City Lights & Stars audience can chill to Calypso Vision on August 30

The motto for Calypso Vision, the featured group at Burritt on the Mountain’s City Lights & Stars Concert Series on Aug. 30, reveals their music’s genre and the band’s outlook.

“A Better Attitude from Another Latitude.” Their motto shows devotion to light-hearted good times, seasoned with a heavy dose of Parrot-head style. Much of their music pays homage to the late Jimmy Buffett.

This edition of the popular concert series starts at 7:30 p.m. on the Isenberg Gazebo stage. Guests can enjoy being entertained under the Alabama stars with the breathtaking view of the city of Huntsville only Burritt can provide.

A casual atmosphere encourages attendees to bring chairs, blankets and picnic food to enjoy a relaxed musical experience. Food trucks will be onsite and wine, beer and other drinks are sold at every concert.

Formed a decade ago, Calypso Vision brings an audience the relaxed beachfront spirit, and a “gumbo mix” of Buffett-style tropical tunes and classic rock. The beach party will be ready to go with plenty of fun and surprises. (Facebook/Calypso Vision)

Calypso Vision’s full band has a huge sound, rooted in a love for the music dear to many hearts, and that song that you just won’t hear anywhere else. The ‘calypso vision’ is simple and easy to see, as it focuses on great music offering an escape from the mundane, according to the band.

Band members are Sam Benefield, Dave Lavallee, Chris Radzinski, Greg Thompson, Andrew Tygielski, Sonny Veque, Tania Yee and the “Black Pirate” himself, Eddie Black, who helps bring the big sound.

“Whether on a mountain, in a backyard, on a boat or at the pub around the corner, Calypso Vision brings a beach party ready to go, with all the spontaneous fun to turn an evening anywhere into a memorable trip down-island,” according to the band’s website.

One of their irresistible tunes is “Iguanas Fallin’ from the Sky.” Some artists, in addition to Buffett, that the band covers are The Beatles, Van Morrison, James Taylor, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Boz Scaggs, Janis Joplin . . . even Dolly Parton.

Sept. 20 – In the Mood Swing Band

Calling Huntsville “Hometown”, Huntsville’s In the Mood is an exciting 21 piece big band. They will be the final concert in the series on September 20.

In The Mood has been playing together for 10 years now, having started up late summer of 2014. They formed with a mission of keeping the legacy of Glenn Miller alive, and to help introduce newer audiences to the wonderful popular music from the big band era, played live by local musicians.

Occasionally nicknamed the “Glenn Miller band of North Alabama”, In The Mood strives to reproduce the quality and authenticity of the greats from the 1940s and 1950s such as Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman, Frank Sinatra, and Bobby Darin.

Some of their popular hits include swing songs such as In the Mood, Tuxedo Junction, A String of Pearls, Pennsylvania 6-5000, Chattanooga Choo Choo, Fly Me to the Moon, Beyond the Sea, New York, New York, Mack the Knife, The Pink Panther, and Route 66. In The Mood also has a decent variety of other genres to suit all occasions, such as Latin, pop, oldies rock, Motown, and even some funk.

For more information and to purchase tickets, go to www.burrittonthemountain.com