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C.H.ronicles  Collective Hallucination's show at Legend's Jazz Cafe' this past Saturday night was great. So great in fact, the band was asked to come back at least once a month and do their thing. The building was packed to the walls, standing room only, literally!! New comer Iisha, (a diamond in the rough), kicked the show off with the band's rendition of the Erykah Badu hit "Love of My Life" then segued into Ledisi's "Think Of You" with former CH member Ajah handling lead chores on this tune. The band performed songs from their own catalog of hits and a number of well chosen cover tunes including Al Green's "One Of These Good Old Days". The band closed the first set with a rousing rendition of the Alicia Keys' hit "No One" which had the audience clapping, cheering and singing along. The second set, which included Ms. Butler, Jamila and Smurk handling vocal duties kicked into high gear from jump. The band opened with an accapella version of "Proud Mary". The audience was on it's feet by the time the band got to the Rufus and Chaka Khan hit "You Got The Love" Ms. Butler's rousing rendition of "Between You and Me", (a CH original), had the audience in awe. By the time the song was over everyone was on their feet screaming for more. The band closed the set with an old school/new school medley which included "We're Not That Different" (CH), Bag Lady (Erykah Badu), Mothership Connection, (Parliament), I Want To Take You Higher, (Sly Stone), Living For The City, (Stevie Wonder) and I'll Take You There, (The Staple Singers). The night ended on an even higher note as Sheer Essence took the stage and wowed the crowd with their ever too tight rhythm section and on point vocals. This is a band to watch out for. The ladies are raw right now, but trust this writer, their time is coming soon. The night was so successful for Legend's itself, you can look for more of a CH relationship with the Cafe' as more shows are being scheduled... Stay tuned.... This is a quick clip to remind those of you who haven't seen us in a while why we're the best. And for those of you who haven't experienced a CH show, we'll see you Saturday at Legends Jazz Cafe' CH, Houston's hardest working original SOUL band will perform at Legend's Jazz Cafe on May 10th with a few friends!! Collective Hallucination will team up with some past band members as well as current band members and what might very well be future band members to bring you Collective Hallucination and Friends! Artist appearing with CH will be Ms. Butler, Jamila, Smurk, Iisha, A'jah, and introducing Corey B. Super neo-soul/pop band Sheer Essence (formerly known as Phoenix) will be performing as well! It's going to be a hot night in HTX!! Peep the flyer! 
Despite the bad weather this morning, Houston is gonna be HAWT this evening! 3 members of Collective Hallucination are engaged and all set to get married!!! Vocalist Shamona Anderson aka Mona is engaged to her main squeeze and they are both shining like the sun. No date has been set yet. Poet/Vocalist Trinity is all set to say I do on June 28th of this year! Bassist B-Funk is engaged and they have a date tentative for 2009!! Also in marriage news-Ant Boogie and his wife celebrated 6 years of marriage on March 30th. If you'd like to send any of the bandmates a shout out just send an email to info@collectivehallucination and we'll make sure they get the messages!!! Collective Hallucination's new song, "Somewhere Over The Rainbow", (not to be confused with the Wizard of Oz classic), has been chosen as the official song of the 2008 Relay For Life annual benefit concert put on by the American Cancer Society. As you all know, the new single "This Is Our Love Song" is about 30 days from being released and we are excited about it! The MP3 version will be available the last day in March on Outbound Music and Xiie.net as well as other download sites for free. The physical cd single will be available the following week, (first week in April). The physical cd single will feature a new song called "Somewhere Over The Rainbow" which will not be featured on the full length cd. This is a "B-side" to "This Is Our Love Song". It's a great tune that would be perfect for the Democratic National Party, (Clinton, Obama one of ya'll need to get with us). Our former bandmate Shay Renee' handles all vocals on the song. Lead, background and Ad Libs are all performed by Shay!! She's such a wonderful singer. Can't wait for ya'll to hear it. Lyrics and Music by Anthony Frazier for Jacob and Helen's Music (BMI) Here's an interview of Chris, the drummer of CH with Karsten Fontenot, a fan of Collective Hallucination. This is a short online "commercial" for the new CH single "This Is Our Love Song". |
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