Brian Scram Band CD Release Party- Club 54 6-21-07 (M)

Brian Schram Band CD Release Party- Review (M)
Current mood: lethargic

Brian Scram Band CD Release Party- Club 54 6-21-07 

Well folks, if you were not at Club 54 Thursday night for the Brian Schram CD release party, you missed one hell of an EVENT. Put on by DetroitCity.com and hosted by WRIF Yes, this was an event unlike any Hall Road has seen before. As Doug Podell likes to say…Hall Road will never be the same. From the spotlights in the parking lot to the Huge stage & sound system brought in especially for this night, there was an aura surrounding this show that has not been present in C-Town before. Like that song says  ....oh what a night! WOW!  From the moment you walked into "da Club", you new something special was going down. And special it was. The club was packed to the gills for this show and the local Detroit Music scene was well rep'd tonight. The crowd was filled with local musicians, radio personalities and a heck of a lot of fans. They say da Club will hold 500 people, and my guess is they were real close to that. Thanks to our favorite club for the Reserved table! As the night progressed we had many an opportunity to chat with many of the local musicians in attendance as they all seemed to stop by to say hi. This was a great start for our new web site due out soon DetroitRockReview.com or DR2 for short, as we where able to conduct some interviews and secure some for the near future. All this and more is what DR2 is all about. Unlike some "local" music sites around town, we are not just interested in the next band from Detroit to blow up, but rather, we are interested in ALL bands from Detroit and Michigan in general. We love music, and more importantly, we love to support local musicians who are constantly changing the look and sound of Michigan made music. Tonight's show got off to a bombastic start with the Unheard. I'll say this about this group, the more you hear and see them, the more they seem to gel as a group. They were very tight, and Ken let loose like I've not heard him do before. I really do like their song Helpless, and tonight they nailed it! I have a feeling we'll be hearing more great things from these guys. They are scheduled to appear at next weeks Stars and Stripes Festival in Mt Clemens on June 30. Check them out at myspace.com/theunheard. Well this night was the Brian Schram Band's night, and when they hit the stage at 11:15, the crowd let him know who they were here to see. From the moment the lights went down, the crowd jumped to its feet and never let go. With an arsenal of new material, BSB kranked through a 12 song set that lite the stage on fire. When technical difficulties hit during the showing of his new "Privacy" video, Schram grabbed the mike and said "Who the hell needs a video anyway" and proceeded to rip the crowd with the song anyways. Again, this is the stuff that can really show what a performer is made of, facing adversity at the most un- opportune time, and coming through it as if nothing happened at all. I love it! And so did everyone else at da Club as the front of the stage was swarmed with people dancing and pumping their fist to the song! Great night for the Schram Band, and from what I seen and heard, certainly not going to be the last. You can find more on BSB at schramband.com. Now when most shows come to a climax as it did last night when the BSB hit their final chord, there is a mass exodus to the front door. Not this night. As I had said before, this was shaping up to be one of those "special" nights, and as the boys from the Unheard and the Schram Band settled back into the crowd, Soul Circus took the stage. And not to an empty club. As you can see in the photos, to my surprise, they came for music and they stayed for the music. Awesome display of Motor City Love as the front of the stage filled up again for the final set. Finding themselves in the awkward position of closing out a show after the headlining act was done, Soul Circus laid it down for all of those who stayed. I will admit that I feared the worst for these guys, but they did not back down, and rose to the occasion with another of their fun "Party" sets. John Massey and Ken Thomas continue to just blast the beat for this band to feed off of! Check these guys out at their next show at the DawgHouse in Clinton Twp for the Stars and Stripes Festival after party and on myspace.com/soulcircusdetroit. 

Wow, all that and I had to be at work by 8:00 am……..I'm not sure if I still hear the music thumping in my head or is it just that I'm toast today! No time for rest though, the DR2 crew is off to the Hayloft Liquor Stand in Downtown Mt. Clemens tonight for the Camel Summer Series featuring the Brave Rifles and The Muggs. Stop by and chat if you see us there. Later.M