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Wayne “Led” Sorbelli’s Led Zep Tribute Show “Rock & Roll” on electric ukuleles Key West Theater 7/31/21

‘Twas a beautiful July 31st evening, 2021 at the Key West Theater benefiting Nicky’s Celebration (a local non-profit helping local families fight pediatric cancer).  

Me and my very recently assembled Wayne “Led” Sorbelli’s Tribute to Led Zeppelin Show band consisting of 12 of the loveliest, hardest working musicians I know, rotating duties as their personal and professional schedules provided, worked up 12 of Zep’s greatest hits for the event.

I am very proud of everyone I worked with and the results. Look at song credits for a list of a names of my friends/players/cancer fighters/cancer survivors/and those like myself who had lost someone very close to them via cancer.  We assembled and kicked cancers ass on that night.  We raised peace signs, fists, hope, and many screaming testimony’s!!!  

No better way to start something like this than to come out of the gate shooting from the hip with my little electric ukulele – it’s the smallest thing I play but makes ME feel way way bigger than I am – so it empowers me on stage – funny? – I guess – but it’s the truth.  So I felt like a giant on stage playing a pretty easy guitar song (that’s a joke) on a little ukulele with a guitar pickup installed in it .   It was a way to empower me and set the theme for the night’s comings – we were going to kick cancer in the balls on this night like giants.  Like the Hammer of the Gods!!!! (But in our own Key West kind of quarkie weird little island way) 

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Band for “Rock and Roll”:

Gary Ek “The Soundman From hell” MC

Wayne “Led” Sorbelli electric ukulele 

Wavy Dave Parkhurst vocals 

David Bryce Warren Drums

Tim Marshall Curtis Bass

Here’s a link to the entire set. https://youtu.be/p1ixr0SBfPo

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WAYNE “LED” SORBELLI ZEPPELIN TRIBUTE & PARROTHEAD MASSACRE SOLD OUT KEY WEST THEATER SHOW BENEFITING KIDS FIGHTING CANCER 7/31/21

Pls share this it’s the entire Led Zep tribute set I did from the kids cancer benefit concert on 7/31/21 at the Key West Theater. Click link https://youtu.be/p1ixr0SBfPo

Wayne “Led” Sorbelli’s Zeppelin Tribute at Key West Theater benefiting kids fighting cancer

Wayne Sorbelli’s Key West Led Zeppelin Tribute Band “Whole lotta love” @ Florida Keys Country Club

https://youtu.be/exIENUP0GOo

Greetings my Led Zep loving friends!!! Here is a video one version of my Key West Led Zeppelin Tribute Band consisting of me, Wayne Sorbelli on guitars & effects, David Bryce Warren smashing the drum kit & sharing lead vocals with Karri Daley. Francois Gehin of MadDog Productions is covering our bass guitar duties as well as using his 9 string bass to add keyboards, flute, and other textures to our show.

Hers a little “ Whole Lotta Love”. I hope you enjoy the middle improve section (I don’t own a theremin but think using three delay peddles, violin bow, wah, pick and finger nail scrapes was a fair substitution). Pleas let me know what you think in the comments below pls. Suggestions or constructive criticism are as welcome as any positive feedback. I am always trying to grow better. Thank you.

I apologize for the sound quality being poor but It was recorded on my wife’s cell phone from the room we were recording the audio to the board for the filming or the movie our friend Cliff Rydel is making – documenting the making of a tribute band in the Florida Keys, starring Mike Allman Greg’s Son with of course an Allman

brothers Tribute band as well as a few other treats like Pink Floyd, Iron

butterfly, Eric Clapton & my Led Zep band.

Thanks for watching my little cover band work it’s way up towards a real tribute band over the next few months as I prepare for a Zep tribute show at the Key West theater on July 31st 2021 (the theater will be back to full capacity by then!! Hooray!!!)

I’ll be taking audition vid clips for lead vocal position – male or female or “whatever” is cool – email me your background info & a quick demo video.

www.wayne@islandguitar.com

youtube.com/watch

https://youtu.be/exIENUP0GOo

“The Lemon Family Tree” song by Wayne Sorbelli rough draft on ukulele while sitting in the Atlantic Ocean in front of the Casa Marina Key West Resort.

Smash link for coolass video
https://youtu.be/u52VqBoBxI0

Greetings my fret loving friends! Wayne Sorbelli here on the island of Key West. My music store is is OPEN. I’m am teaching private in person, or online Skype, FaceTime & Zoom students but using my other time to record some songs and make some lessons and lifestyle videos. If you enjoy the content, please subscribe and share – many thanks in advance !

I took a walk to a secluded beach while writing a song i’ve been calling “The Lemon Family Tree” and then played it while sitting in the Atlantic Ocean. It’s about making the best with what you’ve got – you know the classic lemons into lemonade – or my metaphor of bagging cow pellets & selling as fertilizer lol

Lyrics :

  • We all know, the story of Family Lemon
  • Made their fortune, with drinks, stands and sellin’
  • they Didn’t sit around cryin, bout what Santa didn’t bring

jammin

  • If life Hands you, a pile of cow pellets
  • bag it up man, bag it up and sell it
  • somewhere right now, someone’s got a garden to grow

jammin

repeat

If you like this song/video please check out my other content. I do lessons and videos on guitar, ukulele, bass guitar, and cigar-box-guitar fretted or slide.

Pls call Jamie or I, Wayne Sorbelli 305-414-8056

My family blog is http://www.sorbelli.com

“Ramble On” played by Key West FL Keys Led Zeppelin Tribute Band filming of movie co-starring Wayne Sorbelli, Michael Allman, more

“RAMBLE On” performed by my Florida Keys Led Zeppelin Tribute Band during filming for the movie “The Making Of a Tribute Band in the Florida Keys” April 11, 2021 Marathon Country Club. Wayne Sorbelli guitar & effects, Karri Daley vocals, David Bryce Warren drums & Vocals, Francois Gehin bass, midi keys & flute.

I’ll be posting more show excerpts each day so please check back. www.IslandGuitar.com

I say my Led Zep act has “grownup” & is a teenager now. I started out with the idea to do a legit zep tribute band while playing in the Key West Rock Band called DWC STRAIN (the house band for the restaurant/music venue) themed after it’s multi-season famous HOTROD muscle car TV show. David Warren was drumming AND lead singing for that band – and we played an increasingly high majority of Led Zep sets upon the sheer amount of bulk requests.

Now I say “It” (my KEY WEST Led Zep tribute band idea) had grown into the Florida Keys Led Zeppelin Tribute Band (thanks to Cliff Rydell for imagining, executing & producing this movie about the Making of a real tribute band in the keys) This helped with my band’s transition into adolescence. Meaning it’s grown from simply the Key West Led Zeppelin Tribute Band to a full scale FLORIDA KEYS Led Zeppelin tribune band.

Like the Vikings we sing about in our opening song – “The Immigrant Song“. I plan on “claiming” the Keys territory with my Zeppelin Act by working hard enough to become the best at doing it!!

I can’t wait to meet you all again when it’s all grown up and playing somewhere like Key West Arena shows in the near & continuing future.

For booking private parties or corporate events pls leave message for Jamie or I (Wayne Sorbelli) at our Island Guitar Music store in Key West. Thanks 305-414-8056

Wayne Sorbelli & Karri Daley performing as The Key West & Florida Keys Led Zeppelin Tribute Band