Featured Artist: School's Open
Venue: School II, Chanhassen, MN
Date: November 10, 2010
Time: 7:00pm
Eric Cavanaugh and Mark "Guido" Alm have a long history of playing together. The gentlemen kicked off their music career in the seventh grade. They were frequently participants in high school talent shows, special guests in classroom performances, and entertainment at local parties. They were never adverse to creating opportunities to show off their musical chops.
The Bungalow Boys are two members of the well-known local group, The Eddy Bungalow Band. Cavanaugh and Alm created the offshoot, Bungalow Boys, because they thoroughly enjoy performing live. Performing as an acoustic duo allows a greater pool of venues in which to perform, many of which are not equipped to handle a full band. Cavanaugh and Alm are able to promote The Eddy Bungalow Band with their performances in smaller venues as the Bungalow Boys. Acoustically, the two create a more instrumental, melodic sound from that of The Eddy Bungalow Band. However, they do retain the Eddy Bungalow sound while experimentally veering away from the full band's convention.
Although Cavanaugh and Alm have a ten-year history together, do not think they are generally of like mind. They tend to think of themselves as "slightly opposite" from each other (assuming opposites can be measure in varying degrees). Cavanaugh divulges that each will frequently present an idea and one will be as steadfastly for it as the other is opposed to it. When they happen upon that rare common ground where their ideas coincide, they agree the result is worth the effort.
Offstage, the two can be found enjoying various outdoor sports and activities. Should you spot a group of gentlemen jamming as they float down the river, it is possible you are witnessing the Bungalow Band Boat. The band's boat is their unique way of combining their love of the outdoors with their love of music, and it's a great vehicle for sparking the ideas that fuel their music.
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