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Toast has disbanded! This is the 'post-Toast'
official website. The Toast site: is now offline
…It’s a Gas Gas Gas!
...Is it the toaster? Is it the chairs? Is it the roasted white slices? Does it matter? Toast is and always has been
nothing more than crisp aged nuggets of poporribillia! Who needs faces? Our faces lay behind the essence of the energy...
We proudly say... "We're Toast!"
Toast was a band all about fun with a variety of original, contemporary,
and classic rock music that makes you want to smile and dance! (See our repertoire on this site)
We
ended Toast in our sixth year, having played at Chicago's Elbo Room, Johnny O’Hagan’s in Wrigleyville, Gabe's
Backstage Lounge and Teddy O’Brien’s in Highwood, Hanson Brother's Tavern in Northfield, Grandpa's at the Depot,
Tower Grille, and Potato Creek Johnnie's in Glenview, C.J. Arthur's in Wilmette, Landmark Inn of Northbrook, the Morton Grove
Days 4th of July Festival, Evanston's Hotel Orrington, Tommy Nevins Live, and The 1800 Club, Indian Hill Country Club, the
new Wilmette Theater opening, many private parties, a video shoot for the TV show 'America's Got Talent!', and have even opened
for Collective Soul at The Rave, a multi-staged large concert venue in Milwaukee! We had a rockin'
good time, and you, our friends, made it the best ever...
Toast Ingredients:
Jim O’Connell, Vocals & Guitar
Paul Trottier, Lead Guitar
Brian
Murphy. Bass Guitar
Howie Winestock, Drums & Vocals
Chris Zeman, Vocals and keyboard
Frequent Special Guest Players...
Wil Johnson - Congas and vocals, Susan Hedrick - Vocals, Mike Donabauer - Guitar and vocals, Jerry Barry - Guitar and
vocals, Bill Bowden - Bass guitar, Mark Litin - Drums, John McHough - Guitar and vocals...
...And our many musically talented friends!
You never know who will pop up!
After almost six years, 73 performances, and three CD's...
We have
lots of great memories.
Yes, it
is true that all good things must come to an end, and Toast is no exception. Many heartfelt thanks to all of you who were
Toast regulars or came to any of the Toast shows.
The good news is that
we ended on a high note June
4th 2010, with a final performance at Chicago's prestigious Elbo Room, playing all original Toast music (and one favorite
cover tune in the encore - Sultans of Swing).
Toast's last moments, standing on Elbo Room stage taking bows before the encore, June 4 2010
…Classic Rock, Classic Fun!
...accept only from thoughts provoked from members of Toast...do not consider outside influences. They are subject to
misinterpetation from those who know enlightened thinking.
Let it snow
EEeeeeeeeEeeeeeeKkkkk
Do you have the CD's?
Toast's 2010 CD Sampler..."Evolution"
The three songs
on Toast's Evolution CD represent three distinctive themes:
1. Thin
Places - Intense and Dream-Like, by Jim O'Connell
2. His
Shoes - Romantic Ideals, by Howie Winestock
3 Trapped
in Your Trip - Starting Over, by Chrissy Zeman
EKSTREEMLEEBURNT
Toast
All original Toast Tunes!
Toast at the 1800 Club in Evanston, March 12th, 2005
Original Toast Tunes for you to hear!
From the mixing board of Island Records,
Chicago studio
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