"Blues-rock with saxophones aren't especially rare . . . However, a blues-rock band that includes both Sax and Highlands Bagpipes is a different story altogether!A Toronto-based quintet, Taxi Chain was founded in 1993 by onetime "Rare Air" piper Grier Coppins. Defying musical conventions, this 5-man band makes the pipes sound right at home amid Memphis-style horns and R&B - influenced vocals, while throwing in just enough world-beat grooves and country choruses to insure the listeners will never know what's coming next.
A total of five musicians make up Taxi Chain, with a whole lot more instruments! Besides possessing scruffy vocals, band founder Grier Coppins plays both guitar and bagpipes. Other instruments include guitars, saxophones, flutes, and, of course, bass and drums. Put them all together and you have a distinct musical groove!
A funkin' sawdust-rockin' bagpipe blues mixed with a country twist!
This is a Taxi that's definitely worth flagging down!!!
WHERE? Saturday evening CEILIDH (Perth-Andover Legion)
WHEN? Saturday, May 31, 2008 (9:00 PM)
Tickets for this one will definitely go fast!! Pick yours up early at the Gathering of the Scots Festival Information Tent to reserve your seat!!!!!!
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