Spring Break
Tangerines bring country
Krista Henery/Verge Reporter
Issue date: 9/28/07 Section: the Verge
Someone shouted "The Tangerines" last year at a coffee house in Bloomington, Ill. The name sounded good but it was taken, so the men decided to call themselves, "The Good Tangerines" instead.
Playing the guitar and harmonica last fall in the dorm hallways of Lincoln Christian College in Lincoln was not enough for Eddie Boyer and Phil Riley of Mattoon. Today The Good Tangerines promote their music at coffeehouses and college campuses throughout the Midwest.
The Good Tangerines, an alternative folk/country band, consists of two brothers, Eddie Boyer and Tyler Boyer. The Boyer brothers and Riley realized they had a gift for music at a very young age. Last year, they knew music was their calling.
"The first time I saw Eddie play at a coffee shop in Bloomington, I knew I had to play with him," Riley said.
Just after starting the band in 2006, The Good Tangerines played its first show at Lincoln Christian College.
In the year that The Good Tangerines have been together, the band members have played across the Midwest including Chicago and Milwaukee, and traveled to Ontario this past July.
While in Ontario, they were graced with the chance to play with legend Don McLean and were suppose to play with Bob Dylan. Unfortunately, because of a tornado, Dylan was unable to attend the show.
Riley said they were disappointed they could not play with the musician.
The music that Riley and the Boyer brothers play is similar to the sound of Simon and Garfunkel as well as Bob Dylan.
After checking out The Good Tangerines on the band's MySpace Web site, www.myspace.com/thegoodtangerines, for the first time, Tom Bikam was impressed.
"I'm impressed with their music and I'm sure if Simon and Garfunkel or Bob Dylan heard their music, they would be too," said the sophomore communication studies major.
Bikam plans to attend the show soon.
With the seamless blend of harmony, guitar, banjo, harmonica and mandolin, a tiny guitar, the band describes its music as "simple and unique."
Playing the guitar and harmonica last fall in the dorm hallways of Lincoln Christian College in Lincoln was not enough for Eddie Boyer and Phil Riley of Mattoon. Today The Good Tangerines promote their music at coffeehouses and college campuses throughout the Midwest.
The Good Tangerines, an alternative folk/country band, consists of two brothers, Eddie Boyer and Tyler Boyer. The Boyer brothers and Riley realized they had a gift for music at a very young age. Last year, they knew music was their calling.
"The first time I saw Eddie play at a coffee shop in Bloomington, I knew I had to play with him," Riley said.
Just after starting the band in 2006, The Good Tangerines played its first show at Lincoln Christian College.
In the year that The Good Tangerines have been together, the band members have played across the Midwest including Chicago and Milwaukee, and traveled to Ontario this past July.
While in Ontario, they were graced with the chance to play with legend Don McLean and were suppose to play with Bob Dylan. Unfortunately, because of a tornado, Dylan was unable to attend the show.
Riley said they were disappointed they could not play with the musician.
The music that Riley and the Boyer brothers play is similar to the sound of Simon and Garfunkel as well as Bob Dylan.
After checking out The Good Tangerines on the band's MySpace Web site, www.myspace.com/thegoodtangerines, for the first time, Tom Bikam was impressed.
"I'm impressed with their music and I'm sure if Simon and Garfunkel or Bob Dylan heard their music, they would be too," said the sophomore communication studies major.
Bikam plans to attend the show soon.
With the seamless blend of harmony, guitar, banjo, harmonica and mandolin, a tiny guitar, the band describes its music as "simple and unique."
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