Hats off to Mike Carr, aka One Man Electrical Band aka OMEB. He celebrated his 6th anniversary of performing as OMEB at Boomerang's Sports Bar, owned by WEBN personality Wildman Walker. Mike was in bands, including Black Roses, but grew frustrated with how hard it is rely upon others to get things done. He began to lay down all the backing tracks for his songs - drums, bass, keyboards, backing vocals, etc. - on a laptop computer, in effect making his own karaoke tracks. He performs the vocals and lead guitar live with the laptop tracks backing him up, and with the addition of an evil clown and cool lighting he gives a great show. OMEB plays the great classic metal, like Ozzy/Black Sabbath, Metallica, Guns & Roses, Pantera, System Of A Down, Pink Floyd, etc. He was one of the first performers we booked at our cafe. In addition to his own performances, Mike runs OMEB School of Rock, teaching some talented youngsters the Ways of Rock, passing the torch so to speak. Way to go Mikey!
OMEB was also joined onstage by Cincinnati veteran musician Rick "Lightnin" Hopkins.
Thanks Barry, OMEB loves you!
ReplyDeleteOh he sounds like a really cool guy! Who knew there was a school of rock in Cincy . . . that guy has a great heart to pass his talent on to others! Oh by the way, I forgot to tell you how exciting it was to hear that Derek and Dylan will be performing together! You must be very proud of them! ~Lili
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