A Night With Chieli Minucci & Special EFX (DVD)

An Interview With Chieli Minucci About His New DVD

The first ever DVD of Chieli Minucci live with Special EFX is scheduled for release May 2nd, 2006. Filmed at the Harbourfront Centre Theatre in Toronto, Canada. The DVD features Chieli Minucci and the full Special EFX band, with Chieli on electric and acoustic guitars; Jerry Brooks on bass, Lionel Cordew on drums, Jay Rowe on keyboards, Philip Hamilton on vocals and percussion, and David Mann on saxophones and flute.

I caught up with Chieli as he was laying down three guitar tracks for Roger Smith, recording artist, songwriter, producer and keyboard player for Tower of Power, an exciting project! We soon settled into the interview, focusing on the rewards of having at last recorded a live performance, start to finish, of the full Special EFX band.

Chieli talked about what motivated him to do this DVD. “We’ve been trying to do this for 22 years! Back then, when we almost had a chance at recording a live performance, the record company actually backed down at the last minute, because they felt the music wouldn’t be consistent with what people wanted to hear on radio.”