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| | Four (album) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Chan Kinchla - Guitar (Acoustic), Mandolin, Guitar (Electric), Vocals (bckgr) | | | The song Hook shares the same harmonic structure as Johann Pachelbel's Canon in D. |
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| | When you look back at an album it recalls a time,Ó Kinchla said, underlining the fact that each one is special to the band members because of their changing musical philosophies at the time each album was produced. | | | Kinchla explained that the band will spend the upcoming winter in the studio producing their next record. | | | Meeting almost daily after school, Kinchla, John Popper, Bob Sheehan and Brendan Hill had a dream shared by many high school rockers Ñ to assure their CDs could be found on the dressers and in the drawers of the next generation of music fans. |
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http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/Content/1998/11/19/news/seltzer.txt
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| | Hexapedia - Blues Traveler |
| | Blues Traveler is an American jam band, led by John Popper (vocals, harmonica) along with Chan Kinchla (guitar), Brendan Hill (drums), Tad Kinchla (bass) and Ben Wilson (keyboards). | | | Former member Bobby Sheehan (bass) died in 1999 of a drug overdose in New Orleans. |
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http://www.hexafind.com/encyclopedia/Blues_Traveler
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| | dmusic.com - INTERVIEW WITH CHAN KINCHLA |
| | Kinchla insists that the band does not worry about where it might fit in to the current music scene. | | | Kinchla believes the new album is one of the strongest in Blues Traveler's body of work. | | | Blues Traveler is playing some of the material from the album on the fall tour and Kinchla says it is being well received. |
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http://news.dmusic.com/article/3134
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| | Aspen Times News for Aspen Colorado - Arts and Entertainment |
| | Kinchla, though in his early teens, was one of the core group that watched the band at places like Dan Lynch's, Nightingale's and Wetland's Preserve. | | | Kinchla said it took awhile to get detached from the original versions of the songs. | | | Among the unusual experiences Kinchla has had in his musical career, traveling around New Jersey as a 10-year-old singing spiritual choral music ranks a distant second. |
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http://www.aspentimes.com/article/20050701/AE/107010025
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| | : : : WWW.ANTONES.NET : Austin, TX : : : |
| | Anchored by founding members John Popper, Chan Kinchla and Brendan Hill, and energized by the now "official" addition of band members Tad Kinchla (bass) and Ben Wilson (keys) the band headed into the studio with three years of cohesive live performances and songwriting as a five piece band. | | | Welcoming Tad and Ben as full band mates, including their talented assets in the songwriting process, along with the loyal and inspired direction of Don Gehman, "Truth Be Told" is the Blues Traveler way of recording honest music. | | | On their new album "Truth Be Told" the band taps into a new well of creativity to produce what an early critic dubbed " their finest set of songs to date". |
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http://www.antones.net/index.cfm?Fuseaction=EventDetail&EventID=1524
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| | The Michigan Daily Online |
| | Kinchla, back with shorter hair, danced around stage for the entire set, making goofy faces but allowing his guitar to speak for itself. | | | Popper, who leads the band on vocals, Chan Kinchla on guitar, Brendan Hill on drums and Bob Sheehan on bass make up the barroom ragamuffins. | | | The band that once was a New York City maybe-so is now coming off a stint of opening for The Rolling Stones and the release of its new album "Straight On Till Morning." |
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http://www.pub.umich.edu/daily/1997/nov/11-26-97/arts/arts1.html
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| | Blues Traveler to play at Regatta - PittsburghLIVE.com |
| | According to guitarist Chan Kinchla, it is certainly, as the title indicates, the group's most straightforward recording. | | | Kinchla says the Travelers were trying to make an album that was complete and thorough. | | | Nor is the music something the band tends to create with a single theme in mind. |
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http://www.pittsburghlive.com:8000/x/tribune-review/entertainment/s_146898.html
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| | Meeting Blues Traveler Celebrity Encounter and In Person Autographs |
| | Chan eventually came back and asked if we had any requests for the band to play, because they were a song short. | | | We informed Chan that we knew of someone who was dying to hear a song this night (the guy from the couple). | | | Both of us came back and told Chan that "Spinning Spiral Machine" is the song he wanted to add, but the surprise was ruined because he followed us. |
