Madrigal
Spokane,
Washington
1977
~ 1995
Members
Craig
Brandt ~ Bass, Vocals
David
Cebert ~ Keyboards, Vocals
Kevin
Dodson ~ Drums, Vocals
Steve
Dornbier ~ Guitar
Curtis
Graham ~ Percussion, Vocals
Larry
Garcia ~ Percussion, Vocals
Joe
Harris ~ Guitar
Randy
Judge ~ Guitar, Sound
Dan
McInery ~ Guitar
Bob
Patterson ~ Guitar, Vocals
Ron
Rodriguez ~ Bass
Crew
Jake
Dault ~ Lights
There are 2
Madrigal CD's available for purchase. I'm sure if someone got in
contact with me, I could get them a CD.
Craig Brandt
Madrigal
was formed in 1977 by Kevin Dodson (18) and Dave Cebert (15) in Spokane
Washington. The band was the brainchild of Kevin who met Dave by
receiving a phone call from a band who were "Firing" their Keyboard
Player.
Kev went to the band's practice house and heard Deep Purple being
played
from the basement. When he got downstairs he saw Dave coping
Ian's
voice and Lord's organ parts to a tee! He was immediately hired!
The bands
presence
was a response to their love of progressive music. They created mostly
original music and covered the progressive bands of the time (Genesis,
Gentle Giant, King Crimson, Jethro Tull, Yes, Ambrosia and many
others).
During the early days the band spent many tedious hours in the basement
writing music and pondering the Universe before finally hitting the
tour
circuit. They appeared on the scene in the Summer of 1977: the
very
year that Punk Rock stole the stage and pretty much the entire
International
conciseness! Prog Rock has always been Rock n' Roll's bastard
stepchild
and in the late 70's was pretty much the brunt of sneer's and jeers by
the rock press and most "hip" people of the time. So the journey
Madrigal found themselves on was an uphill struggle to say the least!
The Band toured
the
Northwest and parts of Canada for the remainder of the 70's and early
80's.
Many original compositions were lost in the stream of time as they
sadly,
never recorded an album from this period. After a brief time of
gigging
and "explorations" the band finally disbanded in early 1980. This
began a long period of "cover" band work under the new name "UVU" with
new membership that ended in the Summer of 1986. This left only Kevin
and
new guitarist Steve Dornbier to continue on.
In the late
80's
the band reformed with almost totally new membership except for Kevin
(the
only surviving original member) and released two albums on the French
label
MUSEA that have enjoyed surprising success in Europe, especially since
they have never toured in support of either album! The current
Renaissance
(no pun intended!) of Prog style bands is playing a part in rekindling
interest in the band, who are currently back together writing and
rehearsing
new material. For more info on the band go to MUSEA's web site www.musearecords.com
or visit Audiocandy at www.audiocandy.com
where you can listen to files from the second CD "On My Hands". You can
also contact Kevin at kevd1@apexmail.com
or Craig Brandt at crgrb@earthlink.net
