The Band
The Waiting is one of America’s most electrifying roadhouse rock-androll bands. And, as the name might suggest, their specialty is celebrating the music of Tom Petty, including songs from the Heartbreakers repertoire, Petty’s solo work, and songs from the supergroup The Traveling Wilburys.
Since 2013, the band has thrilled diehard Petty fans and new converts alike throughout the American West. Whether they’re playing one of Tom Petty’s 38 songs to hit Billboard’s Rock Chart, a treasured deep cut, or a song from his work under the moniker, “Charlie T. Wilbury, Jr.” As one reviewer put it, “The Waiting plays the music that everybody knows and everybody loves with a fiery energy that electrifies crowds with their outstanding musicianship and a single-minded devotion to showing every person in the crowd a damn good time.”
“For example, if we’re performing, ‘Breakdown,’ we might enter into a session where we create space to pass solos around to different performers in the band,” says bassist Doc Wiley. “But after the solos that always seem to get the audience into high-energy dancing, we go back into the chorus; we’ll bring you back to the material.” Wiley traces the origins of The Waiting to a Manhattan apartment across the street from famed punk/new wave club CBGB.
“I got an opportunity to hang out with Will Lee (bassist for the band on the Late Show with David Letterman) in late ’90s. Will had recently started to assemble some of New York’s top studio musicians to form a Beatles cover band,” Wiley says. “His concept was not to create a tribute band. Rather, he wanted world-class musicians to approach music they love in a unique way.” Talking with Lee that day, led Wiley to epiphany: He knew that someday he would take the same approach to form a Tom Petty cover band that eventually would bear the name of Petty’s first song to reach No. 1 on Billboard’s Rock Chart: The Waiting.
Wiley moved to Bozeman, Montana, in 2009. He had been working most recently with David Lee Roth for several years in Miami, Florida. “David is one of the best rock showmen of all time,” Wiley says. “His philosophy was to create a cool sandbox and invite people into it. I lifted that from him when forming The Waiting. We create moments from the stage and our audience gravitates into it. We have a great energy, and that’s contagious.” But Wiley can’t take sole credit for that energy. He and his bandmates are partners in The Waiting’s sandbox. The band on the whole is the sizzling hot secret sauce that reliably sells out shows wherever they appear.
The Waiting will be playing festivals, clubs, and special events throughout the Summer of 2023. For booking information and interview requests, contact Ian Watts at Atomic Music Group. ian@atomicmusicgroup.com or (503) 680-4054.
SHOWS
May 6, 2023
April 8, 2023
March 31, 2023
March 25, 2023
March 17, 2023
March 4, 2023
February, 25, 2023
January 14, 2023
December 31, 2022
December 10, 2022
December 9, 2022
November 18, 2022
October 22, 2022
October 21, 2022
September 24, 2022
August, 27, 2022
August 26, 2022
August 7, 2022
July, 23 2022
July 14, 2023
July 4, 2022
March 19, 2022
February 25, 2022
January 22, 2022
September 2, 2021
July 24, 2021
June 20, 2021
September 4, 2020
August 28, 2020
June 25, 2020
May 29, 2020
February 2, 2020
January 31, 2020
January 18, 2020
October 19, 2019
May 17, 2019
February 1, 2019
January 26, 2019
January 23, 2019
December 1, 2018
November 9, 2018
November 2, 2018
October 31, 2018
October 20, 2018
October 18, 2018
September 1, 2018
August 31, 2018
August 4, 2018
July 5, 2018
June 15, 2018
May 12, 2018
May 4, 2018
April 21, 2018
April 4, 2018
March 23, 2018
March 3, 2018
February 3, 2018
January 6, 2018
January 5, 2018
December 2, 2017
November 8, 2017
September 15, 2017
August 6, 2017
July 1, 2017
April 22, 2017
February 13, 2016
February 12, 2016
February 6, 2016
December 12, 2015
October 30, 2015
September 12, 2015
June 13, 2015
June 5, 2015
May 8, 2015
March 2, 2015
February 13, 2015
January 31, 2015
November 8, 2014
September 26, 2014
April, 11 2014
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Lewis & Clark Block Party, Helena, MT
Music on Main, Bozeman, MT
Independence Celebration, Jackson Hole, WY
The Elm, Bozeman, MT
The Pub Station, Billings, MT
Lewis & Clark Taproom, Helena, MT
Music in the Mountains, Big Sky, MT
HVTA Summer Concert Series, Helena, MT
BMW National Rally, Great Falls, MT
Pine Creek Lodge, Pine Creek, MT
The Pub Station, Billings, MT
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The Top Hat, Missoula, MT
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The Attic, Livingston, MT
Pub Crawl, Big Timber, MT
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Lewis & Clark Taproom, Helena, MT
Red Dirt on the Range, Big Timber, MT
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@nd Annual Block Party, Lewis & Clark Brewery, Helena, MT
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The Rialto Theater, Bozeman, MT
Cactus Records, Bozeman, MT
Unplugged! Bridger Brewing, Bozeman, MT
The Wilma, Missoula, MT
The Attic, Livingston, MT
Lewis & Clark Brewing, Helena, MT
The Attic, Livingston, MT
The Pub Station, Billings, MT
The Attic, Livingston, MT
Unplugged! Bridger Brewing, Bozeman, MT
The Attic, Livingston, MT
August 6, 2017 SLAM! Festival, Bozeman, MT
The Attic, Bozeman, MT
Cactus Records, Bozeman, MT
Silver Dollar, Butte, MT
The Zebra, Bozeman, MT
Unplugged, Ted’s, Bozeman, MT
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The Murray, Livingston, MT
The Silver Dollar, Butte, MT
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The Molly, Bozeman, MT
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