The Shanx

We see familiar faces at a lot of our shows, so we never play the same sets from show to show. We have the lyrics to around 1000 songs and have probably played or attempted at least half of them live. We love to keep the audience on their toes, as well as our traveling fans. You'll tap your toe to Johnny Cash, and then you'll find yourself singing along to Lady Gaga before you're whisked to the dance floor for a slow George Strait song and barely have time to catch your breath before you're back to dancing to Petty or Green Day or Florida Georgia Line. A typical night is us starting a little slower with a little older touch for the "older" folks that are leaving early after dinner. But we immediately start teasing with some current music to make sure the "late crowd" knows it's only a matter of time before things get exciting.

We're a cover "party" band with a fresher song library. We don't play obscure songs for ourselves, we try to create a new set list each night to surprise our regulars and keep everyone in the audience guessing. We use a larger system for street dances during the summer and then smaller setup (electronic drums) for the smaller scene -parties/bars/etc.. We play a mix of Rock/Country/Pop -we mix in brand new music on the radio with older classics and respond to the crowd. We'll try almost any request, especially the later the night goes - all 3 of us sing/harmonize and take turns on lead singing. Calvin McDermott plays lead electric guitar and sings. Chad McDermott plays keyboard and acoustic guitar and harmonica and sings. Darin Baack plays drums and sings. For street dances we add Levi Drew and Nick Erhardt from Riddled With Class to add more sound/flexibilityfun!

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