Oso Closo

This Monday night, Sept. 22, Oso is playing a free original music concert to celebrate the new version of the band’s album Rest and the live DVD packaged with it. It’s at the fabulous Kalita Humphreys Theater in Dallas, where Oso Closo is doing The Who’s Tommy most every night this month.

The FREE SHOW starts at 8 p.m. and the band is playing a special set in the theater. It’s not often rock bands get to play in theaters designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, so needless to say, this is a once-in-a-lifetime show you absolutely can’t miss. It’s Monday. It’s an early show. It’s FREE - as in zero money. No excuses!

The new Rest will be for sale Monday night. It’s been remixed and sounds ten times better than it did before. It’s essentially a new record. As a bonus, the new Rest comes packaged with a DVD of the original Rest release show at Hailey’s. The band also has a ton of new T-shirts for sale that are pure hotness.

And lastly, the theater brought in state of art sound and lights for the Tommy shows, and the band gets to push them to the max at the original Oso show. For that reason, a film crew is being brought in to document the whole thing for a future DVD. That means the band needs a packed, rowdy house. Bring your friends and enemies!

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OSO CLOSO
Rest re-release and DVD release party
Sept. 22, 2008 - 8 p.m.
FREE ALL AGES SHOW!
Kalita Humphreys Theater
3939 Turtle Creek Blvd
Dallas, TX

No Comments » Posted by estus / Uncategorized

so if you’ve come to see tommy then you already know, but if you haven’t let me tell you about what i think is arguably the best reason to see it…

the first day we rehearsed we worked on the finale of the show. this was the first time any of us got to hear the guy playing tommy.  we’d heard he was good. that he had a lot of soul…talk about the hugest understatement of the century. here’s the deal. his name is cedric neal.  and he’s an absolute genius. his control and power are so rare and so completely vital to the whole production. but its not really about technique and volume for me as much as his ideas. he has no rules and seemingly no boundaries in terms of what he’s capable of singing. save one. that it all sounds amazing and appropriate.  while im standing on stage thinking about the melody and how to establish it and still improvise but not make things too unclear and blah blah blah, cedric is taking every melody and dancing it right out of its pants and then making sweet love to it right in front of your eyes. honestly i feel like i learn something new about singing every single night. come see the show. see it for yourself.

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The none-too-easy-to-please Dallas media are ranting and raving about ‘Tommy.’ Here are a couple reviews:

Dallas Observer
Dallas Morning News
Fort Worth Star-Telegram

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so we opened last night. it was fantastic. the show is so good. i love it. i botched a verse of a tune in the end but other than that i think the whole thing went off without a hitch. not to mention the absolutely ridiculous hang that took place after the show. those theater kids sure know how to party. anyway no more rehearsals before shows or anything. we’re in the run. i’m really happy this has happened. i don’t really know what else to say. its a blast and i’m really blown away by how cool everybody in the production is. they’re all definitely going to be good friends for years to come. sorry i haven’t posted anything lately. i’ve been busy as hell. but i’m good now. quiet days and over the top rocking nights for the rest of the month. what a life i’m living right now. i am blessed.

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