with Jay Leno's musical guests, The Redwalls,

on November 1, 2005.

ARTICLES IN LOCAL PAPERS

*The Morris Daily Herald

*The Downers Grove Sun

*The Daily Chronicle (DeKalb, IL)

*The Northern Star (Northern Illinois University)

Below is what Tony had to say about his experience. . .

I hope you all enjoyed watching the show. It was an amazing experience from the moment I received the call from the band's manager to coming home and sharing the excitement with family, friends, colleagues and students. The band, manager, guitar tech, and horn section travelled to Los Angeles on Halloween (some strange sights at the airports and in the streets) and were on set bright and early @ NBC Studios Tuesday, Nov 1. We ran through the song about 5 times for sound levels, broke for lunch, rehearsed the song 2 more times for camera angles, had a big break to relax, get dressed (they even press your clothes, do your hair, makeup, etc...) and then it was SHOWTIME. They tape from about 4:30 5:30pm and by 6pm we were back in the cars to the airport. Besides performing in the show to the live studio audience, I really enjoyed watching the Tonight Show Band during the breaks -- when most people are watching commercials, Kevin Eubanks and his group are totally ROCKING the crowd. Their horn players are all over the stage playing solos and the singer did an amazing rendition of Stevie Wonder's "Living for the City" -- smokin'! Before we played, Jeff, Rich, and I (the sax section) watched most of the show from the lower level sound booth right behind the band to the right of the audience.