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SEPTEMBER 26, 2013
Vol. 7 No. 11
BREED SUZANNE BAKER/STAFF REPORTER
Music legend Gary Loizzo from the 1960s band American Breed performs his platinum selling hit “Bend Me Shape Me” Sunday evening with students from School of Rock Plainfield, including his grandson and backup singer, Ben Loizzo of Plainfield. The song was part of the British Invasion Show presented by the School of Rock at Tailgater’s Sports Bar in Bolingbrook.
School of Rock students take the stage with American Breed vocalist By Suzanne Baker Enterprise reporter
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ith smartphones and digital cameras and recorders capturing every moment,
the opening act worked the crowd into frenzy Sunday evening, performing classics from the Rolling Stones, the Beatles and the Troggs. Then it was time for a special performance for the School of Rock
Plainfield at Tailgater’s Sports Bar in Bolingbrook. Rock music legend Gary Loizzo from American Breed joined a handful of music students on stage for a performance of his band’s platinum selling hit “Bend Me Shape Me.”
School of Rock Plainfield students seemed unfazed by the significance of the song or the American Breed vocalist who in December1967 See ROCK, page 2