AHEAD TODAY ON
"ciLIVING
Tim: THIS MUSIC GUEST
REQUIRES NO INTRODUCE, BUT HE
REQUIRES A FAN.
Heather: I LIKE IT.
JOINING US ON THE ciSTAGE, IT'S
THE TOM GRASSMAN BAND.
Guest: HI!
Heather: WELCOME.
SEEMS LIKE WE JUST SAW YOU AT
OUR LIVE CHRISTMAS SHOW.
Guest: IT WAS SO MUCH FUN!
Tim: IT'S NOT THE SAME BAND.
WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP TRACK.
HAVE YOU PUT A NUMBER ON THE
NUMBER OF BANDS YOU'RE IN?
Guest: IT VARIES BETWEEN
FOUR AND EIGHT.
Tim: THAT SEEMS TO BE A LOT
OF BANDS.
Heather: TELL ME ABOUT THE
TOM GRASSMAN BAND.
Guest: THE TOM GRASSMAN BAND
IS MY BAND.
I LIKE TO SAY I LIKE TO HAVE A
BAND EVERY NIGHT OF THE WEEK.
SATURDAY NIGHT IS A PARTY NIGHT,
'90s DAUGHTER.
THIS IS A FRIDAY NIGHT, IT'S
STILL A PARTY BAND.
I CALL IT ROCK AND ROLL PARTY
MUSIC.
Heather: YOU HAVE A SOLO
SHOW TONIGHT.
TODAY, YOU'RE JOINED BY FRIENDS.
IS IT NORMALLY SOLO?
Guest: IT'S EVERYTHING.
I DO DUOS, TRIOS, FULL BAND.
IT'S THE TOM GRASSMAN BAND.
Tim: ANYONE YOU CAN FIND TO
PLAY MUSIC WITH ESSENTIALLY.
Guest: YEAH, THERE'S NO
RULES!
Tim: WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE
IN SOUNDS BETWEEN YOUR FRIDAY
NIGHT AND SATURDAY NIGHT?
THIS IS MORE ROCK AND ROLL
ORIENTED BUT STILL FUN PARTY
MUSIC.
WE'RE DOING KISS AND CHEAP
TRICK.
WE'RE DOING A COUPLE OF THE
NEWER SONGS BUT I CALL IT ROCK
AND ROLL PARTY MUSIC.
TONIGHT, I'M DOING A SOLO SHOW
AT BOOMERANGS, 1309 WASHINGTON
IN URBANA.
Tim: DOES THE BAND COME TO
BOOMER RANG?
Guest: OH, YEAH.
Heather: BEFORE WE HAVE OUR
PERFORMANCE, LET'S INTRODUCE THE
BAND.
WHO DO YOU HAVE ON DRUMS?
STEVE.
Tim: THERE HE IS!
I JUST MADE THAT UP.
I LIKE STEVE EMERSON, THAT'S
YOUR NEW BAND NAME.
AND WE'VE GOT JOE GREENLY FROM
JORDAN AND JILL.
Heather: YAY!
WE'RE A FAN.
ALSO OF EMORY.
Guest: OF COURSE, EMORY ON
THE SOUND, MAN!
[SIMULTANEOUS SPEAKING.]
Guest: OUR SECRET WEAPON.
[LAUGHTER]
I TOLD HER I WASN'T GOING TO
DO THIS.
BUT JILL JUST STARTED PLAYING
THE BASS A FEW WEEKS AGO.
I NEEDED A BASS PLAYER.
SHE'S LIKE I'LL DO IT.
AND HERE WE ARE.
SHE'S KICKING BUTT.
SHE'S SHREDDING.
Tim: WE'RE GOING TO FIND OUT
HOW.
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO LEAD US
OFF WITH?
Guest: "THE MIDDLE" WITH
JIMMY EAT WORLD.
Tim: IT'S WEIRD YOU'RE
STARTING THE SHOW WITH "THE
MIDDLE".
BUT WHATEVER.
IT'S THE TOM GRASSMAN BAND ON
"ciLIVING."
♪
WHOO!
Tim: TOM GRASSMAN BAND ON
THE ciSTAGE STARTING OUR SHOW
WITH A SONG CALLED "THE MIDDLE".
Heather: THAT'S HOW YOU KICK
IT OFF, RIGHT THERE!