The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame + Museum


Summer in the City Concert featuring Free Energy

Summer in the City Concert Series Brought to you by:
Ohio Natural Gas
Wednesday, July 21: 7 p.m.

Philadelphia rock band Free Energy is comprised of ex-Hockey Night band members Paul Sprangers and Scott Wells, as well as Evan Wells, Geoff Bucknam and Nick Shuminksy. The band officially formed in the fall of 2007 and garnered attention with their melodic, hook-laden dance-rock tunes. The group recorded their debut album Stuck On Nothing with producer James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem. Released in March on DFA Records, the same month as their talked about SXSW Music Festival shows, Stuck On You has received critical acclaim from fans and the media: Rolling Stone magazine labeled Free Energy as a band to watch this year and have since appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman.

BLOG: Get to Know: FREE ENERGY | "We're going to rock the Hall of Fame"


Local support: Founding Fathers


Cleveland rock band Founding Fathers formed in 2009 and consist of John Kalman (guitar/vocals), John Neely (guitar), Carol Schumacher-Yachanin (Bass) and Stanton Thatcher (drums). Their first recording, a self-released 6-song EP titled Rapid Transit, is due out by the end of the year.

 

 

Summer in the City is sponsored by Ohio Natural Gas, Kia Motors, Time Warner Cable, KeyBank, Jim Beam and Twisted Tea.

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This event is part of:

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Summer in the City, a FREE live concert series featuring the most buzzed-about bands on the rise, returns this summer at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum on the Museum plaza (weather permitting, if necessary it will be moved inside to the Main Stage). Summer in the City is sponsored by Ohio Natural Gas, Magic Hat Brewing Company, Amtrak, KeyBank and Jim Beam.

Some of the country and region’s most popular up-and-coming bands and artists will perform for the first time at the Rock Hall. Each Summer the City artist or band has been invited to blog on rockhall.com/blog to share their experiences with fans: how they got started, their inspirations, their aspirations for the future and what their thoughts are on performing in Cleveland at the Museum.

Summer in the City 2011 Line-up included:

Wednesday, July 6th from 7-9 p.m.: Fitz and the Tantrums with Clovers
Wednesday, July 13th from 7-9 p.m.: Das Racist with Smoke Screen and Muamin Collective
Wednesday, August 3rd from 7-9 p.m.: The Joy Formidable with HotChaCha
Wednesday, August 17th from 7-9 p.m.: Murder by Death with the Buried Wires

 

Thanks to all of the bands that performed and thank you all who attended this year's concert series! Check out photo galleries from each show below. See you again next year!

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