The Carpet Frogs
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The Carpet Frogs are a Toronto based rock band. They are best known for their work with Randy Bachman and Burton Cummings.
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[edit] Band Members
Nick Sinopoli - Percussion and vocals
David Love - Guitar and vocals
Jeff Jones - Bass guitar and Vocals (Known for his work with Tom Cochrane,Ocean,Gowan and The Infidels)
Michael Zweig - Guitar and vocals
Tim Bovaconti- replaces Michael on Guitar & Vocals 2007
Sean Fitzsimons - Drums and vocals
[edit] Randy Bachman and Burton Cummings
Burton Cummings of Guess Who and Randy Bachman of Guess Who and Bachman-Turner Overdrive fame have both used The Carpet Frogs as their backing bands. The band played played Live 8 in Barrie, Ontario on July 2, 2005. That performance was originally set to be The Bachman-Cummings Band but Burton Cummings had to cancel his appearance at the last moment as a result of having laryngitis. On the DVD that was released, the performance was billed as Randy Bachman and The Carpet Frogs.
Touring with Burton Cummings, they weren't highlighted at all. Tickets were sold either under the name of Burton Cummings or The Burton Cummings Band.
While touring with both Randy and Burton, the were not advertised either. Tickets were sold as Bachman-Cummings, the band was introduced as The Bachman-Cummings Band.
In April 2006, CBC aired a music special titled Bachman-Cummings - First Time Around - a concert performance recorded live at the CBC studios in downtown Toronto earlier in the year. The Carpet Frogs backed up Bachman-Cummings on the TV concert special. A DVD of the special is slated for release later in 2006.
Bachman-Cummings launched a major Canadian tour in the summer of 2006 which was billed as The First Time Around Tour.
[edit] Trivia
- Band member Michael Zweig is most widely known for co-writing and performing the theme song called The Place'll Be Rockin' 'Cause Its Saturday Night for CBC's Labatt Saturday Night, the Hockey Night In Canada pre-game show. However, most hockey fans that enjoy the song, do not have any idea that Michael Zweig performs it. This song and "who performs it?" seems to be one of the most asked questions amongst hockey fans.
The Carpet Frogs were playing last on a 3 artist bill for Cdn airlines charity gala "Christmas is for Kids" , they went on right after Burton did his Up Close & Alone show and they started accapella "Nowhere Man" ,Burton was sidestage in the dressing room and said to his road manager Sam B , I thought a band was coming on? Sam replied ,"that is the band: and Burton ran out to see them , jumped onstage and performed another 90 minutes with The Carpet Frogs , a friendship and bandmate relationship began that night and the rest is history
The Carpet Frogs were the House band at Lulu's Roadhouse in Kitchener for many years and opened up for many hundreds of todays biggest stars while working there.
The Carpet Frogs appeared on the Junos and Cdn songwriter hall of Fame induction ceremonies for Randy and Burton.
Currently for 2008 they have just completed recording of Burtons soon to be release "Above the Ground" studio Cd with engineer/ producer Joe Vanelli in LA and working a tour schedule with Bachman Cummings as well as recording their own cd of Cover tunes for release on cd n 2008
[edit] Discography
1994 - Frog Curry
1994 - Christmas All Over the World
1995 - Adult Rock No. 5
1995 - Album Network In Store Play 34
2000 - Bullseye's Compact Christmas 2000
2001 - Takin' Care of Christmas
2003 - Everything is Beautiful
2006 - Pretending To Fly
2006 - Bachman Cummings, First Time Around Dvd/cd sonybmg
2007 - Jukebox (Bachman-Cummings Band)
[edit] DVD
2005 - Live 8 Toronto
2006 - First Time Around
