Colby Dobbs Band

When an established rock act performs in concert you’ve got the benefit of knowing their music beforehand as you’ve bought the records or CDs or, these days you’ve downloaded their music. You’ve experienced it before and that adjusts your perspective on it as it is familiar to you. If you’re not a collector of music, you’ve heard their work on the radio. For a local band it’s tough as they don’t have that luxury of having the promotion engine behind them getting their music on the radio and in stores. I am lucky in the case of the Colby Dobbs Band. I have heard recordings of their music. I’ve sat down and spoken with them in a conversational type interview for my Internet radio show as well as it being incorporated on Live Limelight. I know these guys and walked into the Visulite with an already standing appreciation of their music and where they’re coming from stylistically, as well as where their influences have pushed them. I have to say that they’re much better live than they are on their three song EP. There is an additional punch to everything when seeing them perform live. I, from the first time I’d heard their music on the EP, I knew that this band has a distinct sound and a great potential. It’s to the point now that I’m envious of my coconspirators in Live Limelight who got to experience the Colby Dobbs Band live first rather than recorded first. They’re finishing their album, a prize they won in the raffle for Plaza-Midwood Community Radio (PMCR), and I can’t wait for it to be released. The new songs are wonderful and unique. When a band has a sound that is unique you wonder if they’re going to be stuck in that particular mode their entire musical career. The Colby Dobbs Band has the versatility to approach each song differently, and though their sound is distinct enough to tell that it’s them and not confuse them with anyone else, their songs each stand on their own as individual pieces. There was a new song to me, “Cincinnati Queen” and it is a welcome addition.

As far as a performance goes, they’re really into what they’re doing. You can tell the sheer joy that they have in performing the music just by watching their faces. They’re into it and loving performing. I’ve mentioned the increased punch in their live performance over what they’d recorded and I can’t tell if the songs have evolved to include that or that it’s something they’ve done because they were performing live. Either way, it doesn’t matter as it works and works well. I’ve known many bands that have their recordings be simpler versions of their live performance, and when they play live they pull out all the stops.

Since this is essentially a checking back in on them kind of article, I’m going to stop here and say that this is one of the best local bands in Charlotte. - LiveLimelight

When an established rock act performs in concert you’ve got the benefit of knowing their music beforehand as you’ve bought the records or CDs or, these days you’ve downloaded their music. You’ve experienced it before and that adjusts your perspective on it as it is familiar to you. If you’re not a collector of music, you’ve heard their work on the radio. For a local band it’s tough as they don’t have that luxury of having the promotion engine behind them getting their music on the radio and in stores. I am lucky in the case of the Colby Dobbs Band. I have heard recordings of their music. I’ve sat down and spoken with them in a conversational type interview for my Internet radio show as well as it being incorporated on Live Limelight. I know these guys and walked into the Visulite with an already standing appreciation of their music and where they’re coming from stylistically, as well as where their influences have pushed them. I have to say that they’re much better live than they are on their three song EP. There is an additional punch to everything when seeing them perform live. I, from the first time I’d heard their music on the EP, I knew that this band has a distinct sound and a great potential. It’s to the point now that I’m envious of my coconspirators in Live Limelight who got to experience the Colby Dobbs Band live first rather than recorded first. They’re finishing their album, a prize they won in the raffle for Plaza-Midwood Community Radio (PMCR), and I can’t wait for it to be released. The new songs are wonderful and unique. When a band has a sound that is unique you wonder if they’re going to be stuck in that particular mode their entire musical career. The Colby Dobbs Band has the versatility to approach each song differently, and though their sound is distinct enough to tell that it’s them and not confuse them with anyone else, their songs each stand on their own as individual pieces. There was a new song to me, “Cincinnati Queen” and it is a welcome addition.

As far as a performance goes, they’re really into what they’re doing. You can tell the sheer joy that they have in performing the music just by watching their faces. They’re into it and loving performing. I’ve mentioned the increased punch in their live performance over what they’d recorded and I can’t tell if the songs have evolved to include that or that it’s something they’ve done because they were performing live. Either way, it doesn’t matter as it works and works well. I’ve known many bands that have their recordings be simpler versions of their live performance, and when they play live they pull out all the stops.

Since this is essentially a checking back in on them kind of article, I’m going to stop here and say that this is one of the best local bands in Charlotte. - LiveLimelight