Cory Wong to kick off Great Lakes Center for the Arts summer
, 2022-05-25 05:01:28,
BAY HARBOR — The Great Lakes Center for the Arts is in the midst of celebrating its five year anniversary and is set to kick off summer this Sunday, May 29.
The kick off show will feature funk guitarist and Grammy nominated musician and producer Cory Wong, who is a soloist, has a band backing and who is also known as a member of both Vulfpeck and the Fearless Flyers, who have Michigan roots.
The News-Review interviewed Wong about his multi-faceted music career and upcoming performance at the center. Here’s what he had to say.
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“Meeting the guys in Vulfpeck seemed quite serendipitous. They came out to a club called Bunkers in Minneapolis to see the band I was in at the time. We connected and became friends that night, and eventually just started hanging out anytime we were in the same city,” Wong said.
“Eventually Jack (the band leader of Vulfpeck) started inviting me to more and more things and eventually just kind of absorbed me into the band. Michigan is an incredible place, and the band formed in Ann Arbor, so obviously there’s a lot of Michigan roots and Midwestern feel to the band. I’m the only one that didn’t go to University of Michigan, I went to the University of Minnesota. So, technically, we still consider it a ‘U of M’ band.”
Wong has previously performed in Michigan. One of his very first “Cory Wong” shows was at Michigan Tech in Houghton.
“It was around the time that I started doing some of my own music and one of the student directors reached out to ask me to come play,” he said.
Wong has since performed as a sideman for other musicians and has a love for the Mitten State; primarily Grand Rapids.
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