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Tris Imboden
What began as a lark for Tris Imboden and musician friend Keith Howland ended up sounding too good to discard. When bassist Lance Morrison entered the picture, they began cutting material in Howland’s home studio for what ended up being called The Howland Imboden Project. (Tris jokes that he originally wanted to call the disc Warts And All.)
Imboden describes the music as “all over the map. There are a couple of semi-Latin pieces and the obligatory power shuffle – all instrumental with a lot of playing – if not by me, definitely by Keith, who is a brilliant guitarist.” The disc also ended up featuring most of the members of Chicago on various tracks. “It’s been very well received,” Tris reports. “And there are some great performances on it, even though I don’t consider mine to be exactly polished.”
Imboden hasn’t had many opportunities to work on outside projects because his work with Chicago is so demanding. Celebrating their thirty-fifth anniversary, the band continues to draw major crowds and great reviews. Even a recent Rhino compilation – The Very Best Of Chicago – entered the charts in the Top-40. After twelve years with the band, Tris says
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Tris Imboden — Positive Drumming
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ABOUT THE BAND
The Story
One afternoon Tris and his wife were going to see Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band play at a local casino. Just before the concert, Greg Bisonette from the band called and asked if Tris would like to sit in for a couple songs and play with Ringo on Ringo’s drum kit. That was an easy “Yes, I’m in” and what a great experience it was!
After the concert, Tris’s wife was so impressed with the way in which Ringo had put together all of these great musicians, Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band. The band performed each of the musician’s hit songs. Tris’s wife suggested to Tris “You played on so many of the original songs in the Yacht Rock Genre. If you didn’t, you are friends with everyone who did. Why don’t you put together a band in that genre? Invite only great musicians like yourself who actually recorded those songs or were on stage with those artists during the Yacht Rock era. That will set you apart.”
Tris knew this made perfect sense, and started calling his “all star” musician friends to invite them to become band members, and Tris Imboden Yacht Stars was born!