Lou Gramm - Takes A New Stand!!!

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All Shows for Lou Gramm April, 25 2009 08:00 PM - Thomas & Mack Center , Las Vegas, Nevada - May, 20 2009 08:00 PM - Rock City , Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada, - May, 22 2009 08:00 PM - Century Casino , Edmonton, Alberta,Canada, - May, 23 2009 08:00 PM - Deerfoot Inn & Casino , Calgary, Alberta, Canada, - May, 30 2009 08:00 PM - Ovens Auditorium 2700 E. Independence Boulevard, Charlotte, North Carolina 28205 -
CD Release Party
June, 17 2009 08:00 PM - Anfiteatro Sambil
, Caracas, Venezuela, -

June, 20 2009 08:00 PM - Sam Houston Race Park
7575 N Sam Houston Parkway West, Houston, Texas 77064 -

Concert Tickets: 800-211-3381
July, 4 2009 08:00 PM - Swim Beach Outdoor Events Center
, Big Bear Lake, California -

July, 18 2009 08:00 PM - Rock-N-Ribs/N. Central State College
, Mansfield, Ohio -

September, 2 2009 08:00 PM - CA State Fair/Golden 1 Stage
, Sacramento, California -

Artist Information
BIO:
Lou Gramm (born Louis A. Grammatico on May 2, 1950 in Rochester, New York) is an American rock vocalist and songwriter. He was the lead vocalist for the rock band Foreigner for over 27 years and also had a successful solo career. Lou is now recording and touring with the Lou Gramm Band.

Gramm began his musical career in his mid-teens, playing in local Rochester bands, including St. James Infirmary (later The Infirmary), and PHFFT. He later sang harmony vocals in another local band, Poor Heart; then went on to sing and play drums, and to eventually become frontman for the band Black Sheep. Black Sheep had the distinction of being the first American band signed to the Chrysalis label, which released their first single, "Stick Around" (1973). Soon after this success, Black Sheep signed with Capitol Records, releasing two albums in succession S/T (1974) and Encouraging Words (1975).

With his powerful vocals, Lou Grammatico became Lou Gramm as frontman for the band initially known as "Trigger," and later renamed Foreigner and became one of the most successful rock vocalists of the late 1970s and 1980s. Gramm was the lead vocalist on many of Foreigner's hit songs, including "Feels Like The First Time", "Cold As Ice", "Hot Blooded", "Urgent", "Double Vision", "Juke Box Hero", "Head Games", "Dirty White Boy" and "Say You Will". The band achieved two of its biggest hits with the ballads "Waiting for a Girl Like You", which spent ten weeks at 2 on the 1981 American singles charts, and "I Want to Know What Love Is", which was a number 1 hit internationally in 1984.

In 1987 Gramm released his first solo album, Ready or Not, which received critical acclaim and contained a top five hit single with "Midnight Blue". This was followed by a late 1987 Foreigner album Inside Information and, eventually, a second solo effort, Long Hard Look, that included the top ten hit, "Just Between You and Me", and "True Blue Love", which reached the Top 40. Gramm also performed the title song from the 1987 movie The Lost Boys, titled "Lost in the Shadows."

Shadow King was another of Lou’s projects which released its self-titled album on the Atlantic label in 1991. It remains a cult classic among hard rock and heavy metal fans worldwide. With its evocative hooks and melodies, outstanding keyboards and guitars, and the ever powerful vocals of Lou Gramm, it is truly one of the best hard rock releases of the 90s.

Gramm returned to Foreigner in 1992 to record three new songs for the compilation, The Very Best of ... and Beyond, bringing a new energy back into the mix. In 1994, the group released the album Mr. Moonlight on the Rhythm Safari label.

In April 1997, two months after providing vocals for Christian rock band Petra's Petra Praise 2: We Need Jesus, and on the eve Foreigner was to leave for a Japan tour, Gramm was diagnosed with a brain tumor. Surgery was successful and Lou continued to tour with Foreigner until late 2002.

In 2003, Gramm once again split from Foreigner to rejuvenate his solo career. Following the death of both his father and mother, Bennie and Nikki Grammatico (he a trumpeter and bandleader, she a singer for his Big Band, The Gateswingers), Gramm fulfilled a lifelong wish of his parents that their three musical sons might someday make their music together. Gramm and his brothers, Ben and Richard, formed the current lineup of the Lou Gramm Band (also known as "LGB"). The band has been touring the U.S., Canada, and Mexico steadily since January 2004, as well as occasional dates off the continent...and the touring continues. Lou, Ben, and Richard, with friends Don Mancuso and Andy Knoll, play a retrospective of Gramm's work with Foreigner, his solo material, plus a few personal favorites of their own. In addition, the band has taken on Christian rock. The Lou Gramm Band will soon release a Christian rock album, which is currently in production, on the Spectra label.

