ÿþ<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" dir="ltr" lang="en"> <head> <meta http-equiv=content-type content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"/> <title>The Capitol Beat - Soul / Funk / R & B</title> <meta name="robots" content="index, follow" /> <meta name="google-site-verification" content="jXZNeNKsIqWT5uVS57PQCaHzBA-aXevgGL_fc1ltO40" /> <meta name="description" content="soul funk R&B" /> <meta name="keywords" content="" /> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="stylesheets/style.css" /> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="stylesheets/screen.css" media="screen" /> <link rel="shortcut icon" href="favicon.ico" /> <link href="stylesheets/dropdown.css" media="all" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /> <link href="stylesheets/default.advanced.css" media="all" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /> </head> <body> <div class="colmask threecol"> <div class="colmid"> <div class="colleft"> <div class="col1"> <!-- Column 1 start --> <div id="top_header_left"> <div style="font-size:48px;color:#ff6600;margin:20px 0px 0px 0px">The Capitol Beat</div> <div style="font-size:24px;color:#ff6600;margin:10px 0px 5px 0px">Soul &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&mdash;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Funk &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&mdash;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; R & B</div> </div> <div id="nav_header"> <ul class="dropdown dropdown-horizontal"> <li> <a href="index.htm" class="dir" title="Home">Home</a> </li> <li> <a href="music.htm" class="dir" title="Music">Music</a> </li> <li> <a href="photos.htm" class="dir" title="Photos">Photos</a> </li> <li> <a href="videos.htm" class="dir" title="Videos">Videos</a> </li> <li> <a href="musicians.htm" class="dir" title="Musicians">Musicians</a> </li> <li> <a href="contact.htm" class="dir" title="Contact">Contact</a> </li> </ul> </div> <hr /> <h2>Next Event</h2> <div> <p>March 30 - <a href="http://www.garrisontoronto.com/" target="_blank">The Garrison</a> (<a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=The+Garrison+Toronto" target="_blank">Toronto map</a>)</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> </div> <h2>Band Bio</h2> <p>The Capitol Beat began as a large group of friends who had played together in various ensembles. Many of the members had participated in a high school Motown cover group, Otis Lives, and after high school still wanted to play similar music.</p> <p>Front man Liam McArdle began writing songs for a band that would come to posess a dynamic horn section, soulful vocals, and a tight rhythm section.</p> <p>The respective members settled into Toronto in the fall of 2010. By early November the band had begun rehearsing in a cold dusty garage on Rains Avenue that would become the birthplace of The Capitol Beat.</p> <!--<p>The band played in Ottawa this summer but will be back in Toronto in September.</p>--> <div id="copyright_left"> <a href="http://www.facebook.com/thecapitolbeat" target="_blank"><img src="images/facebook.jpg" style="border:0px" title="Facebook"/></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/thecapitolbeat" target="_blank"><img src="images/twitter.jpg" style="border:0px" title="Twitter"/></a> <a href="http://thecapitolbeat.bandcamp.com" target="_blank"><img src="images/bandcamp.jpg" style="border:0px" title="Bandcamp"/></a> &copy;Copyright 2012. The Capitol Beat. All Rights Reserved.</div> <!-- Column 1 end --> </div> <div class="col2"> <!-- Column 2 start --> <div style="margin:150px 0px 0px 0px;float:right"> <img src="images/content/liam1edit.jpg"/> </div> <!-- Column 2 end --> </div> </div> </div> </div> </body> </html>