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The year was 1969.
Popular British invasion band The Strolling Scones were on their first North American tour when their Volkswagen micro bus careened off the road into a reservoir in Colorado.
Crews drilling for gas wells in 2004 found the micro bus in an ice cave, with the band members frozen inside in a state of suspended animation.
Rushed to the Prestone Cryogenics lab in Boulder, the miraculously preserved musicians were restored to their pre-accident state and are now ready to resume their tour.
This fake bio for The Strolling Scones, the band scheduled to play Thursday, July 2, at the Eagle Town Park, appears on the band's Web site and sums up the group's quirky, retro schtick. (In reality, The Strolling Scones formed to play a New Year's Eve show in 2004-05).
Band members have invented 60's characters to play on stage. Lead singer Helen Highwater, 56, said she borrowed the name for her mini-skirt-wearing, Go-Go-boot sporting character, Yarley London, from a popular 60's makeup line called Yardley of London.
“I just gave her the bio I would have liked to have had,” Highwater said. “She was raised in London with hip, arty parents. Her father was a film director and her mother was a model. So she was raised with success and privilege.”
With British accents and retro sounds, the band puts on a form of musical theater designed to transport audiences back to the 60s.
“We think it was the best decade in pop music,” Highwater said.
Just as the name Strolling Scones is a nod to the rock band Rolling Stones, classic 60s music is a staple of the band's shows.
At the Eagle park, expect to hear cover songs by artists like Jimi Hendrix, Cream and Jefferson Airplane.
Along with covers, The Strolling Scones also plays original '60s-style pop-rock.
“It's geared for dancing,” Highwater said.
To give the songs that retro sound, the guitarist makes heavy use of the wah-wah pedal and the singers break into rich vocal harmonies. Thursday's performers will include Highwater on lead vocals and bass, Rick Stockton (as T. Malcolm Oxford) on lead vocals and guitar, Justin Hess (as Steward Dewar) on drums, John White on alto sax, Willie Wright on tenor sax and Tony Peters on trombone.
The show is the first of this summer's American National Bank ShowDown Town concerts. The concert series, presented by the Town of Eagle, is a project of the Vail Valley Foundation.
Additional free shows will include Hustle on Thursday, July 9; Matt Clark Band on Thursday, July 16; Bonfire Dub on Thursday, July 23; and Grass It Up on Thursday, July 30.
Popular British invasion band The Strolling Scones were on their first North American tour when their Volkswagen micro bus careened off the road into a reservoir in Colorado.
Crews drilling for gas wells in 2004 found the micro bus in an ice cave, with the band members frozen inside in a state of suspended animation.
Rushed to the Prestone Cryogenics lab in Boulder, the miraculously preserved musicians were restored to their pre-accident state and are now ready to resume their tour.
This fake bio for The Strolling Scones, the band scheduled to play Thursday, July 2, at the Eagle Town Park, appears on the band's Web site and sums up the group's quirky, retro schtick. (In reality, The Strolling Scones formed to play a New Year's Eve show in 2004-05).
Band members have invented 60's characters to play on stage. Lead singer Helen Highwater, 56, said she borrowed the name for her mini-skirt-wearing, Go-Go-boot sporting character, Yarley London, from a popular 60's makeup line called Yardley of London.
“I just gave her the bio I would have liked to have had,” Highwater said. “She was raised in London with hip, arty parents. Her father was a film director and her mother was a model. So she was raised with success and privilege.”
With British accents and retro sounds, the band puts on a form of musical theater designed to transport audiences back to the 60s.
“We think it was the best decade in pop music,” Highwater said.
Just as the name Strolling Scones is a nod to the rock band Rolling Stones, classic 60s music is a staple of the band's shows.
At the Eagle park, expect to hear cover songs by artists like Jimi Hendrix, Cream and Jefferson Airplane.
Along with covers, The Strolling Scones also plays original '60s-style pop-rock.
“It's geared for dancing,” Highwater said.
To give the songs that retro sound, the guitarist makes heavy use of the wah-wah pedal and the singers break into rich vocal harmonies. Thursday's performers will include Highwater on lead vocals and bass, Rick Stockton (as T. Malcolm Oxford) on lead vocals and guitar, Justin Hess (as Steward Dewar) on drums, John White on alto sax, Willie Wright on tenor sax and Tony Peters on trombone.
The show is the first of this summer's American National Bank ShowDown Town concerts. The concert series, presented by the Town of Eagle, is a project of the Vail Valley Foundation.
Additional free shows will include Hustle on Thursday, July 9; Matt Clark Band on Thursday, July 16; Bonfire Dub on Thursday, July 23; and Grass It Up on Thursday, July 30.