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http://home.att.net/~ned17/travellerblues.html
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| | (Blues/Jam Rock) Blues Traveler - Blues Traveler - Musician Forums |
| | Chan Kinchla, the heavy force in the band. | | | Their is a nice riff Chan plays that mainly leads the song. | | | The lyrics are all sung in unison, but John Popper's voice is definitely easiest to hear. |
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http://www.musicianforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=269002
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| | Argonaut Arts&Entertainment |
| | Kinchla says the commercial setback was not because the album lacked great songs or musicianship. | | | Popper underwent emergency angioplasty, original bassist Bobby Sheehan died in his home of a drug overdose and their sixth album, “Bridge” was a commercial disappointment. | | | The band is now free of its contract with long-time label A&M Records and plans on releasing its next album through Artist Direct. |
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http://www.argonaut.uidaho.edu/archives/111502/art1.html
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| | Honolulu Star-Bulletin Features |
| | He wrote the music for five songs on the Blues Travelers' latest album, "Bridge." Released in April, it is the group's most emotionally complex album, delivering punchy, tight arrangements throughout the 12 tracks. | | | The group plans to write new songs next spring, tour in the summer and "maybe" release a new album in fall 2002, he said. | | | The music has a new direction with the addition of Chan's brother Tad on bass guitar and adding keyboards, following the overdose death of founding member and bassist Bobby Sheehan. |
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http://starbulletin.com/2001/11/16/features/story2.html
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| | May 21, 2001 - Blues Traveler performs live at the Riviera - Columbia Chronicle Online |
| | This new album showcases newcomer bassist, Tad Kinchla, the younger brother of guitarist Chan Kinchla. | | | Popper's harmonica playing and guitarist Kinchla, were the driving forces behind the band, giving the audience something to groove to. | | | Blues Traveler featured songs from their past albums, Straight on Till Morning, Live from the Fall, Four and their new album Bridge, which is available for purchase now. |
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http://www.columbiachronicle.com/back/2001_spring/2001-05-21/arts3.html
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| | JR.com: BLUES TRAVELER in Music |
| | Blues Traveler: John Popper (vocals, guitar, harmonica); Chan Kinchla (acoustic & electric guitars, mandolin, background vocals); Bobby... | | | Blues Traveler: John Popper (vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica, percussion); Chan Kinchla (guitar); Bobby Sheehan (bass); Brendan Hill... | | | Blues Traveler: John Popper (vocals, harmonica, 12-string acoustic guitar); Chan Kinchla (guitar); Bobby Sheehan (bass); Brendan Hill... |
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http://www.jr.com/JRSectionView.process?ArtistPage=t&N=659047
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| | Blues Traveler |
| | They remain one of the few kingpins of the jam scene who can actually back up their grooves with carefully crafted songs and stories that are both witty and catchy. | | | "This is just us being completely ourselves, and not thinking about what we should be doing," says guitarist Chan Kinchla, noting that on previous albums the band spent maybe a little too much energy trying to appease everybody—from labels to producers to all of their fans. | | | It can be seen as sort of an homage to the bastard blend of musical influences running through the disc, or it can be taken just as literally as the translation implies: the bastards. |
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http://www.vanguardrecords.com/BluesTraveler/bio.html
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| | Jambands.com Features Viva Los Bastardos: Chan Kinchla and BT 2.0 2005-10-13 |
| | It definitely fits the bill for guitarist Chan Kinchla who sees the album as the coalescing of the band’s attention to songcraft and desire to take brief explorations into different sonic territories while BT 2.0 finally unites on a creative level. | | | CK: The first one we had done a live album with the new band, Tad [Kinchla] and Ben in it. | | | We were touring and we were getting ready to make a studio album, but we hadn’t written songs. |
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http://www.jambands.com/Features/content_2005_10_13.10.phtml
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| | Blues Traveler - Psychology Central |
| | Tad Kinchla and Ben Wilson joined the band following the death of original bassist Bobby Sheehan in 1999 of a drug overdose in New Orleans. | | | Currently, the group is led by harmonica virtuoso John Popper (vocals, harmonica) along with Chandler Kinchla (guitar), Brendan Hill (drums), Tad Kinchla (bass) and Ben Wilson (keyboards). | | | While Blues Traveler is best known among fans for their improvisational live shows, the general public is most familiar with the group from their fourth studio album Four. |
