Ron Ivory and the Miles Apart Band come to Dillon

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DILLON My music is not entertainment, it is an experience, said Ron Ivory, the singer, songwriter and keyboardist for the Miles Apart Band. And that is what gives us the edge, we are touching peoples hearts. The Miles Apart Band show is part of the Sunset at the Summit series of free concerts, organized by the Lake Dillon Foundation for the Performing Arts. Just like every Saturday, the concert will start at 7 p.m. and will take place at the Lake Dillon Amphitheatre.The show will feature the One on One quartet of which Ivory is part and the voice of female vocalist, Linda Styles. It is going to be mostly Motown and R&B, he said.Apart from Ivory, the Miles Apart Band is composed of saxophone player Henry Hudson, guitarist Ben Mitchell, Wayne Patterson on drums, bassist Dave Summers and Styles on vocals. Ivory began playing with Summers in 1987 when they formed the Ivory-Summers band. In 1993, the duo changed the name to Miles Apart and started adding more people. Ivory said the band has always had female singers, but Linda Styles has been playing with them the longest.Tonights concert is not the bands first in Summit County. Last Sunday, they played at the Frisco Marina and on Monday they did a show in Keystone. I ran out of business cards. We had a very good response from the public, he said. The Miles Apart Band also performs regularly around the Denver area, and they have taken their act on the road, performing around the country and opening for bands such as the Atlantic Starr, the Drifters, Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, Floyd Taylor, Cornell Gunters Coasters and the Temptations Review featuring Dennis Edwards. In 2001, Ivory and the Miles Apart even went on a cruise around Central America and visited Belize, Costa Rica and Panama, between others.The bands only record, Get Right to It, was released in 1995, produced and written by Ivory. For the schedule of upcoming performances and information on the band, visit http://www.milesapart.net.

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