The Oh Boys
Chicago's Best Loved Indie Rock Trio*
If Buddy Holly joined Weezer their music would sound like The Oh Boys.
This Chicago-based outfit is a vintage inspired pop rock trio whose songs feature spine-tingling harmonies, inventive arrangements and stirring lyrics. Audiences are amazed at the sonic atmosphere created by just three guys. Veterans of the stage, their live show engages and entertains with a strong sense of presentation, participation and sense of humour.
These three singers, multi-instrumentalists and stage actors banded together to recreate the music and magic of Buddy Holly and the Crickets in a Chicago production of the Buddy Holly Story. After nearly 100 sell-out performances, the show went on to win 5 Chicago Theatre Awards including Best Musical, Best Ensemble and Best Lead Performance.
By the time the production closed, Zachary Stevenson (BC), Shaun Whitey (AL) and Kieran McCabe (PA) had formed a sonic bond and began to write and arrange their own songs in the spirit of the early rock & rollers they embodied.
*unsubstantiated claim
Press / Reviews
“…it’s frankly hard to imagine a better Buddy; Stevenson’s all-in performance will stick with you and not fade away.”
-Kris Vire, Time Out Chicago
“Stevenson – a bravura performer who is the spittin’ image of the character he plays, and who possesses the voice, moves, guitar licks and irresistible energy of the “original” – is proof that Buddy Holly lives.”
-Heidi Weiss, WTTW Chicago
