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Appleton at 606 Club
Courtesy of Laura G Thorne | Posted on September 11, 2018
When
Thu, September 27, 2018
20:30
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Musicians
Caroll Vanwelden
vocalsThomas Siffling
trumpetAbout
In 1967 the Dutch Brenninkmeijer brothers, John (piano), Chris (bass) and Stephen (drums) did what many teenagers did at that time and formed a band, Appleton, with guitarist Harry Terkowski joining them in 1969. By 1971 the band had broken up, but fast forward 25 years to 1996 and Appleton, with essentially the same members, was reborn. In 1998 they added a three-horn brass section, with two of those three original horn section players still performing with the band today. The music, which was originally a youthful rock and pop mix, has now matured into a much more sophisticated Jazz/Groove style and with the relatively recent addition of singers Caroll Vanwelden and Barbara Drennan the transmutation of Appleton in to a sophisticated jazz-influenced groove-orientated band was complete...