{"id":87330,"date":"2017-12-10T07:34:20","date_gmt":"2017-12-10T12:34:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=87330"},"modified":"2017-12-09T23:44:05","modified_gmt":"2017-12-10T04:44:05","slug":"kallet-continues-winter-warm-up-concert-series-friday-dec-15-with-stroke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=87330","title":{"rendered":"Kallet continues Winter Warm-up Concert Series Friday, Dec. 15, with Stroke"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Kallet Civic Center<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This award-winning band featuring Hall Of Fame artist Isreal Hagan was formed in 1982. The band currently features the talents of Hagan on bass and vocals, Buke Babikian on Drums, John Kelsey on guitar and Bill Barry on keyboards and vocals. Over the group’s 30-plus years, it has shared the stage with many music legends, including Robert Cray, B.B. King and Carlos Santana.<\/p>\n

What distinguishes this group from others is their vast collection of original material released over the years on albums, cassettes and CDs. Releases include \u201cThe Real Deal\u201d, \u201cAccept no Substitutes\u201d, \u201cStay Together\u201d, \u201cSo Smooth\u201d, \u201cCovered\u201d, \u201cBedroom Funk\u201d and \u201cBalance\u201d.<\/p>\n

Stroke\u2019s TV appearance on Acoustic Cafe\u2019, Sound Check Live and All American Jazz helped solidify their reputation as a tight music unit. Sound Check Live featuring Stroke was nominated for a Cable Ace Award. The 1990\u2019s All American Jazz was aired nationally on the PBS Channel. Locally Stroke has won 11 Syracuse Music Awards (SAMMY\u2019s). Hall of Fame Award \u2013 Isreal Hagen 2007; Best R& B Group 2001, 1997, 1993; Best R&B Vocals 1999, 1996, 1994, 1993; Best R&B Instrumentalist 1997, 1996, 1993.<\/p>\n

Admission to the concert is free thanks in part to The Gorman Foundation and CNY Arts. Doors open at\u00a07:00 pm.<\/span> The show begins at\u00a08:00 pm.<\/span> Kallet concessions and cash bar available. The Winter Warm Up\u00a0Concert Series takes place the third Friday of every\u00a0month through April 2018. For more information call the Kallet at\u00a0315-363-8525<\/a>. Band bios can be found at\u00a0facebook.com\/kalletciviccenter<\/a>\u00a0or on our website\u00a0kalletciviccenter.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This award-winning band featuring Hall Of Fame artist Isreal Hagan was formed in 1982. The band currently features the talents of Hagan on bass and vocals, Buke Babikian on Drums, John Kelsey on guitar and Bill Barry on keyboards and vocals. Over the group’s 30-plus years, it has shared the stage with many music legends, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":61681,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[16,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-87330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts-and-entertainment","category-top-story"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p43meu-mIy","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Kallet-civic-center.jpg?fit=321%2C225&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=87330"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87330\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/61681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=87330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=87330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=87330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}