The Weather Underground Becomes Red Cortez
By Mali
That’s right, our next Garden Party will no longer be with The Weather Underground, but with the newly named band Red Cortez. Because of various reasons the band decided they needed a little change. One of which, is with the departure of guitarist Shoichi Bagley who decided to leave the band for pursuits outside music. The band decided that it was time to start a new. Calvin J. Love, a native of Edmonton, Canada, replaced Bagley on lead guitar and with the new line-up came a new name!
As frontman Harley Prechtel-Cortez explains it, “we decided we need to keep the focus on the music and didn’t want to share our identity with anyone or anything else.”
The newish band will be touring in Los Angeles and featured in our upcoming Garden Party which will premiere on November 17th on BeatCrave.
If you live in or near Los Angeles (or feel like taking a trip) you can see them live on Indie 103’s Check One Twosdays at Echoplex on November 11 with Earlimart and Afternoons.
Check out this little sneak peak of them from their upcoming Garden Party:
T.G.P. – The Weather Underground “Laughing Street Car”
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What’s a “Garden Party” you may ask? It’s a intimate group of friends, fans, and music lovers in a garden enjoying an extremely personal acoustic set with their favorite musicians that airs exclusively on BeatCrave.com first. Once a month we will be posting videos of the shows along with an interview with the band. Every few weeks we will be announcing give-aways to upcoming shows.
You can sign up for our Newsletter here, which will give you updates on upcoming Garden Parties, Give-Aways, Free Downloads and more.
