Ugly American Werewolf in London: Stewart Copeland's Police - Deranged for Orchestra

About this episode

Stewart Copeland discusses his orchestral work and performance of Police hits in Louisville.

Stewart Copeland, drummer/composer/host extraordinaire and one time member of The Police, spoke with us on Ep 275 about his love for working with orchestras. And he praised the city of Louisville (where The Wolf finds himself after a 4 year European tour) for the quality of the city's orchestra. Because though his days in The Police may be over, his love for the music and performing has not waned. So when he told us he'd be bringing his Police - Deranged for Orchestra performance to The Ville, we knew we had to check it out and tell you what we thought. Asside from the more than 50 members of the Louisville Orchestra and longtime conductor Bob Bernhardt, Copeland brought along singers Amy Keys, Carmel Helene and Ashley Tamar, guitarist Rusty Anderson and bassist Armand Sabal-Lecco (with Stewart on the drums most of the time). While they played the big hits like Roxanne, Every Breath You Take and Every Little Thing She Does is Magic, they also dive deeper in the catalog with tracks like The Bed's Too Big Without You and Murder By Numbers. Some of the songs he stays true to the original song but some are so "deranged" that even the biggest fans can't identify the songs until the…

People in this episode

Guest: Stewart Copeland

Topics covered

• Stewart Copeland
• The Police
• orchestral performance
• music
• Louisville Orchestra
• live concert

Keywords

• Stewart Copeland
• The Police
• orchestra
• live music
• Louisville
• concert review
• music performance

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Police

Places: Louisville

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