Remedy to Perform Thursday at Saline Summer Music Series

The Detroit-based band Remedy will perform at 7 p.m. Thursday for the fourth in the Saline Summer Music Series of free concerts on South Ann Arbor Street between Michigan Avenue and Henry Street.

 The five-piece band features the extensive use of electric violin as a lead instrument as well as guitar, bass, keys, sax and drums, plus female and male lead vocals with five-part harmonies. Remedy will play popular cover tunes from the '60s through today, as well as many one-of-a kind covers of songs.

Started in 1988 by guitarist Larry Braden, Remedy was a well-known cover band in the Detroit area for more than 10 years. After a decade-long break and a career change, Remedy resurfaced in 2006 with Braden and violinist Karin Elizabeth (Braden).

Remedy started performing in 2008 with current drummer Billy DeAngelo and this year welcomed Joey Vegas on bass and vocals and Dave Cowie on keyboard, piano and vocals.

Remedy has performed at festivals, casino resorts, corporate events, nightclubs and bars, private parties, weddings and on national-act stages.

Elizabeth, who also plays guitar, was a child prodigy on violin and studied opera and stringed instrument performance at Michigan State University, the University of Michigan and Wayne State University. An alumni of the Interlochen Center for the Arts, she is a former educator and orchestra director.

DeAngelo was a founding member of the critically acclaimed local band Government Honey and played with Blue Oyster Cult, Foghat, Robin Trower, Molly Hatchet, The Smithereens and Night Ranger.

Braden started playing guitar at age 8 and was playing professionally at 14. He has performed and recorded with several bands in the Detroit area for many years.

Cowie, who plays keyboards and piano, is an alum of Livonia's Creative and Performing Arts program and studied at Berklee College of Music in Boston. He has played with some of New England’s top bands and was invited to play at Super Bowl XXXVIII.

The Summer Music Series will continue in July with The Saline Big Band on July 7 and Time Machine on July 14. National recording artist Justine Blazer will perform her brand of country sound and rock ‘n’ roll on July 21, and Six Foot Poles will wrap up the series on July 28 with a blend of vintage rock and Motown.

The will provide children’s activities: bubbles, chalk art, removable tattoos and more.

In the event of bad weather—and the weather gods have been capricious this month—performances will take place in the gym at , 7265 Saline-Ann Arbor Rd.

For more information, visit www.besaline.com and http://remedydetroit.com.