Saturday Aug 15, 2015
Saturday, August 15, 7:30PM
Weesner Family Amphitheater – Minnesota Zoo
13000 Zoo Blvd
Apple Valley, MN 55124
TINA & THE B-SIDES
Tina and the B-Sides was formed out of the edgy new wave rock scene that was Minneapolis in the late ‘80s. Tina Schlieske had caught the bug early and had been working the bar scene for several years before she was even legal by sneaking into clubs to perform as early as 1984. Gradually she assembled a band playing in a tight fusion of bluesy folk-inspired and roughly-hewn Americana. They played every club that would have them and by 1989 recorded their debut album Tina and the B-Side Movement. It was released on her own Movement Records, which also became home to 1992s “Young Americans” and 1994s “Monster.” Pursuing a more rootsy vision of American rock & roll, Tina and the B-Sides went on to become one of the most popular bar bands in the Midwest during the 1990s. Word of mouth and relentless touring helped the band sell well over 50,000 CDs and caught the attention of several major labels.
After signing with Sire Records, they released their debut Salvation in early 1996 with follow up It’s All Just The Same in 1998. The Last Polka (a live recording) was released in 1999 and became the band’s last album. After 10 plus years of touring and recording Tina and band decided to take a break while she brought up her family. Even so, Tina and the other members never gave up playing and writing. Each of them still contribute to various musical projects as well as having their own bands. In 2009 the band played a reunion concert as part of the Music in the Zoo series and released A-Sides: The Best Of TBS independently on Movement Records. Currently, Schlieske along with members Laura, Troy, Jeremy and Ron still get together to write, and recorded another Tina and the B-Sides album released in late 2013.
MOLLY MAHER & HER DISBELIEVERS
If it is possible for a band to own a town then Molly Maher and her band of Disbelievers have to be about as close as it gets to holding the keys. Molly has been a friend to the Twin Cities scene. Aside from being an incomparable singer and songwriter with compelling depth and soul and cutting some tremendously engaging cd’s she has shared the stage with some of the best acts in the country. Among them, Los Lobos, And then there is the Disbelievers: Guitarist Erik Koskinen is a force to be reckoned with as a singer and songwriter. Paul Bergen, whose guitar playing has to be seen to be believed, J.T Bates on drums who is better off being Googled because his resume is just too long to be printed and Frankie Lee on bass who is a master of subtlty and understatement and like his band mates a formidable songwriter and singer. You will not see more talent performing more tightly on any stage anywhere.