Michael Forbes
Michael Forbes plays saxophone, flute, guitar, keyboards and sings. The Michael
Forbes Explosion Band plays Classic Rock, Oldies and Blues, Rhythm and Blues,
and hits from the 80's 90's and 2000's. Some venues include the Bull Pen,
Hermosa Saloon, Marina City Club, King Harbor Yacht Club, as well as private parties, corporate
gigs, and festivals. Michael plays flute, guitar and sings in a Jethro Tull
tribute band called Retro Tull. He plays saxophone, flute and keyboards
in a Rolling Stones tribute band called The Hollywood Stones and sax with a Pink
Floyd tribute band called Which One's Pink.
Michael's biggest moment was a quest appearance with David Gilmour of Pink Floyd
on his solo tour in 1985 at Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre on "Blue Light" with
Rafael Ravenscroft (Baker Street) on alto sax. Michael played sax with Any Color You Like on August 6, 2009 with a live Laser
Spectacular show to Dark Side of the Moon and with
Alan Parsons on "Don't Answer Me" at Club Nokia in LA Live in
downtown Los Angeles. This summer of 2010 Michael will doing a Pink Floyd tribute show with "Shine On" on Fremont Street in downtown Las Vegas from July 20 to July 24th. Michael will also play a show with "Which One's Pink" on Aug 14 th at the Speedway Track at the OC Fairgrounds. Michael recently played at the Fremont Experience in Las Vegas with Shine On including Dark Side of the Moon
Michael also does video production
which includes weddings, hockey games, bands, and editing promo packs for bands.
He can shoot an event in High Def or DV with a Sony Z1U and edit in High Def and
make DVDs of special highlights of hockey players or performers. Some of his edits are posted on the
links above as Flash or Quicktime clips.