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http://psychcentral.com/psypsych/Blues_Traveler
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| | Caller.com: Live Music |
| | Kinchla prefers outdoor festivals to arenas because he says the audience is serious about music. | | | Kinchla and frontman John Popper started The John Popper Project that includes DJ Logic. | | | After touring last year, which was recorded in March 2005 at Austin's Texas Treefort Studio, the band started back on the road last weekend. |
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http://www.caller.com/ccct/live_music/article/0,1641,CCCT_849_4490840,00.html
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| | HAMPTON ROADS, Virginia, Fun |
| | Tad Kinchla favors a percussive attack, which differs from Sheehan's rolling style of bass. | | | WHEN Blues Traveler bassist Bobby Sheehan passed away 14 months ago in New Orleans after an accidental drug overdose, guitarist Chan Kinchla was blindsided. | | | After crafting a number of songs slated for the group's forthcoming album, tentatively titled ``Bridge out of Brooklyn,'' Blues Traveler decided to embark on a brief summer tour. |
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http://www.hamptonroads.com/fun/en1102blu.html
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| | On 'Truth Be Told' the band's founding members Chan Kinchla (guitar) and Brendan Hill (drums) form a musical foundation. | | | Including their worldwide breakout "Four," certified six-times platinum in the U.S., the band has had a total of six gold or platinum releases and sales of over 10 million albums to date. | | | Blues Traveler is John Popper (Harp and Vocals), Chan Kinchla (Guitar), Brendan Hill (Drums), Tad Kinchla (Bass), Ben Wilson (Keyboards). |
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http://www.shorefire.com/artists/bluestraveler/pr_bluestraveler_06_24_03.html
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| | BluesTraveler.net - Info |
| | Popper even uses the same fuzz tone as Kinchla in "Great Big World" and the transition between the two solos is so seamless the listener doesn't realise Kinchla has taken over until the instrumental break is nearly over. | | | A noticable advancement on Straight On Till Morning is the further interaction between Chan Kinchla's guitar work and John Popper's harmonica wailing. | | | Performance: Kinchla and Popper blur the line between guitar and harmonica |
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http://www.bluestraveler.net/info/media/media_display.php?pub_id=85
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| | Blues Traveler Take Over New York And Release Bridge on May 8 |
| | Bridge is the band's most emotionally complex album to date with punchy deliveries and tight arrangements complementing their familiar, jam-happy feel. | | | With the addition of keyboardist Ben Wilson and new bassist Tad Kinchla to the Blues Traveler line-up (lead vocalist John Popper, guitarist Chan Kinchla and drummer Brendan Hill), Bridge's 12 tracks include "Girl Inside My Head," the first single and video. | | | The morning of Bridge's release John Popper will guest on the "Howard Stern Show." That afternoon the band will tape an episode of the "Late Show with David Letterman" which will air later that evening. |
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http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/05-03-2001/0001484367&EDATE=
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| | CITIZEN-TIMES.com: Take5 Online: Evolving Blues Traveler ready to rock Bele Chere |
| | After much adversity and evolution, the band has decided that it is still quite adept at being both, and it is out to prove it with a new CD this September. | | | Being just the third release of the current line-up (the first two, 2001's "Bridge" and 2003's "Truth Be Told," received lackluster reception), the band insists it has finally found the chemistry of its peak days. | | | Then in 1999, while the band was enjoying some time off the road, tragedy struck, as Sheehan died of a drug overdose. |
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http://www.citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050729/ENT02/50728022/1033/ENT
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| | November 09, 2000: Sound, And Now for the Harmonica Solo |
| | Recorded earlier this year in Austin, Kinchla says the songs were left over from "a previous album we didn't get to complete." Both Wilson and Tad Kinchla played on the tracks. | | | That revamped sound will also show up when BT releases its first studio album since '97s Straight On Till Morning this coming spring. | | | A new track will be available for download every week in November. |
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http://www.lasvegasweekly.com/departments/11_09_00/sound_and_now_for_the_harmonica.html
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| | Blues Traveler Frontman and Harmonica Virtuoso John Popper and Guitarist Chan Kinchla will Join the 3rd Annual ... |
