Article: Are you going to see Hanson Saturday at The Chance? Do you plan on taking part in Hanson's walk through Poughkeepsie Saturday afternoon?

By | October 26, 2008

Hanson is set to perform Saturday night at The Chance in Poughkeepsie. The band is also set to walk a mile in the city with fans, starting Saturday afternoon at 3, to raise money and awareness for several charities they support.

The walk starts at 3 p.m. at The Chance. Doors for the concert open at 8:30 p.m. To read more about both, click on the link to the right.

Are you planning to attend either the walk or the concert? Perhaps you will attend both?

If you go to either or both, the Journal would be interested in your thoughts on these events. Please send written reviews of the walk and/or the concert to jobarry@poughkeepsiejournal.com. Also, please send in your photos.

Everything will be considered for publication, in print and online.

And have a great time!

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Article: Concert Scene October 24

By | October 26, 2008

Hanson

If you were a pre-teen in the 1990s, you were probably a Hanson fan.

The trio of brothers named Isaac, Taylor and Zachary Hanson took the country by storm with the 1997 No. 1 single “MMMBop.” They followed that success with the No. 27 hit “Where’s the Love” and the No. 9 song “I Will Come to You” from their debut disc “Middle of Nowhere,” before they fell on deaf ears in the next decade.

The Hanson brothers managed a No. 20 chart hit with 2000’s “This Time Around,” but the pop group (which was only in its teens then) became an industry joke. That gave the guys time to grow up and improve upon their teen, boy-band appeal.

Hanson should have done what Donny Osmond did when he tried to shake his teen idol image in the 1990s. Osmond released his comeback single anonymously and listeners loved it. They didn’t recognize his voice, but enjoyed the material. Likewise, Hanson’s sound has matured during the last 10 years, as the boys have become men, gotten married and raised children of their own.

If you listen to the Hanson albums “Underneath” (2004) or “The Walk” (2007) without knowing who is performing, you would categorize them as roots rock with a pop edge. Try it. You might just like “Georgia,” “Fire on the Mountain,” “Your Illusion” or “Great Divide” from last year’s release.

And if you are still one of those doubters, check out the group’s 1997 holiday CD “Snowed In” (now reissued as “Christmas Collection”). It is one of the best pop/rock Christmas albums you will ever hear.

Catch the trio performing Wednesday at the Keswick Theatre.

Show time is 8 p.m. Tickets are $35 to $43.50.

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Setlist: Philly 10-28-05

By | October 25, 2008

In A Way
Desire
Minute Without You
Hey
Thinking Of You
Can’t Stop
Weird
Down
Hand In Hand
Broken Angel
Being Me
Every Word I Say
So Lovely
If Only
Long Train Running
Where’s The Love
Man From Milwaukee
This Time Around

Encore:
Feelin’ Alright

Article: Hanson returns to city to make music

By | October 24, 2008

Do you remember those kids from the band Hanson? The three brothers from Oklahoma?

Drummer Zac Hanson was 6 when Hanson hit the big time with brothers Taylor and Isaac. Zac turned 23 this past Wednesday.

The Trio from Tulsa 11 months ago played a sold-out show at The Chance in Poughkeepsie. And based on that performance and the solid legacy these kids have built before reaching the age of 25, Chance co-owner Frank Pallett invited them back to play again Saturday.

“I was impressed by the way the guys have matured into a talented bunch,” Pallett said. “A band that may have been labeled as a kid band that stands the test of time makes a statement in itself.”

During a recent telephone interview with the Journal, Taylor Hanson covered a lot of ground. He discussed:

– The Beatles, Sly and the Family Stone and Gov’t Mule.

– Raising money for cancer research.

– Buying shoes for victims of poverty in the third world.

– AIDS.

And during part of that phone conversation, a baby cried in the background.

Wait a second? The guys from Hanson are old enough to be fathers? Indeed they are – Taylor has three children, Isaac has two and Zac has one.

What about “MMMBop”? Remember that catchy tune? Hanson’s first hit?

That song didn’t even come up in the conversation.

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Zac's Birthday Cake

By | October 24, 2008

Ever wonder just what happens when it’s a Hanson’s birthday and they are on tour? Here is a glimpse of what happened Wednesday night in Hartford for Zac’s 23rd Birthday.