Band Members THE LOU GRAMM BAND

Lou Gramm-Vocals

Richard Gramm-Guitar & Bass

Ben Gramm-Drums

Don Mancuso-Guitar & Bass

Andy Knoll-Keyboards




Discography

1973-"Stick Around" Black Sheep/single/Chrysalis

1974- Black Sheep/Black Sheep/Capital Records

1975- Encouraging Words/Black Sheep/Capital

March 1977- Foreigner/Atlantic Records
Chart Position #4
5 times platinum
singles- Feels Like The First Time #4
Cold As Ice #6
Long Long Way From Home #20

April 1978- FM Original Soundtrack/MCA Records
Chart Position #5
Platinum
Featuring "Cold As Ice"

June 1978- Double Vision/Atlantic Records
Chart Position #3
7 times platinum
singles- Hot Blooded #3 (gold)
Double Vision #2 (gold)
Blue Morning, Blue Day #15

Sept 1979- Head Games/Atlantic Records
Chart Position #5
5 times platinum
singles- Dirty White Boy #12
Head Games #14
Women #41

July 1981- Foreigner Four/Atlantic Records
Chart Position #1
6 times platinum
singles- Urgent #4
Waiting For A Girl Like You #2 (gold)
Jukebox Hero #26
Break It Up #26
Nightlife #14

Nov 1982- The Best Of Foreigner/Atlantic Records
Chart Position #10
7 times platinum

Dec 1984- Agent Provocateur/Atlantic Records
Chart Position #4
3 times platinum
singles- I Want to Know What Love Is #1 (gold)
That Was Yesterday #12
Reaction To Action #54
Down On Love #54

Feb 1985- Vision Quest Original Soundtrack/Geffen
Chart Position #11
Gold
featuring "Hot Blooded"

Feb 1987- Ready or Not/Solo Album/Atlantic Records
Chart Position #27
singles- Midnight Blue #5
Ready Or Not #54

July 1987- The Lost Boys Soundtrack/Atlantic
Chart Position #15
Gold
single- Lost In The Shadows/Lou Gramm

Dec 1987- Inside Information/Atlantic Records
Chart Position #15
Platinum
singles- Say You Will #6
I Don't Want To Live Without You #5
Heart Turns To Stone #56

Nov 1989- Long Hard Look/Solo Album/Atlantic
Chart Position #85
singles- Just Between Me and You #6
True Blue Love #40

July 1990- Navy Seals Sountrack/Atlantic/WEA
featuring "Hangin'On My Hip" Lou Gramm

Oct 1991-Shadow King/Shadow King/Atlantic
singles- I Want You
Don't Even Know I'm Alive

Nov 1992- Foreigner: The Very Best And Beyond
Atlantic Records
Chart Position #123
2 times platinum
singles- Soul Doctor #5
With Heaven On Our Side
Prisoner Of Love

Nov 1993- The Best Of Foreigner Live/Atlantic

Feb 1995- Mr. Moonlight
Chart Position #136
singles- Rain
Until The End of Time #42
Under The Gun #28

Aug 2000- Jukebox Heroes:The Foreigner Anthology
Rhino

Sept 2002- Complete Greatest Hits/Rhino

Sept 2002- Definitive/WEA Int/European Release

April 2004- Hot Blooded and Other Hits
Rhino Flashback

Oct 2005- The Essentials/WSM/Canadian Release

March 2006- Definitive Collection/Rhino

Coming-Spring of 2009- The Lou Gramm Band CD
Spectra Records/North America
Frontiers Records/Europe and Asia

1973- Stick Around
1974- Black Sheep
1975- Encouraging Words
1977- Foreigner
1978- FM Original Soundtrack
1978- Double Vision
1979- Head Games
1981- Foreigner Four
1982- The Best Of Foreigner
1984- Agent Provocateur
1985- Vision Quest Original Soundtrack
1987- Ready or Not
1987- The Lost Boys Soundtrack
1987- Inside Information
1989- Long Hard Look
1990- Navy Seals Soundtrack
1991- Shadow King
1992- Foreigner: The Very Best And Beyond
1993- The Best Of Foreigner Live
1995- Mr. Moonlight
2000- Jukebox Heroes:The Foreigner Anthology
2002- Complete Greatest Hits
2002- Definitive Collection
2004- Hot Blooded and Other Hits
2005- The Essentials
2006- Definitive Collection
2009- The Lou Gramm Band

Band Website: http://www.lougramm.com/
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