The sounds of classic and southern rock fused with several country music styles will fill the Stand Theatre Saturday night when the Bustin’ Loose Band takes the stage at eight.

The locally spawned and trained six-man band has played together for roughly eight months, according to keyboardist Terry Ogden, and will perform two sets in Saturday night’s concert that will be recorded live by Smash Productions, for a demo tape.

“We enjoy putting on a good show and have fun doing so,” said rhythm guitarist Rick Rohlfing and drummer Bob Bolls on the band’s My Space page.

Bustin’ Loose is a locally based Shelbyville ensemble of musicians seasoned over the years in several other bands, Ogden said. The other three band mates in the current 6- member configuration are harmonica player Dave Boone, lead and rhythm guitarist Bob Dye and bass player Robin Roberts.

Each member in group shares the vocals and the songs span styles stretching from the honky-tonk crooning of Hank Williams Sr. to the soulful sounds of Eric Clapton, with a wide variety of other stylistic influences scattered in the musical mix.

Musically,  Bustin’ Loose performs covers of country music styles from the 1940’s to present,  such as the Bakersfield sounds of Merle Haggard and Dwight Yoakum, the Nashville sounds of Jim Reeves to classic country legends such as Johnny Cash and George Jones and more contemporary country tunes from Garth Brooks to Hank Williams Jr. and Brooks & Dunn.

According  to Ogden, the band is learning new material weekly to expand its range of style and musical genres. This  diversity of taste , however, also expands into the rock genre especially classic rock from Elvis to Bob Seger and Southern rock giants like Lynard Skynard and The Marshal Tucker Band, to name a few.

Saturday night’s show is an all ages venue and band members plan to ”interact with the audience to increase the fun” and hope that everyone from 1 to 99 years of age enjoy and  participate in live recording. Tickets will be available at the door of the Strand Theatre for $5.

This preview does not express the opinion of the Strand Theatre.

Submitted by:  Terrance Aldridge