythm section and soaring horn chorus of AUGUST has returned! The music has returned, bigger
and better than ever. Relive and make new memories with AUGUST.
