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Foreigner's Lou Gramm, The Guess Who
highlight MidSummer at the Meadows
PLEASE NOTE: Parking is $5 per vehicle
Miami Township's annual community and music festival, Mid Summer at
the Meadows, has signed two of Rock n' Roll's most legendary talents
to play this year's event. Former Foreigner lead singer Lou Gramm and
the rock group The Guess Who will headline the two-day event at
Miami Meadows Park, July 7 and 8.
Parking is $5.
"Lou Gramm and The Guess Who are known world-wide for their hit songs and style," said Dave Duckworth, Miami Township administrator. "We think the community will enjoy the great music that these performers will bring to our event."
In addition to the music, food and children's activities will also be available during the two-day event. A fireworks display from Rozzi's Famous Fireworks is scheduled Saturday, and other events are still to be added.
First rising to prominence as the frontman for platinum-selling hard rock combo Foreigner, Lou Gramm has mounted a successful solo career. Foreigner began in 1977, and had smash hits such as "Cold as Ice," "Hot Blooded," "Double Vision," "Urgent," and "Waiting for a Girl Like You," and the chart-topping power ballad "I Want to Know What Love Is." In the spring of 1997, on the eve of the band's planned Japanese tour, Gramm was diagnosed with a benign brain tumor; surgery preceded a year of rehabilitation and radiation treatment. Gramm is healthy again, and touring with his own band this year.
The Guess Who, the band that became Canada's first international
rock music superstars, began in 1962 in Winnipeg as 'Chad Allen &
The Reflections.' They recorded a cover of "Shakin' All
Over" that was a #1 single in Canada and reached #22 in America.
In 1969, "These Eyes" reached number three in the U.S. with
total sales of more than one million copies. Their second album for
RCA, "Canned Wheat" by The Guess Who, also released in 1968,
contained the Top 10 hits "Laughing" and "No Time"
as well as Top 40 hit "Undun."
It was "American Woman" in 1970 that gave The Guess Who a No. 1 single in the U.S., unseating The Beatles for three weeks straight. The top 10 album, also entitled "American Woman" contained the hits "No Sugar Tonight/New Mother Nature," which also went to No. 1 in Billboard for three weeks. Over the next few years the group continued to chart with the singles "Hand Me Down World", "Share The Land", "Bus Rider", "Rain Dance", "Albert Flasher", "Star Baby" and "Clap for the Wolfman", which reached No. 6 on the Billboard Charts, and the album "Greatest Hits". In all, the group has 14 bona fide Top 40 Hits to its credit.
Although membership in the group has changed through the years, they have remained musically consistent behind the strengths of original members Jim Kale (bass and vocals) and Garry Peterson (drums and vocals). Additionally, current members include Carl Dixon (vocals and guitars), Leonard Shaw (keyboards, flute, sax and vocals) and Bobby Bilan (guitars, theremin and vocals). As they perform hit after hit in concert, it's easy to see and hear why The Guess Who remain one of today's most sought after touring attractions.
For information on Mid Summer at the Meadows, please visit www.miamitwpoh.gov.
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