"NO big deal" 2008...
Here's the deal...the band (which formed in 1994) is in its umpteenth incarnation. Featuring great vocals and musicians that can "move around the stage" (quite literally...drummers who can play guitar, a violinist who can play piano, guitar players who can go over to percussion, and singers out the..uh, you know), variety fills the music selection, too.
This former "cover band" has opened for the likes of Sheryl Crow, Atlanta Rhythm Section and Black Oak Arkansas. They do more than play Classic Rock and Southern Blues...they do it with style. They put on a production at Chattanooga's 2008 Riverbend, being joined onstage by the Chattanooga Boys Choir. Their renditions of a few classics enhance the overall entertainment value of this unique show...their original material falls somewhere between the Eagles and Lyle Lovett. The stage show is a combination of "Live At The Bluebird" and "Night At The Improv" (OK...maybe not quite that crazy...).
Dennis Massengale (charter member, front-man, singer and guitar player, song writer) has a resume that includes writing credits in several genres. Inspired by the Beatles and Jackson Browne, his orginal songs typically reflect the latest chapter in his life (although sometimes the fare is lighter, his subject matter being chosen because of a snippet heard at the coffee house).
The band "in a nutshell"...composed of any number of studio musicians (all with a vast history of live performance) - plays concerts in front of thousands with the same ease that the possess in the small clubs they book between festival dates!