Colonel Gunn's Wild West Music Show coming to Pheasant Run

Submitted by Pheasant Run

Colonel Obadiah Gunn's Wild West Music Show will be performed at 8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 24, at the Mainstage Theater in Pheasant Run in St. Charles. Tickets are $15-$20.

By combining two beloved memories into one, Colonel Gunn's Wild West Music show offers up cowboys and cowgirls singing your favorite hits of the various musical decades of our lifetime. Not only will you sing, clap and dance along with this showband, but you'll do so while reminiscing about your favorite movie and television westerns.

Creator and producer Carlos A. Santiago has put together a memorable nostalgic show for all ages. Whether you're young or old, this show will delight you and leave you with memories of years you thought long gone.

You also won't want to miss our special guest host for the evening, Captain James Paul Lynch. You'll be surprised and excited to find out what his regular job is.

Do you need classic rock music of a more recent decade? Then you'll get Power Pop Perfection with the band Pop Machine, which is opening for Colonel Gunn's Wild West Music Show at 7 p.m. Get there early for some of the best pop, power pop and pop punk music in the Chicago area.

A veteran stage and film performer of more than 40 years, Santiago is also the personal manager and co-producer of national touring band "V Is for Villains, as well as his current show, "Colonel Obadiah Gunn's Wild West Music Show." He also has performed in and produced countless shows across the U.S., Central America and Europe. He has performed with musical celebrity impersonations such as Billy Joel, Neil Diamond, Elton John, The Blues Brothers and Frank Sinatra, at Biloxi's Treasure Bay Casino, Bally's Casino in New Orleans, Hollywood Casino and more, as well as performances down on Bourbon Street in New Orleans.

For several years, he was also the vocalist for The Blue Stars Orchestra, based in Biloxi, Mississippi.

Film credits include movies such as "Batman Begins," "Derailed," "Ali" and Fox's series premiere of "Prison Break." Stage credits include the lead role in "Guys and Dolls" as Sky Masterson and Lancelot Du Lac in "Camelot."

Now, Santiago has created a new stage band, "Colonel Gunn's Wild West Music Show," featuring a musical tribute to some of yesteryear's best memories.

This is a combination of classic rock music, classic country pop and old-fashioned cowboy tunes from history, movies and television shows. He is currently working on two soon-to-be published western fiction novels, "The Legend of Obadiah Gunn" and "The Soldier, The Angel and The Widow-maker."

For more information, visit www.colonelgunn.com or www.facebook.com/colonelgunnmusicshow/.