Tesla Classic ìFive Man Video Band,î An All-Live, All-Acoustic Rock N Roll Breakthrough Featuring The Hit ìSignsî Becomes The Groupsí First DVD Home Video

24-Jan-02

The wildly successful Unplugged phenomenon just may have started with a most unlikely band, blue-collar hard rockers Tesla, and its 1990 platinum album 'Five Man Acoustical Jam.' Documenting that release, a live concert was filmed and 'Five Man Video Band' was issued.Now Teslaís first-ever DVD, the remastered (audio and video) 'Five Man VideoBand' (Geffen/UME), released February 26, 2002, features acoustic live versions of two then-new songs, covers of Teslaís favorite jamming classics (including what became a Top 10 hit, Signs) and many of their own hit songs - all recorded at the Trocadero club in Philadelphia.The performances on 'Five Man Video Band' include renditions of The BeatlesÇWe Can Work It Out, the Rolling StonesÇ Motherís Little Helper,Creedence Clearwater Revivalís Lodi and the Grateful Deadís Truckin as well as Signs, originally by the Five Man Electrical Band (thus the inspiration for the album/video title). The Tesla songs acoustically-rendered from the bandís 1986 debut, the platinum 'Mechanical Resonance,' are ModernDay Cowboy, Before My Eyes, Cominí Atcha Live, Little SuziÇ andGettiní Better. From 1989ís double platinum 'The Great Radio Controversy are Love Song, Heaven, Trail (No Way Out), The Way It IsÇ and Paradise. The newest tracks are Tommyís Down Home, and Down Fo Boogie.Going acoustic unexpectedly happened this way: Amidst the bandís tour for'The Great Radio Controversy,' Tesla found itself performing live and acoustic at times - a radio show here, an awards show there. And the group warmed up for a leg of the tour with acoustic shows at Slimís in San Francisco, filling in open dates with other acoustic sets. Throughout, various recordings were made, from Boston area radio stations and broadcasting New York and Detroit concerts to recording its show at the Trocadero for posterity, if nothing else. But when the band returned to hometown Sacramento, CA, before starting work on its third studio album, it learned that one of those Boston stations was playing SignsÇ and receiving tremendous response. Encouraged, Tesla perused the Philly tapes, releasing them as 'Five Man Acoustical Jam.'Tesla continued its winning ways after that success but in 1996 the group broke up. Four years later, singer Jeff Keith, guitarists Frank Hannon and Tommy Skeoch, bassist Brian Wheat and drummer Troy Luccketta reunited for a sold-out show at SacramentoÇ?Ùs Arco Arena. Recording projects have since been launched and the band is back on the road. The Unplugged concept continues on - and so too does Tesla.The band has scheduled some acoustic shows for February 2002:Friday, Feb. 15, 2002 - House of Blues - West Hollywood, CASaturday, Feb. 16, 2002 - House of Blues/Mandalay Bay Resort - Las Vegas, NVSunday, Feb. 17, 2002 - House of Blues - Anaheim, CAwww.teslatheband.comwww.universalmusicenterprises.com

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