“Tribute” to Return to Stage With Beatles Classics

Members of Alaska’s “Tribute” band is in its final rehearsals for a major rock concert of classic Beatles tunes at the Ketchikan Coliseum Theater on Saturday.

Known for its covers of the Beatles and Creedence Clearwater Revival, Tribute reconfigured its musician lineup earlier this year, adding Chuck Dingee, a veteran from the classic-rock band Walrus in Bellingham, WA, for the special Beatles tribute concert Nov. 14.

Dingee, shown here with a Walrus wannabee on Halloween, will play rhythm guitar and sing lead on popular Beatles songs from the 1960s and 1970s. Dingee is rehearsing this week with Tribute’s Dan Leask (drums), Tim Marsden (lead guitar, vocals, and keyboard), Ray Baines (bass and vocals), and Louisa Beal (keyboards and vocals).

“I’m looking forward to playing with Tribute this week,” Dingee says. “We plan to rock the Ketchikan Coliseum Theater with a memorable evening of Beatles music beginning at 1 p.m.”

Tickets for Saturday’s Beatles tribute concert are on sale at the theater in Ketchikan for $15. CDs by Tribute and the Walrus will also be available for sale at the event.

Beatles Tribute in Alaska

The Ketchikan Coliseum Theater is hosting its first rock concert on Saturday, Nov. 14, with a tribute to the classic rock music of the Beatles.

Beatles tribute in Ketchikan

The band will be “Tribute,” which has been playing Beatles music for several years in and around Ketchikan. The group will rock the Ketchikan Coliseum Theater with old favorites such as Help!, I Want You, She’s So Heavy; Revolution, Day Tripper, Ticket to Ride; Come Together; and Something.

The band will include Walrus veteran Chuck Dingee on guitar and vocals; Dan Leask on drums; Tim Marsden on lead guitar, vocals, and  keyboard; Ray Baines on bass and vocals; and Louisa Beal on keyboards and vocals.

The music should be out of this world!

The Beatles Tribute concert is at 1 pm Saturday, Nov. 14, and tickets can be purchased at the Ketchikan Coliseum Theater for $15.

 

Walrus “trio” jam

A lot of Walrus fans have been going down to Nicki’s Bella Marina in Bellingham on Friday nights to listen to Chuck Dingee and Joe Young play acoustic classic rock and pop tunes. Including me.

It was cool to see Jamie Shea at the club last Friday night. She hardly got inside the door when she was asked to join Joe and Chuck on the stage.

The three members of the Walrus played several songs before quitting around midnight.

I took this photo with my iPhone camera under red stage lights. (Originally uploaded by PhotoSynergy)

Tequila loves the Walrus

Tequila loves the Walrus

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This is an annual affair. Tequila!

Walrus Annual Meeting

Walrus Annual Meeting

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Hiccup!

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!

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Lots of fun playing in Port Angeles!

Walrus Weather

Walrus Virgo Party Tonight

They say it’s your birthday! It’s my birthday, too, yeah!

Look for CaptKathy and all the Walruses at the Wild Buffalo tonight for the annual Walrus Virgo Birthday Party. The Walrus will be rockin’ the dance floor with classic rock ‘n’ roll and original tunes from Uncovered, the Walrus CD.

As a special treat, Creative Events’ Kristie Lundstrom has baked 120 chocolate espresso-bean cupcakes. Yum!

Walrus Virgo Party: Sept. 12

This year’s annual Virgo party by the classic rock band Walrus will be held Friday, Sept. 12, at the Wild Buffalo in Bellingham.

The Walrus’ Jamie Shea and Chuck Dingee will be celebrating their Virgo birthdays, as will yours truly, Kathy Sheehan. This annual event is always a fun affair, attracting all kinds of Virgos and Virgo fans. There usually is a cake, too, so don’t miss it!

More details to follow.

Walrus: Born to Sing

The New York Times had an article about walruses on May 20 that didn’t mention Bellingham’s classic rock band per se, but … 

The article describes the walrus’ singing ability, saying that a walrus …

is an acoustic genius, its body an all-in-one band. Males woo females with lengthy compositions that have been compared in the complexity of their structure and phrasing to the songs of nightingales and humpback whales, but that use a greater number of body parts.

Walruses sing with their fleshy and muscular lips, tongues, muzzles and noses. They sing by striking their flippers against their chests to hit their pharyngeal pouches, balloon-like extensions of the trachea that are unique to Odobenus and that also serve as flotation devices.

In full breeding tilt, the bulls sound like a circus, a construction site, a Road Runner cartoon. They whistle, beep, rasp, strum, bark and knock. They make bell tones, jackhammer drills, train-track clatters and the rubber-band boing! of Wile E. Coyote getting bonked on the head. They mix and match their boings, bells and knocks, they speed up and slow down, they vocalize underwater, in the air, at the bubbly border between. They sing nonstop for days at a time, and their songs can be heard up to 10 miles away.

They listen to one another, take tips from one another and change their tune as time and taste require.