Tons O' Fun Band

Biography:The Tons O’ Fun Band!

Who is TOFB? We are an established high energy ensemble that features a full blown horn section and four different lead vocalists. Headquartered in Champaign/Urbana/Danville, Illinois, we appeal to a wide audience and have scores of loyal fans. We may be weekend warriors, but TOFB is comprised of top quality musicians who have toured the Country and indeed the world and, some even have MUSIC DEGREES! :-)

What do we Play? We play a variety of music but focus on the horn – driven tunes of the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s. Van Morrison, Joe Cocker, Delbert McClinton, Huey Lewis . . . did I forget to mention CHICAGO? Needless to say it is hard to sit still during one of our shows.

Where do we Play? TOFB performs approximately 30 shows annually. We play a variety of venues from intimate clubs and private parties to outdoor festivals to huge halls and stadiums. The Drake Hotel in Chicago, the Canopy Club in Urbana, The Masonic Temple in Indianapolis, the Palmer Arena in Danville, Assembly Hall and the Virginia Theater in Champaign, Purdue Stadium in West Lafayette, The Route 66 Mother Road Festival in Springfield, the Decatur Country Club and the Champaign County Freedom Celebration have hosted TOFB in recent months.

Why the Tons O’ Fun Band? You will have to see for yourself. TOFB has been together a long time and this “Band of Brothers” lives to play and craves a captive audience having a great time!

Band Members:
Founded 1983

Genre

Hot Horn Driven Rhythm & Blues

Members

Steve "Big Daddy" Shaw, Bob "The Doctor is In, Jr." Smiley, Matt "Bones" Flynn, Mark "Groove Duke" Cornell, Terry "The Voice" Luttrell, Joe "Skinny Jo Jo" Ingolia, Scott "Showtime" Karlstrom, Larry "Groovemeister" Fredrickson, and Steve "The Professor" Schmidt

Hometown

Champaign, IL

Record Label

Indie

Influences

Any hot horn driven music

Current Location

Champaign, Illinois

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