There’s a packed crowd at the movie theatre for the premiere of, “Bohemian Rhapsody,” the Queen biopic. The crowd ranges in age from 12 to 88 or so. It’s a good bet that several in the audience will have their minds blown tonight watching the sheer stage presence of Freddie Mercury and his bandmates in Queen. While many, if not most of the audience have heard Queen on the radio or through their headphones, not many in the audience have ever seen them live.

What ensues is the discovery by many of a band they would have followed had they lived ‘in the day.’ The combination of seeing the live performance of the band along with their story being told on the big screen exposes the band to a new world of fans.  New generations are discovering what others got to experience firsthand in the band’s heyday. Queen t-shirts are cool to wear in high school and college. Some are even buying their vinyl records. While there is a band touring as Queen fronted by Adam Lambert, Brian May and Roger Taylor, the movie is credited with making a new generation of fans. Queen is a distinct example of a band out of time in 2019!

A similar situation exists with the collaboration between Paul McCartney and Kanye West back in 2015. The Beatle worked with the rapper on Kanye’s singles, “Only One,” “All Day,” and “FourFive Seconds.”  It was reported by several news sources, such as AXS, that many of the rapper’s fans have no idea who Paul McCartney is, referring to the Beatle as an unknown artist. “I don’t know who Paul McCartney is, but Kanye is going to give this man a career with this new song,” tweeted a Kanye follower. Another wrote, “Kanye has a great ear for talent. This Paul McCartney guy is going to be huge,”(AXS.com). For fans of the rapper, in 2015 Paul McCartney became a Band out of time to his many followers.

And then there is Dead and Company. They formed in the fall of 2015 after the Grateful Dead’s 50-year celebration shows, “Fare the Well.” Three original members of the Grateful Dead team up with guitarist/singer John Mayer, Allman Brothers bassist Oteil Burbage and longtime pianist Jeff Chimenti to form D&C.  The Dead rise like a phoenix from the ashes. There is a new generation or two anxious to sport their tye dye shirt and play the music of the Dead. In addition, there are legions of John Mayer fans anxious to find out what their favorite musician is all wrapped up in. Grateful Dead cover bands are very popular, carrying on the band’s music to generations of fans and a new audience. Dead and Company’s summer tour is projected to be one of the Top Ten grossing tours on the road in 2019. To many who were too young to have been to a Grateful Dead show, Dead and Company is a Band out of Time to them. Here you have a band that had only one “hit” in Touch of Grey in 1987 and they are bigger now than at any time in the past.

This phenomena, the band out of time, can likely be credited to other bands. My hope is that by sharing these stories, I will hear from the audience about other examples of musicians and bands that are shining examples of a Band out of time! Could Elton John be next?  We welcome your feedback!

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