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celebrating the music
of tom petty & the heartbreakers

 
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The Band

The Waiting is one of America’s most electrifying roadhouse rock and roll 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 the 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 2024- 25. For booking information and interview requests, contact Ian Watts at Atomic Music Group. ian@atomicmusicgroup.com or (503) 680-4054.

THE WAITING IS: 

Lead Vocals and Guitar - Chris Gillette
Vocals and Guitar - Todd Rosenberger 
Vocals and Keyboards - Jeremy Shanok

Lead Guitar and Vocals - Levi Main

Bass Guitar - Doc Wiley
Drums - K Mita

 
 

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

SLAM! The Rialto Theater, Bozeman, MT

The Attic, Livingston, MT

Lewis & Clark Taproom, Helena, MT

The Grand Hotel, Big Timber, MT

Yellowstone Club, Big Sky, MT

The Attic, Livingston, MT

The Rialto Theater, Bozeman, MT

The Attic, Livingston, MT

The Pub Station, Billings, MT

Monk’s Bar, Missoula, MT

Casey’s, Whitefish, MT

The Newberry, Great Falls, MT

The Knitting Factory, Boise, ID

The Gem Venue, Idaho Falls, ID

Lewis & Clark Taphouse, Helena, MT

Jazzbones, Tacoma, WA

The Knitting Factory, Spokane, WA

SLAM! Festival, Bozeman, MT

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

Music in the Mountains, Big Sky, MT

The Top Hat, Missoula, MT

The Rialto Theater, Bozeman, MT

The Attic, Livingston, MT

Pub Crawl, Big Timber, MT

The Attic, Livingston, MT

Live from the Divide, Bozeman, MT

Lewis & Clark Taproom, Helena, MT

Pub Crawl, Big Timber, MT

Bridger Brewing, Bozeman, MT

The Wilma Theater, Missoula, MT

The Pub Station, Billings, MT

The Rialto Theater, Bozeman, MT

Bridger Brewing, Bozeman, MT

The Attic, Livingston, MT

Lewis & Clark Taproom, Helena, MT

Red Dirt on the Range, Big Timber, MT

The Attic, Livingston, MT

SLAM! Festival, Bozeman, MT

Music on Main, Butte, MT

@nd Annual Block Party, Lewis & Clark Brewery, Helena, MT

The Attic, Livingston, MT

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

The Murray, Livingston, MT

The Molly, Bozeman, MT

Unplugged, Ted’s, Bozeman MT

The Top Hat, Missoula, MT

The Pub Station, Billings, MT

The Molly, Bozeman, MT

Bridger Brewing, Bozeman, MT

The Murray, Livingston, MT

The Silver Dollar, Butte, MT

Bridger Brewing, Bozeman, MT

The Molly, Bozeman, MT

Patty & Pink, Big Sky, MT