Sat 9/6 @ 7PM
Influenced by mainstream top 40 rock acts like Train and Matchbox 20, Cleveland’s Mike Farley Band performed throughout the 90s, releasing four albums in quick succession: Right This Time (1997), On the Edge of Somewhere (1999), Halfaworldaway (2000) and Blue (2002). Farley then began performing as a solo artist, and formed a public relations company, now based in Nashville where he moved in the mid 2000s.
The band, which had about ten different members, has done occasional reunion shows since then and even released a “comeback” album, Where We Stand, in 2016. They had planned to do a reunion show in 2020 which was sidelined by COVID and instead released an album of unreleased tracks, demos and other odd tunes they had sitting around.
Now they’re doing that show with Farley on lead vocals and guitar, fellow original member Jeff Nagel on lead guitar, Jeff Beam on bass and Joe Rohan on drums. When they perform at Brothers Lounge on Cleveland’s west side, they’ll be celebrating the 25th anniversary of halfaworldaway, which includes their most popular track “Can’t Be Your Man.” They’ll also be performing material from Where We Stand, which they’ve never performed live as a band. And all proceeds from the show will go to the Cleveland Food Bank.
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