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LIVE MUSIC FRIDAY: The Verve Pipe

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Scott Pohl
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The Verve Pipe: (l-r) Randy Sly, Lou Musa, Channing Lee and Brian Vander Ark, live in WKAR's Studio S.

Current State welcomes The Verve Pipe to Studio S for another Live Music Friday. They'll be at The Ark in Ann Arbor on Saturday.

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BONUS MUSIC: The Verve Pipe, 'If I Could Make You Feel'

Our Live Music Friday guest today is the popular Michigan Band The Verve Pipe, led by Brian Vander Ark. You can see them at The Ark in Ann Arbor Saturday at 8 p.m. along with Vander Ark, The Verve Pipe includes guitarist Lou Musa, keyboard player Randy Sly, and vocalist Channing  Lee.

In the heyday of the Verve Pipe’s popularity, the band played lots of shows around Michigan and charted national hits like “The Freshmen.” These days, the band is putting out a new single online every couple of weeks. Current State talks with the band, and the group played a couple of songs.

Scott Pohl has maintained an on-call schedule reporting for WKAR following his retirement after 36 years on the air at the station.
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