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Do you think Carrick dropped the cake on purpose?

Atlantic City 10/23/08

By | October 24, 2008

1. Something Going Round
2. Higher (cover)
3. Been There Before
4. Thinking of You
5. Follow Your Lead
6. Great Divide

Acoustic Set
7. Strong Enough to Break
8. Go
9. The Walk (Zac Solo)
10. Believe (Taylor Solo)

11. Fire On The Mountain (ELECTRIC with Taylor on drums)
12. Blue Sky
13. Where’s The Love
14. Running Man
15. Soul Shine (cover)
16. Penny & Me
17. Crazy Beautiful
18. MmmBop
19. Minute Without You
20. Hey
21. Watch Over Me

Encore
22. This Time Around

Article: Nov. 4 concerts cause a quandary: Art or politics?

By | October 24, 2008

It was most likely an oversight, says Isaac Hanson, one-third of the pop trio Hanson. He and his two brothers will also be in town and in concert at the House of Blues on election night.

“I am definitely bummed that it’s such an important political season and we’re on the road during it,” Hanson says. “Tour dates are scheduled well in advance and, as an artist, you’re usually not made aware of the dates until your promoters have figured out the logistics of the tour routing.”

Chicago has always been a good town for the band, though, and the band wouldn’t think of canceling the date, he says. “It’s not ideal to be playing on election night, but since Chicago is home to one of the candidates, I can’t think of a better place to be playing.”

Hanson says he and his brothers will vote by absentee ballot, and they’ll be watching returns come in backstage if they can.

“I feel honored to be an American and take the right to vote very seriously,” he says. “We’re very lucky to make these decisions.”

In all likelihood, both Dion and Hanson will have played their final notes before the election outcome is known.

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Article: Hanson performs in Asbury Park

By | October 24, 2008

Taylor Hanson says he and his brothers, Zac and Isaac, have never let themselves believe they couldn’t do whatever they wanted, as long as they put their minds to it.

This trait — along with some genuine musical talent — probably explains why this one-time teen pop group has done what is exceedingly rare in the music business. Hanson has built a career in a field where most teen stars see their careers flame out before they’ve reached an age when they can legally drink a beer — even at a venue at which they have performed.

With Hanson’s latest CD, “The Walk,” it appears the group is positioned for the kind of long-term career the three brothers have said they wanted ever since they catapulted to the top of the pop charts with the 1997 hit song “MMMbop,” when they were in their early teens. (Oldest brother Isaac was 16 at the time, and Zac was all of 11.)

Some 14 months after the release of “The Walk,” the CD still has enough life to allow Hanson to return to the concert trail for a three-month tour of the states this fall.

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Article: Hanson plays Poughkeepsie Saturday

By | October 24, 2008

Isaac, Taylor and Zac Hanson have come a long way since their “MMMBop” days. Collectively, the brothers now have six children and middle brother Taylor is expecting his fourth child with wife Natalie this winter. Isaac, the eldest, admits it definitely gets chaotic at times, but jokes about maybe being able to start a football team.

“We’ve got a bunch of boys and we are in Oklahoma,” Isaac laughs, “so I think we might have an offensive line for the Sooners or the Cowboys.”

Go! reporter Sandy Tomcho caught up with Isaac via cell phone from Maryland and chatted about giving back through their various charities and about the Jonas Brothers.

The tour for your album “The Walk” still has you out on the road and you’ve also been doing charity work in Africa. What kind of work?

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Article: We walked with Hanson — and we liked it!

By | October 23, 2008

When we got to talk with Hanson this week, the boys were in town for more than just fulfilling our every past/present/future dream, (although thanks for that too, guys!). The trio was also in New York for another stop on the Walk Around the World Tour. Hanson kicks off the afternoon before each show with a mile-long amble to raise money and awareness for AIDS and poverty in Africa. The ultimate goal is to collectively walk 24,902 miles — the earth’s circumference — and they donate $1 for everyone that participates. “I think the walk is a symbol in a lot of ways of a wave of action that have come, and will continue to come from our generation,” Taylor explained. “We don’t want to take on these issues the same way they’ve been taken on before, and we have a lot more tools to use.”

So besides that warm, fuzzy we’re-doing-a-good-thing feeling, here’s what we found on The Walk (after the jump):

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