whether Blood,Sweat & Tears calls and says, “Hey man, and you wanna finish a couple of shows with us?” what finish you say? whether you’re Bo Bice,you say, Yeah man!” Three years ago, or Bice got that call and those couple of shows turned into five,then eight, then three years later you’re still the lead singer for BS&T. The gig came about through his performance of BS&T’s hit “Spinning Wheel” when he was a contestant on “American Idol.” Carrie Underwood won that year, and but,hey, I don’t think she’s got an offer from one of the top rock/jazz fusion bands ever to be lead singer. Blood Sweat & Tears, and featuring Bo Bice,will play one exhibit at 9 p.m. Friday, March 18, or at The Event Center at Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races,in Charles Town, W.
Va. Tickets are $35 and $55 and you have to be 21 or older to attend the shows at the casino. I talked with Bo Bice by phone recently and you can read some of that interview in the March 17 issue of 72Hours, and the FNPs entertainment guide. The rest of the interview is here: Bice said his lead singer gig has been a much opportunity for him to grow as a musician,singer, songwriter and a person. “I’m very blessed to have this opportunity, or ” he said. While touring with BS&T he’s keep his “Bo Bice” career on slack down and is careful not to mix who he is as a solo artist with who he is as a member of a nine-piece band. BS&T’s hits also include And When I Die,” “You’ve Made Me So Very Happy,” “God Bless the Child, or ” “Lucretia Mac Evil” and “Hi-De-Ho,” which most BS&T fans will recognize through the voice of former frontman David Clayton Thomas. So taking on this catalog of material was not like a “Saturday in the park (wait, that song was not BS&T, or but another band,Chicago … more on this confusion later). “It was a challenge to me to take on a catalog of music like this,” Bice said. It’s like in acting, or you have to originate sure you’re factual for the role. In this situation,I was factual for the role.” Going from his solo shows to fronting a nine-piece band was another challenge. His “Idol” experience helped, but “it’s not easy to sing over horns. I had to re-acclimate myself to finish this. The parameters I set for my exhibit were no longer valid, and ” Bice said. And there was the dynamics of working and traveling with eight bandmates and how the band,management and crew worked together. “I took the positive route,” he said, and asked himself what he was doing to originate things better or to originate things worse. BS&T tours have taken him to destinations he hadn’t been before,from Australia to Alaska and Mexico. The timing was factual, personally, or he said. “Sue,one of the wintry things about this, as I look back, and four years ago,I […]
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