Early Elton Trio is a Tribute to the Elton John, Dee Murray andNigel Olsson trio tours of 1970 - 1972 featuring JeffKazee of Southside Johnny And The Asbury Jukes (piano, vocals), RichPagano of The Fab Faux (drums and vocals) and JohnConte of Southside Johnny And The Asbury Jukes (bass andvocals). With only two years since its inception, the Early Elton show isplaying to capacity audiences in the New York, New Jersey and Connecticuttri-state area. As the story goes, Elton's label didn't have the funds to send him out to tourthe US with a full band yet Elton needed to promote his imminent releases.Having decided on Dee and Nigel, Elton then rearranged the songs and vocals tofit within the limitations of his new lineup. Suddenly, a new sound emergedthat was both raw and poignant. While Jeff, John and Rich have painstakingly scoured the net for rare video,bootleg recordings and even Elton's own home demos in shaping their collectivevision of Elton's Trio Period, they blur the line slightly between replicationand innovation -- while still capturing and utilizing the spirit, mood andenergy from those early tours. The Gospel/Funk of "Take Me To The Pilot", the soulful storytellingof "Levon" and "Amoreena", the epic-sounding "IndianSunset" and "Burn Down The Mission", the countrified"Country Comfort" and the grand scale of "Madman Across TheWater" are just a few of the fantastic chapters that make up the EarlyElton songbook. The band has also been known to perform Tumbleweed Connection,Madman Across The Water and the live concert, 11 - 17 - 70 in their entireties. Early Elton Trio is dedicated to continuing the spirit of this period-arguably,his finest in terms of material, production and performance.