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At Home With The Tea Party get dark at times and then sometimes it’s light- hearted. It’s a pretty cool experience.” By Rebecca Wright Burrows believes local talents can learn several international tours. Teir next album from Te Tea Party to venture out into the An internationally renowned band is currently being mixed and will be released world to pursue success in the arts. with local roots is returning to the region in September. “Windsor is such an amazingly creative this summer to wow crowds at Windsor’s Te last performance in Windsor was town, from musical arts to theatre arts to Riverfront Festival Plaza. to a sold-out crowd at Caesars Windsor’s visual arts, and Windsor nurtures so much Te Tea Party takes centre stage Saturday, Colosseum a couple of summers ago. He says talent…but the world is a big place, and if July 5 at the “Fork & Cork” Festival he, Chatwood and Martin are looking forward you’re in a rock band or any type of band and (ForkAndCork.ca). Te band is made up to performing at the Riverfront Festival Plaza. you want to gain some notoriety, you have to of members, Jef Burrows, Jef Martin, “With a venue such as the one they have leave and you have to prove yourself to other Stuart Chatwood, who are all originally down at the water now, it’s so nice and fans outside your town – and you could always from LaSalle. well-sounding, and there is so much room. come back,” says Burrows. “If you’re really as “It’s always fun to look out and see the It’s world class,” says Burrows, adding the good as you feel that you are, then get out faces who have grown up with you for the last Riverfront Festival Plaza is better than a there and beat your chest. So many bands in 25 years, who used to be the same ones lot of non-permanent built stages they’ve this area really are amazing.” banging their pint glasses at the Coach and performed on over the years. “Tis one almost Burrows says there will be a VIP section Horses,” says Burrows in a phone interview feels like a theatre outdoors.” for those who want to support one of the with Biz X. “Tose are the best ones to see. Te band tries to always connect with the charities the band backs, which is the St. Playing at home is always a good time.” audience and provide an experience like no Clair Foundation. Tese tickets and advance Te band formed in 1990 and although they other, says Burrows. tickets can be purchased at Ticketscene.ca/ broke up in 2005, Burrows says the band has “Honestly, we’ve always tried to embrace events/10649. Tickets can also be purchased been back together for about three years. so much of the world, even when we were still here for the exclusive Tea Party Jam Session, Te Canadian rock band with blues, just playing clubs in Windsor and London and which will be held following the concert at progressive rock, Indian and Middle Eastern Toronto,” says Burrows. “Like we’ve always Venue Music Hall in downtown Windsor. infuences, were inspired by classic bands such experimented with the world of music and “Te one thing I can say about Te Tea as Led Zeppelin and Te Beatles. world instrumentation.” Party is you will get a tonne of heart and a Te Tea Party has released eight albums, He continues, “We really, really pull you in tonne of soul when you go to a show,” says sold 1.6 million records worldwide and with a moment in time and then blast you into Burrows. “It’s very serious musicianship and captured audiences across the globe on another emotion almost seconds later. It can we try to put on an amazing show.” 20 BIZ X MAGAZINE • JUNE 2014 BizX2014June52.indd 20 2014-05-27 9:43 PM