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This is the quick story on The Return, and its all true.
First of all, heres the players:
Dave Copley. Hes the one playing bass. He also, from time to time, plays the keyboards, and on a few occasions he sings. He likes to stand in the shadows on stage so you might not see him if youre not paying attention.
Mike Fitzpatrick is playing guitar. He too occasionally plays Daves keyboards. He also sings all the songs that Gary doesnt.
Gary Kesling is the drummer, and lead vocalist on most all of the songs. Unlike Dave, Gary and Mike try to make sure that they are in the spotlight.
The guys have been playing music together longer than needs to be put in print. But well admit this, The Return was formed in 1986 and have worked solidly ever since. In 1999 they released their e.p. Its About Time. They also produced a video for the song Guessing Game. They record and produce their music in Garys studio called 2 Cat Studios or Myspace.com/2catstudios and download our music at 2 Cat Tunes
All three of the guys write and their styles vary wildly. So what does their original music sound like? It depends on what you hear and who you ask. But remember the days when some of the biggest bands had two or three singers and writers? The Beatles, The Eagles, and Fleetwood Mac, just to name a few, were pretty successful with this formula. Its just a thought.
The guys are at the half way point on album number two. In the mean time theyve released a three song e.p. called 3 Cuts. The songs on it are Id Do Anything, People Forget, and Surrounded.
Next, heres some other stuff.
The Return have been an opening act for Kansas, The Little River Band, B.T.O., 38 Special, Jefferson Starship, Steppenwolf, Blessed Union of Souls, Richard Marx, War, The Box Tops, and Loverboy.
The Return was a member of the music web site MP3.com from its first year until its demise late in 2003. When they released their album Its About Time, it went to number two on the mp3.com pop rock charts. Their songs were always in the top ten for the state of West Virginia, and were the top four songs for the Huntington, Ashland area pop rock charts.
They play the corridor from Ashland, Ky. to Charleston, WV. At some place or time youve either seen them or will see them. Its just real, live rock.

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Member Since: 24/05/2005
Band Website: www.thereturnlive.com
Band Members: Mike Fitzpatrick - guitar, keyboards, vocals; Gary Kesling - drums, keyboards, vocals; Dave Copley - bass, keyboards, backing vocals
Influences: The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Cream, lots of sixties and seventies bands, Tom Petty, The Foo Fighters, people you wouldn't expect, the list goes on...Below is an example of one of our live shows. We are performing Radar Love by Golden Earring.
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On the heels of Saturday nights great show . . . .

Hi all, On the heels of a great time in Charleston, WV at Sam's Uptown Cafe this past Saturday, ( photos included on this site)  We will be slipping into Ironton, Oh and staying Dry at the Fuzzy Duck,...
Posted by on Tue, 14 Apr 2009 09:51:00 GMT

Yet another

The Acoustic show at The Fuzzy Duck went so well that we have been invited back again this week with a slight change. We will start at 6:00 instead of 5:00 and we will perform till 9:00That is this Tu...
Posted by on Fri, 20 Mar 2009 05:53:00 GMT

Rare Acoustic Show Coming Up!

We are performing a rare acoustic show this coming Tues. at the Fuzzy Duck in Ironton, OH.  It has been several years since we have done this and it is still up in the air as to how it will turn out. ...
Posted by on Sat, 14 Mar 2009 08:01:00 GMT

Cover Songs Demo In The Player

We've had this cover song demo for quite some time, I just had the bright idea to add it to our player.Listen!
Posted by on Wed, 11 Feb 2009 23:13:00 GMT

First Week Back at Ashland

We were back at the Ashland Elks this weekend and it went great! Good crowd, lots of dancing, lots of fun. Great to see some old friends. Mike, Dave and Tyler played a great version of Purple Rain on...
Posted by on Sun, 26 Oct 2008 04:25:00 GMT

The Return at Reverb Nation

We’re putting a new page together at ReverbNation.com.  It’s a pretty cool music site with a lot of great features for bands.  So if you’re a band you might want to check i...
Posted by on Sun, 06 Apr 2008 22:39:00 GMT

Photos from the Laidback

We've got three new photos from our show at The Laidback, Aug. 4.  Oh yeah, we're opening for Starship at the Charleston Sternwheel Regatta Aug. 30.  Have we mentioned that before?
Posted by on Sun, 05 Aug 2007 22:01:00 GMT

New Photos Posted

We have new photos from Holderbys Landing show, July 18.  And one new photo from Tomahawks, July 14. Go look at them, some of you may see yourselves.  Most will not.
Posted by on Tue, 24 Jul 2007 23:44:00 GMT

The Return on Rock 105 Homegrown

Hey, we're on Rock 105 Homegrown this Sunday June 24.  It airs at 11:00 p.m.  Not too late for you is it? Come on
Posted by on Fri, 22 Jun 2007 22:33:00 GMT

Pictures from Tomahawks, Feb. 24

If you were at the Tomahawks show Feb. 24 you might see yourself in one the 22 pictures posted on our Return homepage.  So go here www.thereturnlive.comand the link to that photo page is on the l...
Posted by on Mon, 26 Feb 2007 22:24:00 GMT