{"id":8949,"date":"2015-09-25T08:00:52","date_gmt":"2015-09-25T13:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=8949"},"modified":"2015-09-25T10:21:46","modified_gmt":"2015-09-25T15:21:46","slug":"wttw-reunites-chicagos-legendary-rock-bands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2015\/09\/25\/wttw-reunites-chicagos-legendary-rock-bands\/","title":{"rendered":"WTTW special reunites Chicago\u2019s legendary rock bands"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_8950\" style=\"width: 825px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2015\/09\/25\/wttw-reunites-chicagos-legendary-rock-bands\/\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8950\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8950\" alt=\"\u201cCornerstones of Rock: American Garage&quot;\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/WTTW.jpg\" width=\"815\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/WTTW.jpg 815w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/WTTW-300x147.jpg 300w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/WTTW-150x73.jpg 150w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/WTTW-400x196.jpg 400w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/WTTW-800x392.jpg 800w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/WTTW-200x98.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 815px) 100vw, 815px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8950\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/a> \u201cCornerstones of Rock: American Garage\"<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Some of the top garage bands that emerged from Chicago and rose to national fame in the 1960s and \u201970s will come together next month in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wttw.com\" target=\"_blank\">WTTW-Channel 11<\/a> studio that still produces the music series \u201cSoundstage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/interactive.wttw.com\/cornerstones-of-rock\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cCornerstones of Rock: American Garage,\u201d<\/a> featuring The Ides of March, The Buckinghams, The Cryan Shames, The New Colony Six, The Shadows of Knight, The McCoys and The American Breed, will be taped October 16 at the Window to the World Communications public television station, 5400 North St. Louis Avenue.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Jim Peterik of The Ides of March will host what\u2019s billed as the once-in-a-lifetime concert special with Wendy Snyder, veteran Chicago rock radio DJ and midday personality at Tribune Media news\/talk <a href=\"http:\/\/wgnradio.com\" target=\"_blank\">WGN AM 720.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>No airdate has been announced for the show, which is projected for broadcast later this year on WTTW and as a possible pledge drive special on public television stations nationwide.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8952\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Jim-Peterik.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8952\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-8952\" alt=\"Jim Peterik\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Jim-Peterik-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Jim-Peterik-150x150.jpg 150w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Jim-Peterik-57x57.jpg 57w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Jim-Peterik-72x72.jpg 72w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Jim-Peterik-114x114.jpg 114w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Jim-Peterik-144x144.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8952\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jim Peterik<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe Chicago rock scene from the mid-1960s to the early 1970s belongs in the same category as the fertile hubs of Liverpool, San Francisco, Seattle, and Nashville through the years,\u201d Peterik said in a statement. \u201cThis special shines a spotlight on the local groups from the suburban Chicago area who defined that era as they rose through the teen clubs all the way to national prominence. We are thrilled to bring them all together on the same stage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Among original members of the bands expected to perform:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Buckinghams \u2013 Carl Giammarese and Nick Fortuna with special guest and original singer Dennis Tufano (\u201cKind of a Drag\u201d)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The Cryan Shames \u2013 Tom Doody, James Fairs, and Jim \u201cJ.C. Hooke\u201d Pilster (\u201cSugar and Spice\u201d)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The New Colony Six \u2013 Ray Graffia and Ronnie Rice (\u201cI Will Always Think About You\u201d)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The Shadows of Knight \u2013 Jimy Sohns with Dennis Tufano and Ted Aliota (\u201cGloria\u201d)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The McCoys \u2013 Rick Derringer (\u201cHang On Sloopy\u201d)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The American Breed \u2013 Gary Loizzo, Al Ciner, Chuck Colbert, Jr., and Lee Graziano (\u201cBend Me Shape Me\u201d)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>A tribute to the band Chase (\u201cGet it On\u201d) performed by The Ides of March, with an appearance by Chase member Dartanyan Brown<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>A tribute to the late Mitch Aliota (Aliota Haynes Jeremiah) featuring The Ides of March, Ted Aliota, and all of the groups, performing \u201cLake Shore Drive\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Tickets will be available online for the event at <a href=\"http:\/\/interactive.wttw.com\/cornerstones-of-rock\" target=\"_blank\">wttw.com\/cornerstones.<\/a> Prices range from $50 for general admission to $125 for VIP seating.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some of the top garage bands that emerged from Chicago and rose to national fame in the 1960s and \u201970s will come together next month in the WTTW-Channel 11 studio that still produces the music series \u201cSoundstage.\u201d \u201cCornerstones of Rock: American Garage,\u201d featuring The Ides of March, The Buckinghams, The Cryan Shames, The New Colony... <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2015\/09\/25\/wttw-reunites-chicagos-legendary-rock-bands\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&#8594;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8949"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8949"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8949\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8965,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8949\/revisions\/8965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}