Celebrate the Uptown Band’s 10th year anniversary and their nomination as Best New Adult Contemporary Group New Music Magazine. With their single release that Jenifer Kinder wrote ‘I Can Breathe’ at # 5 in the nation on the New Music Weekly AC Chart ahead of Taylor Swift, Coldplay and Gwen Stefani, the Uptown Band has good reason to celebrate!
So how do you get a hit single and a best new Adult Contemporary Group nomination? Well, on the way to making a living as an accountant Erich Cawalla came to a fork in the road. Erich Cawalla tells the story from the beginning. He says he always sang and then fell in love with the sax at age 13. He talks about recording in the basement, hauling equipment in a mini-van, singing with Burning House and the Bobby Mercer Road Show.
It all led up to forming The Uptown Band with Jenifer Kinder. Behind the headlines and the glitz and glamour Erich shares the reality of performing over 200 shows a year and the beginning of BANDAPALOOZA 5 years ago. It was the Uptown Band’s way of giving back to the community that supported them from the beginning.
Now it’s 10 year anniversary party time! Get your tickets for BANDAPALOOZA at the Crowne Plaza Reading March 25 at 7pm. It’s a party featuring the Uptown Band, Bunchafunk, The Groovemasters and DJ Bob Tier. There will be a raffle for a customized 10th anniversary Uptown Band guitar made by Dave Lewis.
All proceeds will go to the ‘Alisa B Anderson Voice Scholarship Program’ through the Reading Musical Foundation.
