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Airdate: Thursday, Feb. 16, 2006
WILL-TV’s Prairie Fire
lets viewers listen to some tunes from the Kilborn Alley Blues Band,
learn what
it's like to be backstage with some of the biggest names in rock 'n'
roll, and look at the history of the Virginia
Theatre.
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Kilborn
Alley Blues Band
Kilborn Alley plays a Chicago-style brand of blues in more than 150
gigs a year around central Illinois. In this segment, band members
describe the emotional release of playing the blues. Members of the
group say they may not look like a bunch of old blues musicians, but
they have old souls.
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 Band Website
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 Virginia
Theatre
Location: 203 W. Park, Champaign, Ill.
Phone: 217-356-9953
Website
For more than 84 years, the Virginia Theatre has been serving the
community. Created as a cultural gathering spot, it's hosted stars
including Red Skelton, Bob Hope and Guy Lombardo. Host Alison Davis Wood
looks at how the aging theater has been modernized, while keeping the
charm of the original design by C. Howard Crane and H. Kenneth Franzheim.
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 Backstage
Pass
Paul Idleman spent decades capturing on film stars like Bruce
Springsteen (left), The Who, and Paul McCartney. This segment introduces
viewers to the amazing celebrity photographs Idleman took as a
concert photographer. He describes how he started by sneaking cameras
into concerts, but eventually got hired to snap pictures of
performances.
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More concert photos by Paul Idleman
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