| | While best known for brilliant musicianship and prolific touring, witty and engaging songwriting has always been Blues Traveler& calling card (the Grammy winning single "Run Around" still holds the record for longest-charting single ever in the history of the Billboard charts). | | | (PRWEB) June 14, 2005 -- Blues Traveler's frontman, John Popper, and guitarist Chan Kinchla, have agreed to join the entertainment for the Third Annual Harrington Family Foundation Benefit Concert to be held on June 23, 2005 at Portland's Rose Quarter Commons. | | | Blues Traveler Frontman and Harmonica Virtuoso John Popper and Guitarist Chan Kinchla will Join the 3rd Annual Harrington Benefit Concert Stage on June 23, 2005 |
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http://www.emediawire.com/releases/2005/6/emw250303.htm
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| | Blues Traveler |
| | The band is made up of John Popper (vocals, harmonica), Chan Kinchla (guitar), Bobby Sheehan (bass), Brendan Hill (drums). | | | Blues Traveler has met with its fair share of tragedies: Popper's serious accident in 1992, Popper's need for angioplasty in 1999, and on August 20, 1999, Bobby Sheehan (31) was found dead in his home in New Orleans. | | | A blues/rock band formed in New York in 1988. |
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| | Reno News and Review April 01, 2004 |
| | Lead singer/harmonica player John Popper founded the group in New Jersey with drummer Brendan Hill, guitarist Chan Kinchla and bassist Bobby Sheehan. | | | Blues Traveler& latest album is Truth Be Told. | | | The band soldiered on despite the blows and gained keyboardist Ben Wilson and Tad Kinchla, Chan’s brother, on bass. |
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http://www.newsreview.com/issues/reno/2004-04-01/weekpick.asp
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| | Blues Traveler News: liveDaily Interview: Blues Traveler guitarist Chan Kinchla >> liveDaily |
| | The album is the group's first since 1997's "Straight On Till Morning," and comes after a tumultuous 1999--which saw vocalist John Popper's angioplasty to treat an arterial blockage, and the untimely drug-overdose death of original bassist Bobby Sheehan. | | | LiveDaily: When did you start putting together "Bridge?" Did you have a few songs ready after "Straight On Till Morning?" | | | As a band, it was kind of getting to a point where we had just been drivin' for years. |
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| | Oregon Surfrider Foundation - News |
| | Opening will be Lava recording artist Antigone Rising, whose debut album "From the Ground Up" is in Starbucks stores now. | | | His newest release, on Jack Johnson's Brushfire Records, is receiving national radio airplay and heavy MTV rotation. | | | Joey Harrington, NFL Detroit Lions quarterback, announces the Third Annual Harrington Family Foundation Benefit Concert featuring Donavon Frakenreiter, very special guest stars John Popper and Chan Kinchla of Blues Traveler and Lava Records/Starbucks recording artist Antigone Rising. |
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http://www.surfrider.org/oregon/news/2005/2005-07-10-concert.html
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| | The Daily Athenaeum Interactive |
| | Kinchla, brother to the band’s guitarist, Chan Kinchla, became bassist for the band after the death of original band member, Bobby Sheehan. | | | Kinchla refers to his computer skills as his “nerdy, dark side.” | | | Lucky for us that Tad and Chan’s parents were so supportive of their sons. |
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http://www.da.wvu.edu/archives/012208/news/012208,07,02.html
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| | Blues Traveler: Four (CD) - Preowned |
| | And while the band still retains that musical formula, FOUR explores other levels of their organic boogie.Scaling back the over-extended jams of their previous records, Blues Traveler has returned as a much leaner unit. | | | Singer John Popper's frenetic harp coupled with guitarist Chan Kinchla's chicken-scratch rhythm playing make for a potent one-two punch that goes far in distinguishing Blues Traveler from the hordes of similar "Grateful Dead Baby Bands" that have cropped up in recent years. |
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http://www.gamerecyclery.com/proddetail.asp?prod=33-017-CD&cat=65
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| | Official Ticketmaster site. Blues Traveler tickets, dates |
| | Signed to A&M, they released their first album, Blues Traveler, in May 1990 and followed it with Travelers & Thieves in September 1991. | | | All Music Guide is a trademark of All Media Guide, LLC. | | | A New York-based blues-rock quartet formed in 1988 by singer/harmonica player John Popper, guitarist Chan Kinchla, bassist Bobby Sheehan, and drummer Brendan Hill, Blues Traveler was part of a revival of the extended jamming style of '60s and '70s groups like the Grateful Dead and Led Zeppelin.... |
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http://www.ticketmaster.com/artist/734598?calendar_view=1
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| | Blues Traveler takes new musical path www.azstarnet.com ® |
| | After original group bassist Bobby Sheehan died of a drug overdose in 1999, guitarist Chan Kinchla told the Boston Herald the band was looking for a new sound. | | | Wilson said the one thing that hasn't changed with the group is its powerful live performances. | | | Blues Traveler, from far left: Chan Kinchla, Tad Kinchla, Ben Wilson, John Popper and Brendan Hill. |
