Lubriphonic Comes to Sydney
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On Wednesday of next week, Hampden-Sydney will welcome the band Lubriphonic to campus. With a smooth combination of soul, jazz, and rock’n’roll, the band lives up to its name by serving up songs that loosen you up and make you want to “dance and carouse” with each other, according to lead singer and guitarist Corey Giles.
While playing in Chicago some years ago, Corey met drummer Rick King; soon after, the two decided to start a band. After finding the musicians Giles and King wanted to play with, the band came together to see what would happen. What happened is a band that Giles “could never dream of” by letting “the players be the players to create something unique.”
Lubriphonic breaks away from the more traditional blues and jazz scene, since the band has no set musical theme. Each musician lends a different “stamp” to the music with his diverse background. “[Bassist] Rob Bell comes from a gospel background so he’ll throw down a different kind of bass line” onto a song which adds a different kind of sound. Trombonist Johnny Cotton and the horn section will add or build on that sound and King will put on what he feels the drums should sound like. After the band comes together and puts all those different stamps on it, the song then “becomes a Lubriphonics song.”
Preferring the stage to the recording studio, Lubriphonic is ecstatic to be on the road playing the East Coast. Plus, being on the road helps the creative process. “Being on the road helps you look at song differently when you’re in a different town; you’re not just going back to your apartment and thinking about the same things every day.” Also, being on the road keeps the band fresh and lively with new improvisations each night and different band members stepping up to play something new.
If you want to hear some body-moving music and have a good time, catch Lubriphonic in the Tiger Inn on September 9th at 9 PM.
Lubriphonic, an interesting word combination naming a band that makes a person want to get off their feet and shake their hips.
With a smooth combination of soul, jazz, and rock’n’roll, Lubriphonic lives up to its name by serving up songs that loosen a person up and makes people want to “dance and carouse” with each other according to lead singer and guitarist Corey Giles.
Giles says that a friend came up with the name “Lubriphonic” and it hasn’t changed since. Corey Giles met drummer Rick King while playing in Chicago and eventually the two wanted to start a band together. Rather than just wanting to break away from the more traditional blues and jazz scene with a set musical theme, Lubriphonic came together backwards; after finding who Giles and King wanted to play with, the band came together to see what happened. What happened is a band that Giles “could never dream of” by letting “the players be the players to create something unique.”
The uniqueness comes from each of the musicians lend a different “stamp” to the music with their diverse backgrounds. “[Bassist] Rob Bell comes from a gospel background so he’ll throw down a different kind of bass line” on to a song which adds a different kind of sound that trombonist Johnny Cotton and the horn section will add or build on to and King will put on what he feels the drums should sound like. The song then “becomes a Lubriphonics song” after the band comes together and puts all those different stamps on it.
Preferring the stage to the recording studio, Lubriphonic is ecstatic to be on the road playing on the East Coast. Plus being on the road helps the creative process. “Being on the road helps you look at song differently when you’re in a different town; you’re not just going back to you apartment and thinking about the same things every day.” Also, being on the road keeps the band fresh and lively with new improvisations each night and different band members stepping up to play something new.
If you want to hear some body moving music and have a good time, catch Lubriphonic in the Tiger Inn on September 9th at 9 PM.
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