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Carole King/James Taylor tribute Troubadours brings classic sounds to Des Plaines Theatre appeared on www.chicagotribune.com by Myrna Petlicki.
Pairing the music of singer-songwriters Carole King and James Taylor seems like a natural fit because they are frequent collaborators. Management company Blue Raven Entertainment realized that they had just the duo to make it work.
About four years ago, they combined two of their clients, Deb De Lucca, who has a Carole King tribute band called Home Again, and Sam Hyman, who performs James Taylor’s music with his Steamroller band, to create Troubadours.
Troubadours — The Music of Carole King & James Taylor comes to the Des Plaines Theatre at 5 p.m. Oct. 30.
“Carole used to play on James’ recordings all the time and James used to play on Carole’s recordings,” De Lucca said, adding, “The music is just perfect together.”
“It seemed like a good idea,” Hyman agreed. “We live in the world of tribute acts.”
Of course, combining two acts can be problematic.
“Musicians working together have to jell,” Hyman explained. “Fortunately, it worked from the start. We got along musically first and foremost right off the bat. Over time, we’ve become friends. Fortune smiled on us and it’s a fun show.”
De Lucca and Hyman will each perform separate segments but for most of the show they will be singing and playing together with De Lucca on piano and Hyman on guitar. They will be accompanied by the five musicians from De Lucca’s Home Again band.
“You’ll see the best of two great singer/songwriters together,” De Lucca said about the Des Plaines Theatre performance. “You’re getting two greatest hits combined into one show. Every single song is going to be a gem. And you’ll learn some things about the music, when they met each other, how they fit in each other’s albums, and things like that.”
The play list for the Oct. 30 concert will include such memorable numbers as “I Feel the Earth Move,” “It’s Too Late,” “Up on the Roof,” “Pleasant Valley Sunday,” “Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow,” “A Natural Woman,” “Fire and Rain,” “You’ve Got a Friend,” “How Sweet it is to be Loved by You,” and “Your Smiling Face,” among others.
“The first song I play is ‘Country Road,’ which is my favorite,” Hyman revealed.
De Lucca was introduced to Carole King at a young age.
“I had been a huge fan of Carole King’s since my mother had ‘Tapestry’ when I was a kid,” De Lucca related about King’s hit album. “I always played that music and then I saw people doing tribute stuff — that’s right up my alley. I’d been doing these songs all these years and I loved the music forever.”
That’s why De Lucca started Home Again — A Tribute to Carole King.
Each performer gathered the facts about the singer/songwriter they give tribute to in their bands.
When she was doing her research, De Lucca was surprised to learn how young King was when she began gathering acclaim. “She had a publishing deal when she was 15 years old,” De Lucca reported. “And with her number one song for the Shirelles, ‘Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow,’ she was only 18 years old.”
Hyman had been playing original music and covers in bands for years. Then the management company Blue Raven Entertainment contacted him in 2019.
“They asked me about my show,” he recalled. “One thing led to another and I became part of their roster as a James Taylor tribute artist.”
The singer and guitarist had already had an affinity for James Taylor.
“My kids bought me a James Taylor songbook for Father’s Day one year,” he said. “I started to look at some of the tunes in the book. I thought I would play one or two as part of my normal gigs and after a while people would come up to me and say, ‘You sound just like James Taylor.’ One thing lead to another.”
A friend who owned a dinner-theater asked Hyman to do a James Taylor show. “It went over really well,” Hyman recalled. He did more James Taylor shows before he connected with Blue Raven.
Both De Lucca and Hyman frequently perform separately with their groups, as well as with the Troubadours.
Hyman stressed that he and De Lucca are not impersonators. “We don’t try to sound exactly like the artist or look like the artist,” he explained. “We try to nail the vibe of the tunes, the way they sound and the way the vocals are phrased.”
But he admitted there is a faint resemblance.
“If you need glasses really badly and you’re standing about a mile away from me, I kind of look a little bit like James Taylor,” Hyman joked. “Same thing with Deb with Carole King.”
‘Troubadours: The Music of Carole King & James Taylor’
When: 5 p.m. Oct. 30
Where: Des Plaines Theatre, 1476 Miner St., Des Plaines
Tickets: $29-$69
Information: 224-354-2333; desplainestheatre.com
Myrna Petlicki is a freelance reporter for Pioneer Press.
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