Albany, NY (February 10, 2006) - Albany's Brian Kaplan Band (BKB) will return to Clifton Park with a new, all-star lineup on Friday, February 10th at NorthernLights. They will join Metroland's 2005 Best Pop Band, Hector On Stilts, and the hotly tipped, Winter Pills from Northampton. Albany's My Last Sunrise will open.
BKB was on performance break since September 2005 so founder / song- writer, Brian Kaplan, could focus on writing new material, work on a forth- coming album, named "All My Best Days", and play a series of reunion shows with his former band, touring veterans, Conehead Buddha. Kaplan also used the downtime to retool BKB.
"I was really happy with what we (BKB) had achieved in terms of our live show, particularly since January (of 2005), but I wanted to push further. In many ways, this new band is a dream of mine - putting together some of the best, most exciting musicians I know. I can't wait for BKB fans to hear us now."
The new BKB features keyboardist Brian Mangini (Ominous Seapods, Raisinhead), Conehead Buddha founder, Chris Fisher, on drums, guitarist Rob Cohen (Funk Squad, SoulConFusion), bassist Colin Almquist (Lynch, Voodelics) and newcomer/recent Crane School of music graduate, Erin Slater, on backup vocals. Fisher is also co-producing All My Best Days with Kaplan.
Kaplan, vocalist/guitarist/trombonist, first honed his substantial chops in Conehead Buddha, appearing with Blink 182, Guster, Ben Kweller, Rusted Root & Jerry Garcia Band among others. In demand as a studio & live player, Kaplan has also leant his prodigious instrumental skills to Antigone Rising, moe, Jupiter Sunrise & Leftover Salmon. Kaplan relocated to Albany after graduating from The Crane Music School at SUNY Potsdam.
BKB has appeared with Zox, Paranoid Social Club, The Samples, Common Rotation, The Push Stars, Lo Faber (God Street Wine), Seven Nations and more. BKB will cap this month with an opening set for BB King's 80th Birthday Bash on Saturday, January 28th at the Palace Theatre.
All My Best Days is currently scheduled for release late winter 2006. For media inquiries, contact Jeff Mirel at 518-935-4858 or email: pressdesk@3000revolutions.com
Date: Friday, February 10, 2006
Location: Northern Lights, 1208 Route 146, Clifton Park, NY 12065
Time: 8:00 PM
Thursday, February 02, 2006
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