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A) The band Time Travel is still as popular as twenty-five years ago.
B) The base of the band’s fans is composed by people at the age of 40—50.
C) The successful activity of Andrew Mack in different spheres can be in much explained by the popularity of his music.
D) Mack published four books of his poetry.
E) The music Mack plays with Creole Tango Orchestra is much more interesting than that of present-day Time Travel.
F) Creole Tango Orchestra first appeared in Great Britain.
G) The band is going to perform completely new songs.
A) The band Time Travel is still as popular as twenty-five years ago. FALSE
B) The base of the band’s fans is composed by people at the age of 40—50. TRUE
C) The successful activity of Andrew Mack in different spheres can be in much explained by the popularity of his music. TRUE
D) Mack published four books of his poetry. NOT STATED
E) The music Mack plays with Creole Tango Orchestra is much more interesting than that of present-day Time Travel. TRUE
F) Creole Tango Orchestra first appeared in Great Britain. NOT STATED
G) The band is going to perform completely new songs. TRUE
To the majority of American music fans, Andrew Mack is mostly known as the front man of the veteran band Time Travel, which has been around for more than 40 years.
But each band’s career has its high and lows. And it would be naive to expect Time Travel to have the same impact these days as it had 25 or so years ago. They still have a sizeable fan base — mostly composed by people who are in their 40-s and 50-s — but haven’t really recorded anything impressive for years.
And while Time Travel remains a respected — and profitable — brand, for the last 15 years or so Andrew Mack has been spending more time pursuing other interests. He was a successful host of the culinary show for more than 10 years, exhibited paintings and drawings and published poetry. However, music has remained the area where he has been most successful.
Today Mack’s main side project is Creole Tango Orchestra, whose music is noticeably more interesting and diverse than that of contemporary Time Travel.
The Orchestra has been around since 2001. They have released six albums, including the hits of 1960-s in jazz and blues arrangements.
Meanwhile, Mack himself admits that the music he plays with Creole Tango Orchestra is largely influenced by American jazz trumpeter and singer Chesney Baker.
Explaining his project’s musical philosophy, Mack once said that they try to recreate the mood of Baker’s performances several decades ago. ‘We would like to make the sound a little more contemporary but at the same time preserve that serene melody which is hardly in today’s music,’ he said. Creole Tango Orchestra has also promised to play several brand new songs that have never been performed as far.
