Springfield, Illinois' Music History

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1980’s? - LtoR (bottom row): David Hoffman, Marvin "Binky" Day, Maurice Smith. (top row): William "Chille" Bryant, Ethel Davis and Arthur Carey, Sr.

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Early to mid-1970's - Romie's, 2907 S. MacArthur, Springfield, Il. Per John Piper (PIPERvibe), "This would be early to mid '70's. I know we use to go there and get.... well...'relaxed' before we were old enough to drink.... and the drinking age was only 18! I know when I played there, I wasn't old enough."

Early to mid-1970's - Romie's, 2907 S. MacArthur, Springfield, Il. John Mark Piper - This would be early to mid '70's. I know we use to go there and get.... well..."relaxed" before we were old enough to drink.... and the drinking age was only 18! I know when I played there, I wasn't old enough."

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1981 - Previously unreleased song from The Force (Magnum Force) entitled “Holdin’ On”. 1981 Band Members included Lead vocals: Flynn (Shy) Wilson; Drums, producer, copyright holder: Arthur Carey Sr.; Guitar and vocals: William (Chille) Bryant; Bass and vocals: Marvin (Binky) Day; Lead guitar: Frank (Paco) Huston; Trumpet, keyboards and Horn arranger: David Hoffman; Saxophone: Kenny White; Trombone, horn arranger, final mix: Chris Blood. Courtesy Chris Blood.

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1976 - Magnum Force with Arthur Carey Sr., Steven Day, Hal Osborne, Inman Foster, Steve Scardelli, Wayne Rose, Chris Blood, Joe Coffey, and Keith MacGruder. Courtesy Joe Coffey.

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1981 - The Force / Magnum Force performing This Cold, Cold World.
Per one of the musicians: The band originally was the brainchild of Steven Day and Arthur Carey Sr. As best we know, the original band was: Steve Day (Vocals), Arthur Carey Sr. (Drums), Steve Moscardelli (Bass), Hal Osborne (Keyboards), Chris Blood (trombone), Inman Foster (Tenor sax) and Joe Coffey (Trumpet).
The second phase of the band who were mostly on the recordings were Steve Day (Vocals), Arthur Carey Sr. (Drums), Boe Perry (Keyboards), Sean Smith (Guitar), Charlie "Buck" Bunch (Bass), Chris Blood (Trombone), Jim Arizona, Jim Cogswell (Trumpet) along with David Hoffman and or Jim Boyd (Trumpet), Frank Drew "Funky Me" (Alto sax). Frank Huston, William Bryant "Chilli" both played guitar with the band.
Marvin "Binky" Day was with the band on bass and played and co-wrote Cold Cold World with Chilli Bryant and David Hoffman. Bruce Day (Alto sax) played on Cold Cold World. Jack Vink (Alto sax) also played with the band for awhile.”

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgrSDsrVcVw&list=RDQgrSDsrVcVw&start_radio=1
2013 - Michael Taylor performing Sleepwalk.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKUSC_SfYYo&list=PL_dn1PlcwxoLkJJm-zfRS5QdiS6GrfFJm.
2020-ish - John Piper (aka PIPERvibe) performing Stella by Starlight. Courtesy PIPERvibe YouTube channel.

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2015 - David Hoffman.