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http://www.azstarnet.com/dailystar/allheadlines/88890.php
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| | Pollstar -- The Concert Hotwire |
| | Blues Traveler announced in February they were back in rehearsals and would be heading for the studio to record a long-awaited follow-up to their 1997 release, Straight On Till Morning. | | | Last year, the band recruited Tad Kinchla, the younger brother of guitarist Chan Kinchla, to take over bass duties. | | | The band's future was in doubt, until a September 11, 1999, summit at which the surviving members decided to soldier on. |
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http://www.pollstar.com/news/viewnews.pl?NewsID=497
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| | Chan Kinchla - Free Music Downloads, Videos, CDs, MP3s, Bio, Merchandise and Links |
| | Chan Kinchla - Free Music Downloads, Videos, CDs, MP3s, Bio, Merchandise and Links | | | Browse artists: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z # |
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http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/music/artist/appears/0,,453305,00.html
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| | dmusic.com Your Digital Music Oasis |
| | Gina on October 30, 2000 at 3:39 PM Listen to "12 Swords" - the first track from "DECISIONS OF THE SKY - A Traveler's Tale of Sun and Storm" (38 comments) | | | Voters for Choice Benefit Concert on sale 9/7 | | | Gina on September 18, 2000 at 12:12 AM Following the announcement of new bass player Tad Kinchla, the band has also added keyboard player Ben Wilson. |
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http://bluestraveler.dmusic.com/news
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| | Blues Traveler |
| | The were more successful in booking gigs than hitting the books, though, so left to pursue their music career. | | | John ultimately made his mark with the harmonica, for which his parents could find no instructor. | | | He and fellow Blues Brothers enthusiasts Brendan Hill (drummer), Chan Kinchla (guitarist), and Bobby Sheehan (bassist) went to high school together in Princeton, New Jersey, and went on to college in New York City. |
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http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0759894.html
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| | On the Road with Blues Traveler |
| | "We're always been conscious that the live vehicle is a totally different mode of expression from capturing a performance in the studio," says Kinchla. | | | But the ability to really make things work in a vacuum, like you have to do when recording, is something we worked very hard at." | | | Fellow members guitarist Chan Kinchla, percussionist Brendan Hill, and bass guitarist Bob Sheehan graduated the following year. |
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http://www.princetoninfo.com/blues.html
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| | Chan, Julius - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Chan, Julius |
| | However, in the June 1997 general election his conservative, business-oriented People's Progress Party (PPP) lost much support and Chan failed to win his parliamentary seat. | | | This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional. | | | He set up a shipping business and was first elected to the Papua New Guinea House of Assembly in 1968, forming, in 1970, the PPP. |
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| | BigDickHunter.net P1 Wild Ass Circus 2005 LA House Party |
| | Chan shows off 4 1/2 hours of back tattoo. | | | BDH poses up with John Popper and Chan Kinchla of Blues Traveler. | | | Quite a few guests hung around for the “after party” that lasted until hotel security showed up. |
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http://www.bigdickhunter.net/roadtrips/2005lahouseparty/2005lahouseparty.html
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| | Blues Traveler’s John Popper |
| | But his inability to stick to a diet reflects his willful nature: he wants it all. | | | "John's very obsessive about things," says Chan Kinchla, Blues Traveler's guitarist. |
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http://www.julianrubinstein.com/blue.html
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| | Vivacious: Finally, pictures! |
| | Primitive taper man uses only one mic and duct tape | | | Blues Traveler's Chan Kinchla (far left) and John Popper jam with Leftover Salmon |
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http://www.vividgreen.net/v/2003/07/finally_pictures.html
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| | Blues Traveler Publicity |
| | These images and documents are to be used solely for publicity of the appropriate artist of Vanguard Records. | | | You may not post, publish, transmit, reproduce, distribute or in any way use or exploit any Information contained herein other than authorized. | | | L to R: Chan Kinchla, Tad Kinchla, Ben Wilson, John Popper, Brendan Hill |
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http://www.iwelk.com/publicity/bluesT-pub.html
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| | Xtreme Musician: Chan Kinchla |
| | Do you have additional information on Chan Kinchla? |
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