Alfonso Velez, singer songwriter, is accompanied by Charlie Chaplin as he performs the title track on his new album, THE WEATHER, available on ITunes -- and direct from DJ Boy Records at these links:
http://djboy.com
http://myspace.com/alfonsovelez
(go here to feel like you're at the beach)
http://myspace.com/alfonsovelez
(go here to see animated videos of CD tracks and recent live performances)
To hear THE WEATHER BOOTLEGS (all the songs on the CD, though not the CD tracks themselves), click here:
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=15BA9064415DBF2C
Alfonso performs songs from THE WEATHER live on National Public Radio here:
Pt 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMbPmUZaXoA
Pt 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQp3bgLaZzc
Pt 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fc1Cr5lO6Yk
Pt 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBE92dH_Ngo
Band:
Alfonso Velez: vocals, guitar
Will Rast: keyboards
Jerry Busher: drums
Jeff Ratner: bass
The Chaplin film in this video is A Burlesque on Carmen, 1918. (Public Domain.)
-- rhassanroland, videographer
The band is just so Highway 61 sounding, which makes it impossible for me not to love. Alfonso reminds me, tonally and pitch wise, like Loudon W111, and the big D himself when he says "Alright." Well alright then.
CurtisMateer 3 years ago