All Shook Up: Behind the Music of LSC's Latest Musical

Article by Joshua Cook

"All Shook Up" is the musical that was performed at Lyndon State College in Lyndonville, VT over last weekend. The Thursday through Sunday performances were rough, but overall manageable.
This video is an interview done after the Thursday night performance. A couple issues the musicians encountered were dealt with, and the final product was released. It was very much the same situation as when a video game console company releases their latest child to the world only to have to do tech support for the re-releases. The following shows went over much more smoothly. The more the band worked on a song before and after performances, the more we understood each others' roles.
Chris was very pleased with his first show, "Could not be more proud of my performers, this was my first time conducting and my shoulder hurts... we had a few bumps, but we really did well tonight" he says with a poorly lit smile on his face. "Gazelle" as he's more commonly known, was a focused, coordinated, and very direct conductor. He helped tune the instruments, create riffs and lines for the band in those "hard to learn" areas of the music, and even kept the energy and attitude positive throughout everything. The band pulled together and knew their individual places during the shows. Everybody had their time to shine, whether it was Sonny's drum solos, Linda's piano only songs, Dave's classic blues ending for some songs, Iain's crazy riffs he laid on top of it all, or Josh's bass holding the instruments together. Overall, everybody had fun, from the band, to the players, and especially the audience. It was also brought to our attention that the donations we received for this performance outweighed any record set in the last few years. There were reasons to feel good all around, and we hope to have shows in the future that are equally as successful and enjoyable.