"SIX" Locals Bring Classic Rock to Winchester Common

Winchester's self-acclaimed premier party band, "SIX," will be performing on the Winchester Town Common on Wednesday night as part of the Winchester Recreation Department's "Concerts on the Common".

The band will start playing at 7 p.m. and will perform until 8:30 p.m. This performance marks the fourth stop on the band's current summer tour (mostly of Winchester, although the band will be playing in Vermont the following weekend), and will be the only Winchester public performance this summer. In May the band played in a charity concert for the Winchester Foundation for Educational Excellence's "Prom-n-Aid" fundraiser.

The performance Wednesday night will be free and open to the public.

Formed in early 2006, SIX covers classic rock-and-roll songs from the 60s to the 90s, ranging from the Beatles and Rolling Stones through Neil Young, Tom Petty and Van Morrison to The Clash, Matchbox 20 and beyond. Much of the band's music is quickly recognizable, with a focus on the best classic party tunes of the era.

The band has been a regular headline performer at Berklee College of Music's "Café 939" night club in Boston over the past two years and finished a close second in that venue's "Battle of the Executive Bands" competition last December.

Five of the band's six members are Winchester residents. They include lead guitarist/vocalist Walter Ogier, guitarist/vocalist Bruce Lauterwasser, bassist/vocalist John Swartz, drummer Scott Gilmour, and keyboardist/vocalist Steve Bratt. Lead vocalist Stephen Cole hails from Cambridge, MA.

More information about the band, including bios, photos, video clips, and a listing of their repertoire can be found at the band's website: www.ILikeSIX.com.