Ravinia 2022, Issue 4

PAVILION 6:30 PM SATURDAY, AUGUST 13, 2022 G. LOVE –Intermission– O.A.R. –Intermission– DISPATCH † † Ravinia debut TERLATO AND RAVINIA A Pairing Made Perfect A perfect pairing includes fine wines and great music. Because you are here tonight, you know that Ravinia provides great music in an incomparable setting. Terlato invites you to elevate your experience with a bottle of wine from their exceptional portfolio, which is available throughout the park and at many Chicagoland retailers and restaurateurs. The Terlato family supports Ravinia because much like music, an appreciation for fine wine also has the power to enrich lives. Family owned and headquartered in Lake Bluff, Terlato has a diverse portfolio of more than 85 wine and spirit brands from world-class producers in more than a dozen countries. terlato.com | @terlatowines DISPATCH Chadwick Stokes and Brad Corrigan found- ed Dispatch with former band member Pete Francis while attending Middlebury College in Vermont in the mid-1990s, but the group soon laid down their roots in Boston while playing the jam band circuit, interpolating several genre and contemporary artist influ- ences in their original music. The group made their first recording in 1996, a mostly folk rock and acoustic collection entitled Silent Stee- ples featuring each of the trio dabbling in all vocal and instrumental parts. Adding more roots and uptempo facets, Dispatch quick- ly turned around their second album, Bang Bang , the following year while their fanbase grew rapidly outside of New England thanks to organic spread, particularly with the an- tiwar track “The General.” For their next al- bum, the band took an unusual approach that replicated the sonic explorations of their live shows—2000’s Four-Day Trials featured a se- ries of first takes recorded over four days in a studio, consequently including only the trio, again rotating vocal and instrumental duties. Among the nine tracks of live-show favorites was a cover of the Beastie Boys’ “Root Down.” Just a few months later Dispatch issued Who Are We Living For? —borrowing the title of the cover art by William Quigley, based on a painting in response to the 1992 LA ri- ots—featuring electrified music and lyrics charged with social commentary. Their first live album, Gut the Van , appeared in 2001, but the band soon announced an indefinite hiatus; their “farewell” show to a crowd of over 100,000 in Boston was released as All Points Bulletin in 2004. After a handful of charity benefit reunions, Dispatch officially reformed and released an EP of new music in 2011, followed by Circles Around the Sun and a more laid-back sound. Recordings from the ensuing tour formed 2013’s Ain’t No Trip to Cleveland: Vol. 1 . Switching coasts to record 2017’s America, Location 12 , Dispatch found further stylistic growth that played out over a series of singles that eventually became 2018’s Location 13 . The same pattern culminated in their latest disc, Break Our Fall . Dispatch is making its Ravinia debut O.A.R. Formed in Rockville, MD, in 1996, O.A.R. (short for Of a Revolution) initially com- prised high-school friends Marc Roberge (guitar/ vocals), Richard On (guitar), Benj Gershman (bass), and Chris Culos (drums), expanding to a quintet with the addition of saxophonist Jerry DePizzo while the group attended Ohio State University. The origi- nal quartet recorded and independently re- leased its debut album, The Wanderer , in 1997, quickly growing a college fan base with the songs “That Was a Crazy Game of Poker” and “Black Rock.” With DePizzo in the mix, O.A.R. soon returned to the studio to record Souls Aflame (1999), which led to the group enlisting producer John Alagia (a veteran of Dave Matthews, Ben Folds, and John Mayer albums) to oversee the recording of Risen (2001) and In Between Now and Then (2003). After Risen climbed Billboard ’s Top Inde- pendent Albums chart, the band signed on with Lava Records, putting them on course to reach the upper echelons of the Billboard 200, first hitting number 54 with the release of Between . O.A.R. continued to ascend the charts with 2005’s Stories of a Stranger (as well as a pair of live albums, 2004’s 34th & 8th and 2007’s Live fromMadison Square Garden ) and the Top 40 and alternative rock hit “Love and Memories,” setting the group up for its top-20 breakthrough with 2008’s All Sides . The album also became a top-five rock hit on the strength of its platinum-selling single “Shattered (Turn the Car Around).” O.A.R.’s 2011 follow-up King achieved similar success with the single “Heaven,” as did the band’s 2014 album, The Rockville LP , with lead single “Peace.” The group released XX in celebration of its 20th birthday, pairing live and studio favorites with two new singles, the writing of which were documented on the Qello series Evolution of a Song . The Mighty (2019) contin- ued O.A.R.’s decade-long top-20 chart pres- ence, and their 10th studio album— The Ar- cade , featuring the single “In the Clouds”—is due out this year. O.A.R. first played Ravinia in 2015 and are making their fifth appearance at the festival. RAVINIA.ORG • RAVINIA MAGAZINE 45