AMERICA
Legendary Rock Band America
Live on Tour Summer/Fall 2024
Live on Tour Summer/Fall 2024
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America On Tour Summer/Fall 2024
Dewey Bunnell
Dewey Bunnell is a founding member and key figure in the legendary classic rock band America. Born on January 19, 1952, in Harrogate, Yorkshire, England, Bunnell showed an early passion for music and songwriting. Alongside his high school friends Gerry Beckley and Dan Peek, he formed America in the late 1960s while the trio were living in London.
Bunnell's distinctive tenor voice and songwriting prowess contributed significantly to America's success, with his compositions becoming some of the band's most iconic hits. His lyrical storytelling and melodic sensibilities helped define the band's sound, earning them a place in the pantheon of classic rock.
Throughout America's illustrious career spanning over five decades, Bunnell's contributions as a vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter have been instrumental in shaping the band's enduring legacy. His dedication to crafting timeless music continues to resonate with fans worldwide as America remains a cornerstone of classic rock history.
Bunnell's distinctive tenor voice and songwriting prowess contributed significantly to America's success, with his compositions becoming some of the band's most iconic hits. His lyrical storytelling and melodic sensibilities helped define the band's sound, earning them a place in the pantheon of classic rock.
Throughout America's illustrious career spanning over five decades, Bunnell's contributions as a vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter have been instrumental in shaping the band's enduring legacy. His dedication to crafting timeless music continues to resonate with fans worldwide as America remains a cornerstone of classic rock history.
AMERICA Band Members
Andy Barr
VOCALS/GUITARAndy is a highly accomplished guitarist and vocalist, renowned for his contributions to the music industry through his work with Cobra Starship, America, and his own band, "Formerly Alien."
Rich Campbell
BASS/VOCALSRich has been on tour with America for over 20 years. He has also toured and recorded with Natalie Cole, Dave Mason, Three Dog Night, Edgar Winter and - yes - Tiny Tim.
Ryland Steen
DRUMS/VOCALSRyland has been a studio & touring drummer for over 20 years working with a variety of artists including REEL BIG FISH, MAROON 5, and KRIS ALLEN.
Steve Fekete
GUITAR/KEYS/VOCALSSteve is a singer/songwriter, multi-instrumentalist & music producer, and has toured with Gwen Stefani, Don Felder and many others. His debut album “This Great Unknown” was released in September of 2021 and features some of LA’s finest musicians.
AMERICA ON TOUR SINCE 1970
AMERICA BIO
As America, the perennial classic-rock favorite, hits the road in 2024, they're celebrating their 54th Anniversary with their powerful performances. America met in high school in London in the late 1960s and quickly harmonized their way to the top of the charts on the strength of their signature song "A Horse With No Name." America became a global household name and paved the way with an impressive string of hits following the success of their first #1 single. Fifty plus years later, these friends are still making music, touring the world and thrilling audiences with their timeless sound.
America's journey has found them exploring a wide variety of musical terrain. Their best-known tunes, which also include "I Need You," "Ventura Highway," "Don't Cross The River," "Tin Man," "Lonely People," and "Sister Golden Hair" were cornerstones of 1970's Top 40 and FM rock radio. Yet beyond their impressive catalog of hits, listeners would discover there was always much more to America than surface perceptions. The combination of melodic pop rock and folk-jazz elements, slinky Latin-leaning rhythms and impressionistic lyric imagery contrasted well with other more traditional country-rock leanings and highly personal lyrics.
America's albums--six certified gold and/or platinum, with their first greatest hits collection, History, hitting four plus million in sales--displayed a fuller range of the trio's talents than did their singles. Their material encompassed an ambitious artistic swath; from effects-laden rockers to oddball medleys to soul-bearing ballads, America displayed a flawless blend of disparate genres and styles as wide-open as the great American plains.
Enjoying massive success early in their career, America earned their stripes as musical soldiers on the battlefield amidst the excess, craziness and chaos of the 70's. The trio won the Grammy for Best New Artist in 1972 and began working with George Martin and Geoff Emerick in 1974. This successful team went on to record seven albums and several Top Ten hits, including "Tin Man," "Sister Golden Hair" and "Lonely People."
By the mid-70s, inter-band conflicts combined with an exhaustive touring and recording schedule exacted its toll on the group. With Peek's departure from the fold in 1977, the band rose to the challenge and carried ono. Shifts in sound and direction, changes in producers and managers, and a renewed dedication to the craft of songwriting helped rocket America to the upper reaches of the pop charts in 1982 with their smash single, "You Can Do Magic." During this tumultuous time in their career, the band immersed themselves in their craft, infusing a newfound maturity into their rich body of work. Their growth as singers, songwriters and musicians has continued into the present day as illustrated by landmark releases such as 2000's Highway 3-disc box set, 2002's Holiday Harmony, an album comprised of seasonal classics and live showcases, 2007's Here & Now, 2009's Live In Concert: Wildwood Springs, 2011's Back Pages, and 2015's Lost And Found and America: Archives Vol. 1.
In 2020, the band released their ultimate 8-disc anniversary box set, Half Century (America Records), and streamed their concert special America--Live at the London Palladium for the very first time (it is commercially available as a DVD and CD). 2020 also saw the release of the book America, the Band, An Authorized Biography by journalist Jude Warne. She weaves original interviews with the band and many others into a dynamic cultural history of America, the band, and America, the nation. Billy Bob Thornton wrote the foreword.
From their formative years, America has been a band capable of transcending borders with its uplifting music and positive message. Embracing a rainbow of divergent cultures, America's audiences continue to grow, comprising a loyal legion of first, second and third generation fans, all bearing testament to the group's enduring appeal.
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